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Chapter 38: Their Second Master Is a Hopeless Romantic
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2026-09-08 19:23:48
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The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 58: The Unexpected Ambiguity
The next day, Nora made her way back to Meridian City.Worried Eleanor might retaliate again, she brought Helen along with her. With two of them now, staying in a hotel no longer made sense, so she rented an apartment and moved in that same day.Sharing a space with Helen still felt awkward in ways she couldn't quite shake, but at least Helen kept a low profile, gone during the day, back only to sleep, some days barely crossing paths at all.---Before long, the day of the Harborcrest bid arrived.Nora gave the entire company the afternoon off, a chance to rest and reset before tomorrow's decisive moment.She stayed behind herself, working alone until evening. By the time she finally left the office and settled into her car, her phone rang the second she'd buckled her seatbelt.She glanced at the name on the screen and let it ring a few extra seconds before answering.She cleared her throat. "Mr. Blackwood. Something you need?"His voice came through low and unmistakably pleased with
The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 57: Somebody Kill Him
Nora stared at Helen, eyes wide with shock, her expression frozen solid.Eleanor's voice tore through the silence. "Lies! What, you needed him to force you? You're the one who threw yourself at him, and now you want to flip the story?"Miles helped a trembling, exhausted Helen to her feet and guided her toward Eleanor.Years of suppressed resolve steadied Helen's voice as she made her case. "Everything I said is true. I never seduced Walter. He forced himself on me back then"Eleanor lunged again, hand raised, but this time Nora blocked her before it could land.She stepped fully between them, voice cold. "Mrs. Ashford. That's enough."With that settled, Nora helped Helen up, her tone softening without quite meaning to. "I'll take you to a hospital."Tears welled in Helen's eyes. She managed a small, choked "okay," and the three of them left Eleanor standing there.---At the nearest hospital, doctors confirmed the damage was largely superficial and painful, but nothing life-threateni
The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 56: The Truth of That Year
For reasons she couldn't fully explain, Nora hadn't managed to let go of what Helen had done all those years ago, not even now, when she'd convinced herself this woman no longer mattered to her.The moment Miles called with the news that Eleanor had shown up with people in tow, something in Nora's chest seized up entirely.She couldn't wait around for him to come get her. They agreed to drive separately and meet in Millbrook.The whole drive there, she kept her foot nearly to the floor, and still felt like time itself was working against her.Sixty miles. Why does sixty miles feel like it's stretching on forever?Frustration and dread churned together as she watched the distance counter tick down with agonizing slowness.---Millbrook sat sixty miles outside Meridian City. Since her release from prison, Helen had built a quiet, unremarkable life there.She'd picked up the phone to call Nora more times than she could count. Every single time, she'd hung up before actually dialing.She
The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 55: Nora, Something's Happened to Your Mother
Miles hesitated, and when he finally reached the crucial part, he looked up to meet Nora's eyes. "The other sample was Walter Ashford's."Walter Ashford?The news landed like a physical blow. Nora went rigid, frozen in place.Nearly ten minutes passed in silence, her breathing growing shallower by the second.Her brow furrowed sharply, eyes gone dark and bottomless enough to freeze anything they landed on.She stared at nothing for a long stretch before finally lifting her coffee and taking a long, deliberate swallow, an obvious attempt to mask the storm building underneath."And?" she asked.Miles pressed his lips together. "The results confirm it. You and Walter are biological father and daughter."Whatever fragile hope she'd been holding onto shattered completely. Her hand shook around the cup, coffee sloshing over the rim and down her front.I should have seen this coming.Helen had been barely twenty when she'd left her hometown for Meridian City, taking a job as a maid in the As
The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 54: I'd Rather Die Than Remarry You
Nora's brow furrowed at the sudden pressure around her wrist. She looked down to find Grant's hand wrapped around it.Before he could get a word out, she yanked free.Her expression turned to ice, disgust plain in her eyes. "Don't touch me with those hands."After enough encounters like this, Grant had started to understand winning her forgiveness wasn't going to be simple.Whatever love she'd once carried for him had clearly shattered beyond repair.And there was Julian to worry about now too, circling with obvious intent, the biggest threat standing between Grant and any path back to her.Watching her expression stay distant and cold, something dark settled behind his eyes. "Nora, I'm not dirty. I never touched Vivian. You have to believe that much, at least."Disgusting.How is that even the argument he thinks matters right now?Whether he'd actually slept with Vivian felt almost beside the point at this stage especially given there'd clearly been at least one other woman involved
The Lie Behind His Devotion Chapter 53: Have You Never Thought About Winning Grant Back?
Sophie reeled from the impact, mind spinning. "Nora Ashford, you said you wouldn't."Nora scoffed. "There's a difference between a beautiful fool and just a plain one. Let me clarify something for you. I said I was afraid of getting my hands dirty. That's not the same as saying I wouldn't, if pushed far enough."Sophie's face went red, veins standing out along her neck, practically vibrating with fury.That's when Vivian remembered her cue, stepping in with theatrical concern. "Nora, how could you say something so rude? Principal Reeves and Mr. Vance are right here watching. What must they think of you right now?"Classic Vivian. Using the people around her as props, then swooping in to look like the reasonable one.She turned to Principal Reeves, all practiced humility. "I apologize for the disturbance, Principal Reeves. Nora's always been like this. Please don't take it personally."Vivian had graduated from the Belmoor Academy herself, and she'd already reached out about attending
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