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Chapter 10

مؤلف: Cozy Ivory
Aelia listened to the students' accusations, her red lips pressed into a thin, hard line. Her knuckles whitened as her hands tightened into fists.

The press conference spotlights blazed overhead, casting a harsh glare across her calm, cold face.

The entire room held its breath. Countless cameras trained on her, waiting for her to speak.

In the end, Aelia said nothing. She simply looked at Jordan, disgraced and broken on the stage, without a trace of warmth in her expression.

Jordan froze. Th
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  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 22

    "You have a fiancée?" Aelia's lips trembled faintly. "That's not possible..."At that moment, the ballroom doors eased open.A figure stepped into the light, warm and composed, with an unmistakable air of refinement.The woman wore a pale, moon-white dress that accentuated her elegance and poise. Quiet confidence radiated from her as she crossed the room and stopped beside Sebastian.She gently slipped her arm through his. "I could have handled this for you, you know."Sebastian shook his head, a faint smile curving his lips. "No need. I wanted to end this myself."Something invisible tightened around Aelia's heart. 'End this... So the two months we spent together, the apparent thaw between us, the warmth I thought was steadily growing... None of it was real. From the very first day, he had already planned how it would end…'Even the slightest breath sent a sharp, bone-deep pain through her chest."Sebastian, you were lying to me this entire time?"She could not believe it. Sh

  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 21

    When Aelia woke and saw Sebastian sitting beside her hospital bed, every trace of unease vanished at once."Bastian..." She took his hand, a smile spreading across her pale face. "I knew it. I knew there was still a place for me in your heart."Sebastian met her hopeful gaze but said nothing.From that day on, Aelia began pursuing him in earnest. Every morning, she waited outside his apartment building with a warm breakfast in hand, then personally drove him to the office.She used every connection and resource she had in the industry to clear obstacles from his path in the domestic market.Outside of work, she poured all her tenderness into making up for everything she owed him.She took him to watch the sunrise above a sea of clouds, far from the noise and bustle of the city.In the evenings, she drove him through the city's winding streets in search of every obscure little restaurant he loved.If he so much as glanced twice at a piece of craftsmanship, it would appear on his

  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 20

    Sebastian stared at her in silence for a long time, long enough for Aelia to think his resolve might soften and he might actually say yes.But when he finally spoke, his voice was flat and even. "There's no need. I don't need any of that."Aelia's eyes slowly reddened. "Bastian, are you really going to keep saying one thing when you mean another?"Her gaze fell to the necklace around his neck. "If you truly don't need it anymore, then why are you still wearing that necklace? Do you keep it to remind yourself, over and over, that you can't quite let go of me? To remind yourself that you still have feelings for me? Must you keep contradicting yourself like this?"A cool evening breeze swept past and brushed lightly over them as they stood locked in their standoff.Sebastian furrowed his brow and opened his mouth to answer.But the next instant, a piercing scream cut through the air. "Sebastian! What gives you the right to have such a good life? What gives you the right to steal Ael

  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 19

    The venue was packed, every seat filled as the livestream spread across every corner of the internet in real time.Aelia stood alone at center stage in a crisp white suit.The microphone carried her voice clearly throughout the room. "I called this press conference today not for the Linden Group's reputation or because of any business dispute. I called it for one person: Sebastian Anglem."Gasps and murmurs rippled through the crowd.Aelia paid them no mind and continued, "The SAT cheating scandal from five years ago. I was the one who framed him. I did it with my own hands."Afterward, Sebastian never confessed to something he didn't do. He fought to gather evidence and put everything he had into proving his innocence. He could have cleared his name of every false accusation and gone on to have a bright, honest future."But I..."Her voice dropped, each word heavier than the last, as if she were cutting into herself with every admission. "I was the one who destroyed every piece

  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 18

    A dull, heavy thud rang out. The man clutched his bleeding wound and screamed."You think someone like you gets to lay a hand on him?" Aelia's voice was cold, edged with menace.The remaining three drunks froze for a moment. Then their embarrassment curdled into rage, and they lunged at her together, cursing.Aelia had trained in martial arts years ago. Her movements remained sharp and precise, and within seconds, she had subdued two of them and sent them crashing to the ground.But the next instant, someone attacked from behind and swung a glass bottle straight at the back of her head."Aelia!"Sebastian barely got the warning out.A sharp, splintering crack tore through the air. Shards of glass bit into her forehead, and warm, dark blood streamed down her brow and along the clean line of her jaw.The sight was jarring, yet Aelia did not step back. Instinctively, she pulled Sebastian closer behind her. With what strength she had left, she spun around and drove a fist into her

  • The Frame that Failed   Chapter 17

    "I've already dealt with Jordan. He'll pay the price for what he did. As for us..."Aelia kept her eyes fixed on him. Her mind returned to the moment Jordan had demanded to know whether she had genuinely fallen for Sebastian.She let out a quiet breath and finally admitted it. "Five years ago, the truth is... I did fall for you. I just didn't understand my own feelings back then. That's why we lost five years we could have had together."Honestly, I looked for you more than once over the past five years, but I could never find a trace of you. Now that we've found each other again, isn't this fate giving us a second chance to finish what we never got to start?"Sebastian saw the emotions churning in her eyes but could not make sense of them. "Aelia, what exactly are you trying to say?"He tried to pull his hand away, but she tightened her grip."I'm saying I like you." Aelia's voice turned earnest. "Even after five whole years, I've never been able to forget you. So now, I want to

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