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While You Chose Her, I Claimed Everything [122]
Adrian's relationship with Tara developed far more quickly than he had expected.At first, Adrian only wanted to maintain a good relationship with her for the sake of the Ashbourne project. He invited Tara to lunch after meetings, occasionally drove her home when they had to work late into the night, and gradually made her the first person he turned to whenever he faced a problem at the company.The more time they spent together, the more Adrian realized one thing. Tara wasn't just intelligent. She was able to see things that never even occurred to Ashbourne's senior directors.Several projects that had previously stalled began moving forward after Tara offered her input. Even Victor began praising Adrian's work in front of the board of directors on several occasions, never realizing that most of those ideas had come from Tara.For the first time, Adrian felt that his position within Ashbourne was truly beginning to change. He was no longer seen merely as a member of the Ashbourne fam
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The steel door slammed shut behind Adrian, the sharp clang echoing down the detention corridor. He didn't look back. Usually, several other detainees had already returned, their voices filling the cramped room. This time, only silence greeted him.He continued walking until he reached the metal bunk in the corner of the room. The cell was lit only by a dim white light that made every corner feel cold and unfamiliar. Leonard was still outside, discussing the possibility of an appeal with the legal team. Adrian didn't even know whether they still had any chance.For the first time in years, the outcome of the trial was no longer what occupied his mind the most.The only thing that kept echoing in his head was Kara's words."I've already told Vivian everything."Adrian lowered his head. His fingers intertwined so tightly that his knuckles turned pale.Vivian.In the entire Ashbourne family, there was only one person who was never satisfied with hearing only one side of a story. One perso
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The confidence on Kara's face began to waver. Even so, she still tried to defend herself. "But... she didn't say anything while I was telling her what happened."The corners of Adrian's lips moved slightly, forming a faint smile that held no trace of joy. "Did she say she believed everything you told her?"Kara could only stare at Adrian without blinking. For the first time since entering the visitation room, her confidence began to crumble. The meeting she had considered a turning point the night before was slowly becoming something she was no longer even sure could be called good fortune.The room fell silent once more.Adrian met Kara's gaze directly. His eyes were no longer filled with anger, but with a far more troubling unease. He seemed to be piecing together fragments of information in his mind, trying to understand how much Vivian had already learned."Do you know why she became one of the most respected painters in Europe?"Kara did not answer."Because she's spent her entir
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The following morning, the sky was still blanketed with gray clouds when a black sedan pulled up in front of the temporary detention center under the court's supervision.Kara stepped out first. She was dressed in an ivory suit with a long coat shielding her from the cold air. Behind her, Helena walked alongside the two attorneys from the law firm that had been handling Adrian's case over the past several days.No one spoke as they passed through the security screening. The sound of heavy steel doors closing one after another behind them made the atmosphere even more oppressive. A few minutes later, they were escorted into a consultation room separated by a thick glass partition. Not long afterward, Adrian was brought in by two officers.In just a matter of days, the man's face had grown noticeably gaunter. A light beard had begun to cover his jaw, while the dark circles beneath his eyes showed that he had hardly slept at all. Even so, his gaze remained as sharp as ever.He took his s
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The hotel room door closed softly behind Kara.The corners of her lips, which she had been holding back all this time, finally lifted into a relieved smile. She placed her designer handbag, now beginning to lose its luster, on the small table by the door, then slipped off her high heels with a long exhale.For the first time since Adrian had been taken into custody, the weight that had been suffocating her over the past few days felt slightly lighter.The hotel room was far from luxurious. It was nothing more than a simple room they had rented by the week ever since their lives had been turned upside down. Two large suitcases still lay in the corner of the room. Several cardboard boxes filled with their belongings were still scattered around as well. Some of their clothes had not even been unpacked because both Kara and Helena knew the place was only a temporary stop.By the window, Helena sat hunched over a small table. Stack upon stack of cash, several bank cards, and an expense led
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Victor remained silent.The silence between them felt completely natural. Ever since they were children, neither of them had ever needed many words to understand the other.Vivian set her teacup back on the table."Before coming here, I read nearly every news report about the Ashbourne family. In Europe, the case has even started appearing in various business publications because it involves your company."Her gaze shifted to Victor. "Then, a few hours later, I met that woman."Since Victor still hadn't said anything, Vivian spoke again with a quiet sigh. "To be honest, Victor, I still don't understand how your family ended up becoming such a complete mess."The room fell silent once again. Not because there was nothing left to say, but because they both knew that what Vivian had just shared was only the beginning. There were still far more truths yet to be uncovered, and that night, their conversation had only just entered its most important part.Victor remained silent.The woman's
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Dinner that evening unfolded exactly as Tara had expected Kara was there too.Normally, Tara would have welcomed her sister’s presence with genuine warmth. Whenever their parents joined them, the house would feel livelier filled with conversation and laughter. Though often, those conversations revo
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Victor sat calmly in the back seat, as though the conversation that had just taken place between him and Tara had been nothing significant. But for Tara, it had taken immense courage, along with the sacrifice of her pride, to say those words aloud.For a long moment, she watched him through the rea
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The road stretched ahead, quiet and almost eerily calm. Tara drove at a steady pace, the traffic lights shifting from red to green as cars moved along in an orderly rhythm. The afternoon sky was clear—bright, almost indifferent.Nothing likes her.Inside the car, it felt as though a storm had settl
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“Mm… slow down, Adrian.”The voice stopped Tara in her tracks just as she reached the door to her husband’s study. It was familiar—far too familiar. For a moment, she wondered if she had misheard.“…There’s no way I can go slow when it’s you.”Tara’s heart seemed to stop. That voice… Adrian?She di
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