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The Perfect Lie
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-24
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Lena Mercer makes a living off saving and believes that love can be saved no matter what. However, when a frightened woman named Claire Reynolds appears at her office door insisting she is being purposely murdered by her husband, Lena is hesitant to trust her. Days go by, and Claire vanishes into thin air. Worrying but brushing it off as coincidence, Lena attempts to pick up where they left off—until she uncovers unsettling information connecting Claire's life to her own. The same scent. The same coffee order. Even bruises in identical locations. And then Lena begins receiving ominous messages: "You know the truth. Don't look for me."
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The Woman in the Mirror
Chapter 1
Lena adjusted the pearl earring with tight fingers, determined not to let her hand tremble. The woman in the mirror was Claire's blonde loveliness, Claire's slender face, and Claire's silk designer shirt. But it was wrong. The image was strange Behind her back, Ethan's voice rumbled as he came into their bedroom, wrapping his arms around her waist. "You look gorgeous, sweetheart." Sweetheart. Not Lena. Not Claire. She swallowed. "Are you sure this is me?" Her voice was light and playful because it had to be. Ethan laughed, leaving a kiss on her temple. "Of course, love. You just need more sleep." But sleep wasn't the problem. Reality was. The house, the life, the husband-it was all too perfect. And perfection, she was starting to realize, was its kind of prison. --- The scent of freshly ground coffee and toasted bread filled the kitchen, blending with the crisp morning air. Ethan sat at the breakfast table, reading the newspaper as he always did, a portrait of effortless domesticity. A plate of eggs and fruit waited for Lena, prepared exactly as she liked. Or... as Claire liked. "Eat something," Ethan said without looking up. "You barely ate dinner last night." "Hey," Lena said, frowning at him. Lena sat, picking up the silver fork. "I wasn't hungry." "You haven't been hungry a lot lately." His voice was gentle, but there was something underneath it. A quiet insistence. A careful correction. She forced a smile. "Guess I'm just tired." Ethan reached for her hand, rubbing circles over her wrist. His touch was soothing. Familiar. Loving. And yet, she fought the urge to pull away. "You know I care about you, sweetheart," he whispered. "I just want to protect you." Lena nodded her head, looking down at her plate. It was easier than meeting his eye. Because if she did, she might not be able to hide what was really in her eyes. --- Lena was not allowed a phone safety, Ethan had said. But today she was in the study, raking through his desk drawers with slow, silent fingers. There was a voice in her saying stop. He would be angry if he discovered her. But another part of her continued searching. Her fingers wrapped around an abandoned cell phone at the far end of the drawer. She pushed the button, ppulse-poundingas the phone awakened. One missed call. "JULIA-3 DAYS AGO." The name disturbed her. Julia. Her best friend. Lena waited. Julia was calling her. Which meant Julia believed she still lived. Her thumb danced the call button. "Lena?" She nearly dropped the phone. Ethan stood in the doorway, his expression unreadable. --- His eyes flashed to the phone, then back to her face. "Why are you digging through my desk?" His voice was smooth. Too smooth. Lena swallowed hard. "I-I saw my friend's name. Julia. I just." Ethan's expression eased. He stepped toward her, releasing the phone from her fingers with gentle pressure. "Sweetheart." He cupped her face, his thumb tracing her cheek. "We've talked about this. Julia-she was in your life before. Before the accident." Lena's breath caught. "Accident?" Ethan nodded. "You don't remember, do you?" He released a breath, and last had hurt him. "You were in a terrible accident, love. You have amnesia. We chose to focus on the here and now. On healing." Her head spun. No. That hadn't been true. Had it? Ethan kissed her forehead. "I'll keep this for now, okay? It's better if we don't create confusion." He smiled, warm and patient. Lena nodded on autopilot. Because that was what she was supposed to do. But in the depths of her, something twisted. Because she didn't recall any accident. --- That night, she dreamt of water. Cold, black waves engulfed her, pulling her down. A voice voice-shrieking underwater. Struggling. Struggling. She woke up gasping, drenched in sweat. Ethan's arm tightened around her waist. "Shh, sweetheart," he murmured sleepily. "I'm right here." Lena stared at the ceiling. Was she drowning? Or had she already drowned?Bab terbaru
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Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-24The Perfect Lie Fire and Blood
Chapter 56 – Fire and BloodLena occupied the head of the table, her drumming fingers on the glass top. Around her, the inner circle waited. Marco leaned back in his chair, arms folded. Michael stood near the window, watching the streets below. Noah spun a knife between his fingers, his smirk never wavering.Luca was the last to speak. "The Albanians are in chaos. Fifty percent of their men demand vengeance. Fifty percent demand to fall in line."Lena nodded. "And the Russians?"Michael spun around. "Quiet. Too quiet."Bad. Quiet meant planning. Quiet meant threat."They're waiting, observing to see if we stumble," Marco said to her.Lena met his eyes. "We won't."The attack came sooner than anticipated.Lena had driven the car back up to the estate when Michael's voice crackled into the earpiece."Lena. Take out."She did not debate it. She pulled open the door, twisting over onto the road as the car blew up behind her.The blast resounded down the road. Shattered glass echoed off th
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Chapter 55 – The Queen's Move The city was quiet. So quiet that one can hear the sound of a dropped pin, but not enough to distract Lena and her team. Lena stood in the window of her new office, gazing out at the skyline. It still smelled of gunpowder. Romano's body wasn't even cold before his empire was sold. People were standing by, observing, unsure what the next move would be. She wasn't sure, either. "Report," she said without glancing around. Michael braced in the doorframe, arms folded. "Luca's rallying the lieutenants. Some aren't happy, but they won't move." "They should." Noah filled the gap, dropping a folder onto the desk. "Romano's companies, contacts, offshore accounts. All yours now." Lena snapped the folder open. Money. Power. A crime empire at her fingertips. Marco finally spoke. "They'll fight you." She smiled. "Let them." The first fight came sooner than she'd expected. Luca called a meeting. Not just a meeting—a reception by the most powerful
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-04-16The Perfect Lie The Price of War
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Chapter 53The shelter house stank of gunpowder and sweat. Noah wrapped the gushing area on the kitchen table. Michael leaned against the wall, his jaw clenched in thought.Lena sat across from them, holding the burner phone. Marco's last words recurred in her mind. He's afraid.Romano was not used to being fearful. He was used to mastering. That they had gotten into his head was a sign that one thing—they would strike back worse.Lena exhaled. "We need to get going."Michael's gaze went slanted to hers. "Where?""Right to the heart of his operations," she replied. "We don't let him gather steam."Noah smiled and yelped as he pulled tight the final knot. "I like the thought."Michael frowned. "We barely made it out last time."Lena met his eye. "That was in self-defense. Now we attack."Michael sighed but nodded. "What is the target?"She glanced at Marco, seated mutely in the corner. He had heard and watched. He was a man who understood how and when to voice an opinion.Now, he did.
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