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Someone Already Knows

Author: Calai
last update publish date: 2026-06-03 07:26:04

The guard studied Aria for several long seconds.

She kept her expression neutral, though her pulse was pounding so hard she could hear it in her ears. The tablet in the guard's hand displayed her photograph. One wrong look, one moment of hesitation, and everything would be over.

Before the guard could say anything, a voice interrupted from nearby.

"Miss, where's my drink? I've been waiting. I asked you a while ago."

The guard turned immediately.

"Mr. Volkov, I'm sorry. We're just checking her b
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Oh my… so exciting!
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good Adrian we'll play be smarter and two step ahead of them.
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    Shawn turned at the sound of her voice.For a moment, neither of them spoke.Aria’s heart pounded harder than she expected. Up close, he looked different from the man she had seen at the banquet, older, more tired around the eyes. Time had left its mark on him.Yet there was something else she hadn’t anticipated.Kindness.Not the polished charm of a businessman or the carefully practiced warmth of a public figure. Something quieter. More natural. Something genuine.Shawn was the first to break the silence. “Yes?”Aria almost forgot why she had approached him. “I wanted to thank you.”A slight frown appeared on his face. “For what?”She glanced toward the therapy wing, where several children were working with therapists. “For this place.”Shawn followed her gaze.His expression softened. “It wasn’t built by me alone.”“Maybe not,” Aria replied. “But you’re still here.”That seemed to catch his attention. Most people thanked donors or praised the funding. Very few noticed who kept show

  • The Wife They Sent Away   The Day Before Everything Changes

    The following day passed far more slowly than Aria expected.By late afternoon, she was sitting in the library with one of the trust folders open in front of her. She had been staring at the same page for nearly ten minutes without reading a single word. No matter how hard she tried to focus, her thoughts kept circling back to the same thing.Shawn Kingsley.Tomorrow."You've been staring at that page for ten minutes."Aria looked up to find Adrian watching her with obvious amusement."I know.""You haven't turned it," He said."I'm thinking," Aria replied."That's what worries me."She narrowed her eyes at him, but Adrian simply reached over and closed the folder."You're not getting any work done."Aria sighed. Unfortunately, he was right. For the first time in a long while, she couldn't concentrate. Tomorrow she would finally meet her biological father. No amount of preparation could make that feel no

  • The Wife They Sent Away   Before the Truth Arrives

    Hundreds of miles away in Ashbourne, Richard sat alone in his study.The room was quiet except for the faint ticking of a wall clock. Documents lay scattered across his desk, but he hadn't looked at any of them for nearly an hour. His attention was fixed on one place and one person.Stonebridge.Aria had been there for days, yet nothing had happened.No public appearances. No confrontations. No careless mistakes.Nothing.And that worried him far more than if she had made a dramatic entrance.Aria had never been reckless. If she was staying hidden, she had a reason.His phone vibrated across the desk, breaking the silence. An unfamiliar number flashed on the screen.Richard stared at it for a moment before answering."Hello?"A woman's voice came through the line, calm and cold."Have you found her?"Richard's expression tightened immediately."No."A brief silence followed."She'

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    Nobody spoke. The DNA report lay on the table, its conclusion impossible to dispute.For years, her past had been a puzzle of missing pieces and unanswered questions. Now, at last, one of the biggest questions had been answered.Yet the room felt heavier than before. No one looked relieved.Nolan broke the silence. "If Shawn knew Selene was pregnant, this would be a completely different story."Marcus nodded. "Which means someone made sure he never found out.""And someone made sure Selene disappeared afterward," Adrian added.No one disagreed.The investigation had shifted overnight. Now they were trying to uncover who had spent more than twenty years keeping a father and daughter apart.Aria leaned back in her chair and stared at the report. "So what do I do now?"No one answered immediately.Finally, Adrian looked at her. "You want to meet him."It wasn't a question.Aria glanced down at the DNA r

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    The room remained silent after Adrian finished reviewing the first set of documents.The black case sat open in the center of the conference table, its contents neatly arranged in labeled folders. What they had uncovered so far was enough to shake everything Aria believed about her mother.For years, she had imagined Selene as a woman swallowed by circumstance, a victim who disappeared and left behind only questions. But the records spread across the table told a different story.Every trust had been carefully structured. Every investment had been managed over the years. Property transfers, corporate holdings, and financial records had been maintained with remarkable precision.Nothing suggested a woman who had vanished without a plan. If anything, it suggested the opposite.Selene had been preparing for the future, for someone to find these records, and for Aria to one day understand.Aria's attention settled on an envelope resting atop the remaining files.Unlike the others, it carr

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    The next morning, breakfast was unusually quiet.The five of them sat around the dining table, with Adrian and Aria more focused on the reports Thomas had gathered overnight than on the food in front of them.A few minutes later, Thomas entered carrying a tablet."There are people watching the property."Nolan barely looked up. "Expected.""Two rotating surveillance teams," Thomas continued. "One positioned across the street and another near the east entrance. Whoever they're working for believes Miss Montclair is here."Aria exchanged a look with Adrian."They're watching every exit."A brief silence followed.Then Aria reached into her bag and placed Marta's letter on the table."Today isn't just about waiting for the DNA results," she said. "I need to finish the second part of my plan."The letter immediately caught everyone's attention.Aria unfolded it and pointed to an address near the bottom. 

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