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The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Adrian’s Location.
Ava had admired it too. She'd told him once that Clara was the most honest person in any room because she didn't know how to perform feelings she wasn't having. He had thought at the time that it was a generous description of someone who yelled across the studio floor but he thought about it differently now.He thought about the first time Ava had walked into this studio, years before any of this, before Adrian, before Damien, before all of it. She had been nervous, holding it together so tightly you could see the effort if you knew what to look for. He had seen it. He had hired her anyway, or perhaps because of it.He had never told her that. He wished now, with the particular sharpness of wishes that come too late, that he had.He let himself sit in the quiet a little longer…with the photograph…with what was.He put his hand on the door handle and stopped there for one more second, collecting himself. He thought about the first time Ava had walked into a room he was already in and r
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Burned.
Victor sat across from Lauren on the smaller couch, elbows on his knees, watching the family he'd just driven home fall into a silence too heavy to break with words. Mrs. Sterling's scraped palms were wrapped now, tended to quickly in the kitchen before any of them could think too hard about how she'd gotten the scrapes in the first place. April hadn't moved from her spot on the couch in twenty minutes, knees still drawn to her chest, eyes fixed on nothing.Above them, somewhere on the second floor, Mr. Sterling's medical equipment hummed its same steady rhythm, undisturbed. His night nurse had checked in once, quietly, and Lauren had practically begged her with her eyes to keep whatever she'd overheard from spreading any further than the hallway. The woman had nodded once and disappeared back upstairs, and Lauren had allowed herself exactly three seconds of relief before the next wave of dread set back in.Nobody had eaten…nobody had even suggested it. The idea of food felt obscen
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle The Headline
The headline filled the screen in stark block letters: STERLING FAMILY TURNED AWAY FROM COLE ESTATE AMID GRIEF…SECURITY THREATENS TO REMOVE GRIEVING MOTHER. Beneath it, a grainy photo of April pressed against the gate, mouth open mid-scream, her knuckles white around the bars."Dude, what the hell?" Lucas's frown deepened as he scrolled further, finding a second article, then a third, the story already metastasizing across every outlet that could get a camera within a mile of the estate.Damien didn't answer. He was already moving, throwing the blanket aside, his casted leg swinging off the bed before Lucas could so much as set the phone down."Damien…""Tell the doctors to get me crutches." His voice came out rough, urgent, nothing like the careful, controlled tone he usually used in every room he ever walked into. "You've got to take me to the Sterling house. Please, Lucas."Damien pleaded "Your leg just got reset two days ago. You can't put weight on it, the doctor was very clear…"
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Aged Overnight
Victor was out of his car before it had fully stopped, his jacket flying open as he ran toward them, leaving the driver's door hanging wide behind him."Are you alright?" His eyes found Lauren first, scanning her for damage before sweeping to Mrs. Sterling who was still trembling against her, knees scraped and eyes hollow."I'm fine." Lauren's voice cracked on the word, the first sign all night that she wasn't, not really, not even close, "We need to get Mom home…now, before April does something that gets her arrested."Victor didn't ask questions, he simply nodded and moved to help Mrs. Sterling into his car with a gentleness that made something in Lauren's chest ache even through the panic. She turned to April and pulled her away from the gate without a backward glance at the cameras still rolling, still hungry for one more shot of someone else's worst night. Victor drove off and Lauren was left with April who had gone quiet in a way that frightened her. “But Ava…”April muttered
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle No Entry.
"Miss, no one is allowed entry," the lead guard said, stepping forward before Lauren even reached the gate, his hand raised flat between them like that alone might stop her, "Mr. Cole's orders."he added"Which Mr. Cole?" Lauren's voice climbed, sharp enough to cut through the noise of the crews shouting questions behind her, "Because my best friend's husband is in there, and I want to know what's happening to her."April was already past her, hands curling around the iron bars, shaking them like she could will the gate open through sheer force of will alone, "Damien!" she screamed, the name tearing out of her raw, loud enough that two cameras swung toward her instantly, flashes popping in the dark, "Damien, open the gate! It's April!"she screamed "Miss, please step back…"April didn't stop, she banged her palm flat against the metal, again and again, the sound echoing down the empty drive, until two of the guards moved to flank her, their hands hovering near her shoulders without qui
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Fatal Accident: Ava is Dead
It was past nine when April first reached for the remote, looking for something mindless to drown out the quiet of the house since she wasn't working anymore. The television flickered to life, throwing pale light across the living room walls, as everything felt ordinary…the hum of the air conditioning and the smell of her mom’s chamomile tea cooling on the side table with her mom settling beside her ready to be entertained.Then, the ordinary evening ended as the screen cut to a breaking news banner, it was big, red and looked urgent.Mrs. Sterling sat frozen on the couch, While April curled beside her, knees drawn to her chest and the remote slack in her hand as her eyes fixed on the ticker scrolling beneath a photograph of a mangled car, the car looked folded like paper. BILLIONAIRE DAMIEN COLE INJURED IN FATAL CRASH. WIFE AVA STERLING-COLE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT SCENE.Neither of them moved as the anchor's voice droned on, professional and detached, words like fatal and pronounced spo
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Empty House.
Livia swayed lightly to the rhythm of soft music that played in the background, a glass of champagne held delicately between her fingers as she moved across her living room.The lights were dim, casting a warm golden glow that reflected off the polished surfaces around her, everything felt… perfect
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Involvement.
Adrian had just ended a meeting when his phone buzzed again. He glanced at the screen briefly before tossing it back on the table, irritation flickering across his face because it was an unknown number.It buzzed again.And again.“Mr. Cole?” one of the board members called cautiously, noticing his
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Let’s Get Married.
“Dad…” Ava’s voice came out softer than she expected, and she rushed in for a hug.“You're here without Adrian, that's new” Mr Sterling noticed, dropping his newspaper safely on the side table and adjusting his glasses.“He had an important meeting to attend…”Ava explained leaving out the part that
The Scorned Wife’s Revenge: Claimed By His Ruthless Uncle Two Months Gone.
Ava regained consciousness slowly, the faint scent of antiseptic and something softer, foral, filling her senses. Her lashes fluttered open as she saw a white ceiling, and soft beeping sounds.She was in a hospital.For a moment, she laid still, trying to gather herself, her body heavy and slightly
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