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The Girl He Shouldn't Have Broken(Short story)
Last Updated : 2025-11-25
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He had everything—power, wealth, and her unconditional love. Until the night she opened his office door… and saw him with another woman. Aria Black was the perfect fiancée—graceful, loyal, and hopelessly in love with the city’s most powerful CEO. But one betrayal shattered the fairytale. She vanished without a trace, leaving behind nothing but the engagement ring that was supposed to mean forever. Months later, she returns as Lia Hart—a woman reborn, untouchable, and determined to never love again. Now she works under Lucien Hayes, a mysterious billionaire who sees straight through her carefully built walls. But when Ethan Black discovers she’s alive—and thriving without him—regret becomes his obsession. Between a past that refuses to die and a future that tempts her to risk her heart again, Lia must choose: the man who broke her, the man who could heal her, or the woman she’s finally learned to become. > He shouldn’t have broken her. Because now, she’s the one thing he can’t have back.
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The Girl He Shouldn't Have Broken(Short story) Chapter 8
Lia’s POVI didn’t go home that night.Instead, I walked.Through the cold streets, past the glowing windows of restaurants and shops, past couples laughing and holding hands — all reminders of a world I no longer belonged to.By the time I finally reached my apartment, the ache behind my ribs had turned into a hollow pit.Lucien had worked for Ethan.The man who shattered me.And he hadn’t told me.It shouldn’t have mattered — it was his past, not mine — but it did. Because he was the one person I’d started to trust again, and now that trust felt like glass under my feet.I poured myself a glass of water, my hands shaking, and sat on the edge of the couch.Then there was a knock.I didn’t have to check who it was.Somehow, I already knew.I opened the door, and there he stood — Lucien. His shirt slightly undone, eyes heavy, tired. Like a man who’d been fighting himself all night.“Lia,” he said quietly.I folded my arms. “You shouldn’t be here.”“I know,” he said. “But I couldn’t let
Last Updated : 2025-11-25The Girl He Shouldn't Have Broken(Short story) Chapter 7
Lia’s POVThe next few days passed in a blur.I threw myself into work, clinging to the comfort of deadlines and spreadsheets. Logic, structure, control — things that didn’t lie, things that didn’t cheat.But no matter how much I tried, Ethan’s reappearance hung over me like an unfinished chapter I didn’t want to reread.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw his face — the guilt, the regret. I didn’t want to care, but some part of me, small and tired, still flinched at the sound of his voice in my memory.It scared me — how even a ghost from the past could still stir something in me.---Lucien noticed, of course.He had this uncanny ability to read people — to sense when you weren’t okay, even when you wore the perfect mask.He didn’t push, not at first. Just quieter glances, a longer pause in his words, a subtle shift in how close he stood beside me.By Thursday, he finally asked.“You’ve been… somewhere else lately,” he said, leaning against the doorway of my office. His tone wasn’t a
Last Updated : 2025-11-25The Girl He Shouldn't Have Broken(Short story) Chapter 6
Lia’s POVThe following morning at Hayes Corporation passed quickly. Our campaign proposal had made it through the first round of investors, and everyone was buzzing with relief. Lucien had smiled — a small, proud smile that still felt like sunlight every time I earned it.He didn’t hover or flirt. He didn’t need to. His attention was calm, intentional — the kind that made you want to do better, not for him, but for yourself.“Dinner,” he said casually that afternoon as we finalized a few details. “Team celebration. You’re coming, right?”I hesitated. “I don’t really do celebrations.”He leaned back, his gaze steady. “Then do this one. You earned it.”And before I could find an excuse, he was already walking away, leaving me no room to argue.---By 7 p.m., we were at a quiet rooftop restaurant overlooking the city skyline. The table was small, tucked in a corner, the view breathtaking. Everyone laughed, drank, shared stories. I found myself smiling more than I expected.Lucien caught
Last Updated : 2025-11-05The Girl He Shouldn't Have Broken(Short story) Chapter 5
Lia’s POVWhen I walked into the office that morning, the smell of freshly brewed coffee hit me before I even reached my desk.Then I saw it—sitting right in the middle of my workspace.A sleek black cup. My name written on it in clean, bold handwriting.And beneath it, a small folded note:“Don’t forget to breathe today. — L.H.”Lucien Hayes.For a moment, I just stared at it. My fingers hovered over the note, heart tugging in a way I wasn’t ready to admit.No one had written me a note in months. Not since Ethan.But this one didn’t sting—it soothed.I took a sip. The coffee was perfect—black with two sugars, just the way I liked it. The realization made something in my chest tighten. I’d never told Lucien my preference. Which meant he’d noticed.That detail felt dangerously intimate.---Later that morning, the office buzzed with quiet chaos. We were finalizing an investor campaign, and Lucien had insisted on being directly involved. I spent most of the day shadowing him—reviewing d
Last Updated : 2025-11-05
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