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Chapter 153 – “Inheritance of Ashes”
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The CEO’s Vengeful Bride Chapter 153 – “Inheritance of Ashes”
DamienThe box opened with a click that felt louder than thunder in the silence.Inside, neatly arranged and preserved in vacuum-sealed folders, were documents—dozens of them - wrapped in Montrose crimson and sealed with wax bearing Richard’s ring insignia. Crest and Montrose. Intertwined like the serpents they truly were.A second, smaller envelope rested atop the files.My fingers hesitated before I picked it up.“To my daughter, Elena Crest Montrose,” it read.No ‘with love.’ No ‘I’m sorry.’Just a name. A title. A brand.I slipped the letter into my coat and turned on the flashlight app on my phone. I started to scan through the documents.It took only minutes to understand the truth.Richard Crest hadn’t just adopted Elena. He’d designed her.Blueprints of bloodlines, medical reports, fertility logs – clinical, heartless, exact. All orchestrated to produce the “perfect heir” to unite two underworld empires. The Montrose' supplied the legacy. The Crests supplied the cover.It wasn
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