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Chapter Eighty One.

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The morning sunlight filtered weakly through the thin curtains, spilling onto the small dining table where Mia was placing two plates of toast and eggs. Darren sat already with a mug of tea in his hand, watching her in that quiet way of his that sometimes felt too sharp, as if he was weighing every move she made.

She slid into the chair opposite him and picked up her fork, but before she could take a bite, his voice broke the comfortable silence.

“How many men have you been with before me?”

The question came so suddenly that Mia’s hand froze mid-air. She glanced up, her eyes searching his face for some hint of humor but his expression was calm, unreadable.

“That’s… a strange question for breakfast,” she said lightly, forcing a little laugh.

“I’m just curious,” Darren replied, taking a slow sip of his tea. “You’ve never mentioned anything about your past relationships. Not even once.”

Mia’s mind raced. Why would he ask that now? She could hear the unspoken weight in his tone. This was
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  • Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage.    Chapter ninety six.

    The clock ticked softly in Darren’s office, the sound slicing through the tense silence. Mia sat stiffly beside him, her fingers twisted together, her chest rising and falling too quickly. Across from them, the private investigator laid a thick brown folder on the desk with a quiet finality, his eyes heavy with the weight of what he was about to reveal.“This,” he said gravely, sliding the folder closer to Mia, “is everything I’ve uncovered about your past. The full truth. No more shadows.”Mia’s throat tightened. For weeks she had dreaded this moment, but now that it had come, she wasn’t sure she was ready to hear it. Darren reached under the table and pressed her hand gently, his warmth steadying her.“Go on,” Darren said, his voice low, commanding.The investigator opened the file and drew out several documents. “Mia… your biological parents were not ordinary people. They were shareholders in a powerful conglomerate. Their influence made them targets.” He paused, his gaze sympathet

  • Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage.    Chapter Ninety Five.

    The office was silent long after Michael had dragged Eva and Harris away. Mia sat on the edge of Darren’s desk, her eyes fixed on the carpet, her chest heaving from the weight of Eva’s words. Darren stood by the window, his shoulders tense, his reflection a storm in the glass.When he finally turned, his gaze softened at the sight of her tear-stained face. He crossed the room, stopping just a breath away.“Mia,” he said quietly, his deep voice steady but raw, “I need you to listen to me.”She lifted her head, her eyes shimmering with fear. “Are you going to ask me if it’s true? If I swapped places with her?”He reached out, gently taking her hand. She almost flinched, but his warmth steadied her.“I don’t need to ask,” Darren said firmly. “Because I already suspected.”Mia’s lips parted, shock flooding her features.“From the beginning,” he continued, his thumb brushing over her trembling fingers, “I felt something was off. The girl I met, the one who became my wife, wasn’t the spoile

  • Unexpected ties: Arranged Marriage.    Chapter ninety Four.

    The silence after the boardroom adjourned lingered like smoke after a fire. Mia followed Darren into his private office, her legs weak, her chest so tight she thought she might choke. The door closed behind them with a soft click, but it felt like the lock on a cage.She whirled on him, her eyes glistening. “Who are you?” Her voice cracked, but the demand was clear. “Darren, Brandon, who are you really?”He didn’t flinch. He had prepared himself for this moment, but still, the raw hurt in her voice gutted him.“Mia…” he began softly, stepping closer. “I wanted to tell you everything. I wanted to wait until the right time—”“The right time?” She cut him off, anger piercing through her tears. “The right time to tell me that my husband isn’t just some poor man struggling to get by? That you’re the CEO of Preston Group? That you’ve been lying to me every single day of this marriage?”Her voice rose, echoing against the polished glass walls. She pressed a trembling hand to her chest as tho

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    The boardroom was a tomb of silence, the kind that followed an earthquake when the world was still trying to understand what had just struck.Darren stood tall, his fingers still fisted in Harris’s collar, the man’s face flushed and dripping with sweat. Harris’s earlier smug confidence had evaporated like mist under a burning sun.“You dare fabricate evidence against my wife?” Darren’s voice rolled across the table, low but carrying the weight of thunder. His gaze was molten steel, each word slicing into the room like a blade. “Did you think no one would question it? Did you think I wouldn’t be here?”The executives shifted uncomfortably in their seats, their earlier jeers swallowed whole by the revelation of who exactly was standing before them. Brandon Preston. Darren Edwards. The ghost CEO they’d whispered about for years and he was married to Mia, the very woman they had just condemned.Mia sat frozen in her chair, her heart pounding so loudly she thought the entire room must hear

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