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Chapter 62 – Downstairs
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2026-10-08 14:50:51
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The best friend i trusted Chapter 67 – Hospital
The first thing I noticed was the smell.It didn’t smell like home.My head hurt. There was something on my arm tightening and loosening. For a few seconds I just lay there trying to catch up. Then it hit me. The photo. Damien. The way the floor moved. Adrian calling my name.My hand went to my stomach straight away.Still there.The relief was so strong I started crying before I could stop myself. Not soft pretty tears but the messy kind. My face screwed up and my chest jerked like I’d been holding my breath for hours.“Hey.”Adrian was in the chair beside the bed. He looked rough. Shirt wrinkled. Eyes tired. Like he’d been sitting there the whole time without really resting.“You’re in hospital,” he said. “You collapsed at the apartment.”My mouth was dry.“The baby?”“Tge baby is fine. They’re watching you. Doctor said it was stress, dehydration, and your blood pressure went too high. They want to keep you for observation.”I nodded and kept crying anyway. I hated crying in front o
The best friend i trusted Chapter 66 – Too Much
The second photo hit harder than the first.Same day. Different angle. Closer.My hand was on my stomach.I didn’t drop the phone. I just stood there with it in my hand like the screen had teeth. My first thought wasn’t even Damien. It was pure shame, hot and immediate, the kind that climbs your neck before you can stop it. Then anger came in right behind it. Then fear. All of it stacked so fast I couldn’t separate them cleanly.Adrian took the phone from me.He looked at the picture once and his jaw locked.“Brenda. Now.”I forwarded it. My fingers felt thick. Slow. Like they belonged to somebody else.“They’re not guessing anymore,” I said. “That photo looks like proof.”“It’s still a photo taken without consent,” he said. “That doesn’t give them rights.”“It gives them a story. And people care more about stories than rights.”I walked away from him because standing still made the panic worse. The living room felt smaller than usual. The windows too bright. My heart was beating in m
The best friend i trusted Chapter 65 – Clear Enough
The photo sat on my phone like it had weight.Me outside the clinic. Adrian beside me. Blurry, but not blurry enough.For a second I couldn’t breathe right. My ears felt hot. My hands went cold. All the noise in the shop faded and all I could hear was my own pulse.Adrian took the phone from me before I dropped it.He looked at the picture once and his whole face changed.“Send it to Brenda. Now.”I did. My fingers felt thick, like they didn’t belong to me.The shop girl was still staring.“Is that…?”“Don’t ask,” I said. It came out sharper than I meant. “Please just keep working.”She nodded fast and turned away.I walked to the back room because I needed walls around me. Adrian followed and shut the door halfway.“Talk to me,” he said.“What do you want me to say?” My voice cracked. “They’re not guessing anymore. They have a picture. Of me. At a clinic. With you.”“I know.”“Do you?” I looked up at him. “Because this is my body in that photo. My face. My shop already has people sid
The best friend i trusted Chapter 64 – Public
I kept reading the comment like maybe the words would change.Ask the owner why she’s been at private clinics with Adrian Vale.It was under an old photo of bags. On my business page. Just sitting there.Adrian had his phone out already.“I’m sending it to Brenda. Don’t reply yet.”“If I don’t say anything, people will think it’s true.”“If you say the wrong thing, it’s worse.”I got up and went to the kitchen. I didn’t even know what I wanted there. I just opened the fridge, closed it, and stood with my hand on the counter.“That’s my work page,” I said. “Not even my personal account. They’re putting this on my shop.”“I know.”“So we just leave it?”“No. We would definitely deal with it but we have to be careful.”I turned and looked at him.“Careful hasn’t done much for us so far since all these saga started.”He didn’t argue.By the time I checked again, somebody had liked the comment. Then a reply appeared under it.What clinic?My stomach dropped.“You see…It’s starting,” I sai
The best friend i trusted Chapter 63 – At My Door
Adrian was already on his feet before I could say anything else.“Pack your bag,” he said. “We’re going to the shop.”“Now?”“Yes. Someone just showed up asking if you’ve been sick. That’s maybe one of Damien’s men.”I grabbed my phone and jacket. My hands were not steady. In the car he called the person he was sending and told them to stay with the girl until we got there. Then he called Brenda and put the short version on speaker.“A man came to her shop after she left,” he said. “Asked about her work hours, if my people come around, and if she’s been sick a lot. Took photos of the front shop.”Brenda’s voice was sharp.“Did he leave a name?”“No.”“Any camera?”“We’ll check when we get there.”“Good. Don’t confront anyone yourselves if he comes back. Call the police if he returns and refuses to leave. And Sophia, this is important. Do not answer questions about your health to strangers. Not even ‘I’m fine.’”“I won’t,” I said.When we reached the shop, one of Adrian’s men was alrea
The best friend i trusted Chapter 62 – Downstairs
Adrian kept his hand near the intercom for a second after the front desk hung up.“He’s still there,” I said.“Yeah.”“What if he starts shouting?”“Then security deals with him. You’re not going down there.”I sat on the sofa and rubbed my hands on my knees. Knowing Damien was in the same building, even if it was only the lobby, made my stomach twist.Adrian sat next to me.“You alright?”“Not really.”“He doesn’t get up here. That’s what matters.”A few minutes later the intercom rang again.Adrian answered.“Mr. Vale, he’s asking to leave a message for Ms. Sophia. He says it’s important.”“No. If he has something to say, he sends it to her lawyer. That’s it.”“Understood.”The call ended.I leaned back.“He’s not going to just walk away.”“Maybe not. But he also doesn’t get what he wants because he showed up.”We waited. The apartment felt too quiet. I kept expecting another ring. When it came, the front desk sounded fed up.“Mr. Vale, security is with him now. He’s getting loud. D
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