Mag-log inAfter six years together, Serena Kline discovered the love she trusted had been nothing but a lie. Her husband seized her father’s company and coldly handed her the divorce papers, as if she had never mattered at all. “You never loved me?” she asked. Nathaniel, her husband, looked at her with no trace of love left in his eyes and said, “Never.” With no hope left for her marriage, Serena walked away with empty arms and a fierce will to rebuild her life. *** Nathaniel Thorne believed he was prepared to lose anything to get retribution. But vengeance came with a cost he never understood until it was too late. When fate brought him into the same room with Serena again, he prepared himself for the rage, for her retaliation, but instead, Serena calmly asked, “So… was it worth it? Your ultimate revenge?” “I’m doing well,” he answered plainly, hiding the truth behind his commanding facade. Serena smiled, beautiful in a way that made his chest tighten. “Then, I’m happy for you. Peace and closure look good on you.” Her words landed sharper than she intended. Because the truth was, he had never found the peace she spoke of.
view moreAn Opening.“No!” she yelled at the officer. “I don’t want to.”“Why won’t she comply?”“She must really be Victor’s daughter.”People began talking, the whispers around Vanessa adding to her frustration. How could she, Vanessa Holt, the model and actress, loved by many, be humiliated this way?“You really are Victor’s daughter,” Bianca cried. “Your refusal to cooperate says it all!”“It’s not that I don’t want to comply. This could very well be a set-up!” Vanessa said. “I will call my lawyer first, and my parents!”“You may contact your attorney, Miss Holt. The warrant remains in effect,” the officer said. Another police officer arrived, clearly a colleague.“We will escort you to the hotel lobby,” the second officer said evenly. “You will remain there under supervision while we wait for your legal counsel. Until then, you are not permitted to leave. Any refusal to cooperate will be documented as noncompliance with a lawful court order.”Then, almost as an afterthought, the police ad
Then realization struck.Nathaniel didn’t need leverage anymore. People feared him now. Pressure wasn’t always necessary.“Vanessa?” Bianca asked. “Why would Roselind give you the mansion and not Serena?”But Bianca did not get an answer. Vanessa couldn't speak, and Nathaniel was fixed on her. Coincidentally.” Nathaniel said, “Two weeks before your birthday was what Victor claimed to be Serena’s birthday... until she found her real family.”He glanced around, letting the implication settle. “I always wondered why Victor and Roselind never truly celebrated Serena’s birthday. Why would they stay for barely an hour… then leave?”His gaze returned to Vanessa. “To have dinner with you.”Gasps were audible around her. The people's gazes seemed to burn through her frame. “When you were twelve, you suffered a severe viral infection,” Nathaniel continued. “Who donated blood to you?”Vanessa swallowed hard.“I don’t know! It was anonymous!” she cried. But, in reality, she knew. Gavin scoffed
Vanessa’s Blood.While Vanessa was hurling accusations against Serena, she had stepped behind Nathaniel.The reporters and even the crowd seemed influenced by Vanessa’s words as they closed in on Serena and Nathaniel.Only Nathaniel’s outstretched arm kept a safe distance between them and the press.Behind the flock of people, Vanessa kept yapping, repeating the same pieces of “evidence” Nathaniel thought he had already shielded Serena from.One thing was certain: Vanessa struck more than one raw nerve.Serena was barely holding on to her patience. She could tell Nathaniel was the same.His hands balled into fists, but his priority was still standing in front of her and shielding her.Then, her parents arrived.To Serena’s surprise, Vanessa didn’t see the connection. She even dared to say, “That woman is claiming she’s your daughter. The nerve—the audacity—the stupidity of using your family’s name!”Serena internally rolled her eyes at Vanessa’s lack of awareness, but entitlement had
The Proof Arrived.“Yes, Serena, don’t make such claims,” Timothy suddenly said. “It’s not good to offend a powerful family. From what I know, the Vanders only have a son.”Vanessa turned to the reporters, and some nodded.“That’s what I know too,” Vanessa echoed. The truth was, she didn’t know anyt






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