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Chapter 227: The cost of silence.
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Hey, lovely readers! 💌So, I have a little confession to make—your girl got a bit too enthusiastic and accidentally uploaded the same chapter twice. 😅I’m so sorry for the mix-up! I know some of you might have been expecting something fresh and instead thought, “Wait… didn’t I read this already?”Please kindly check the chapter numbers before unlocking. Thank you for being so patient and understanding—you’re the best!
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 235: Closer Than I Meant to Be.
******************************Liz’s POV**************************** The rain had been falling since late afternoon, a soft, persistent curtain against the windows of the small study where Rowe and I had ended up after the day’s endless noise. The war room had been too loud, the corridors too full of voices I wasn’t ready to hear. Here, the silence felt heavier, like the world outside had muted itself so it wouldn’t intrude. He was leaning against the desk, one hand in his pocket, the other curled loosely around a glass of water he hadn’t touched. I was in the armchair by the fire, legs curled under me, staring at the flames as though they could tell me what I was doing here. “You’ve been quiet all day,” Rowe said, his voice low, almost cautious. I glanced up. His eyes were darker than usual, shadowed from exhaustion, but still steady in that way that made it hard to look at him for too long. “Maybe I’m just tired,” I said. “You’re not just tired.” He set the glass down and
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 234: The Beginning of the End.
**************************(Liam’s Mother’s POV):Eve*************** The rain hadn’t stopped for two days. It drummed against the tall windows of my sitting room, the gray sky smearing the horizon like an unwashed canvas. I sat in my armchair, fingers curled around a porcelain cup of tea gone cold, eyes fixed on the muted television. They were still talking about her. Claire. Her face dominated every channel, every headline, every whisper that drifted through the streets. Survivors hailed her bravery. The media called her a victim. The public labeled her a heroine. But none of them knew the truth. None of them knew that behind those pale eyes and trembling lips was the reason my son was lying cold in the ground. They had painted her in light, and left Liam’s name drowning in shadow. The ache in my chest was different from grief now—it was sharper, more precise. Grief leaves you hollow. This was not hollow. This was full. Full of something that burned and hissed like oil in a pan.
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 233: The Weight of Shadows
********************************Claire’s POV*********************** The first time I stepped outside after everything, the world felt smaller. Not in the comforting way you’d feel when someone you love wraps you up, but in that suffocating way where even the air seems to lean in, listening, waiting for you to stumble. The sun was warm, yes, but it didn’t touch me—not really. I could still feel the cold from Agyis Dynamics’ headquarters clinging to me like it had claws. Mack had insisted on a quiet drive. No entourage. No high-profile security tailing behind, though I knew his definition of “quiet” still meant a watchful network of eyes I couldn’t see. But to me, it just felt… fragile. A glass bubble. One wrong move, and it would all shatter. People were staring. We stopped at a small café—not because we needed coffee, but because Mack was trying to trick me into feeling normal again. He didn’t say that, but I could hear it in the way he asked, “Fifteen minutes? Just you and me?”
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 232: Shadows She Can't See.
********************************Claire’s POV********************** The air in Mack’s penthouse had a stillness to it that morning — not the comforting kind, but the sort that feels borrowed, temporary. I sat by the tall windows with a mug of tea I hadn’t touched in twenty minutes, watching the rain pull silver streaks down the glass. Below, the city was busy, alive, moving on with its own relentless rhythm, as though nothing had happened. And yet, I felt suspended in a strange limbo, somewhere between relief and dread. The nightmare was over — or so they kept telling me — but my body hadn’t gotten the memo. My hands still shook sometimes. My chest still tightened when I heard an unexpected knock. And at night, even with Mack’s arm draped heavily around me, I woke gasping, my heart pounding like I was back in that sea house, counting seconds until Liam walked through the door. This morning, Mack had left early for some meeting with Henry and Morgan, his voice low when he kissed my
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 231 – Avenge Him
*******************Liam's Mother’s POV******************** The morning Liam died, the world didn’t shatter like I expected it to. It simply… continued. Birds chirped outside my window, the sun rose like it always had, and people walked the streets with coffee cups and careless laughter. But I didn’t. I sat in my silk robe, still smelling faintly of jasmine and grief, staring at the news like it was a mistake that could be corrected. “Liam Agyis, heir to Agyis Dynamics, confirmed dead during the dramatic rescue of Claire Walsh, daughter of late Ambassador Pierce.” Claire. Even the name on the screen burned. They didn’t say murderer. They didn’t say thief. They said “rescued.” As if she hadn’t been the one to undo my son from the inside out. As if she hadn’t cracked open the very structure of our family and fed the pieces to the wolves. Henry hadn’t spoken a word to me. Not even when he came home the night it happened. His shirt was stained with something I didn’t want to
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