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Your Lips to Mine #5: The Billionaire's Heart on Trial

Your Lips to Mine #5: The Billionaire's Heart on Trial

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last updateLast Updated : 2025-01-06
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Contemporary

Drama

Steamy

Lawyer

Protective

Misunderstanding

Office Relationship

When billionaire Dominic Hayes is accused of corporate fraud, he hires Serena Caldwell, the country’s top lawyer, to clear his name. As Serena uncovers a web of betrayal led by Dominic’s vengeful cousin, danger escalates, and sparks fly between them. Torn between professionalism and passion, they must work together to expose the truth—before it’s too late

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Chapter 1

Trial 1

Clinton's Obsession

One week before their wedding, Clinton attended his colleague’s stag party. Anjelouv was aware of that, but she could not join him because she was not feeling well. The party went on, but when he drank his last shot, his body temperature rose and lust slowly consumed his body. He can’t think straight because of the strong feelings dominating him. He wants to control it, but then a girl comes to him, he loses control, and everything goes blank. When he woke up, he found himself naked in the hotel room alone. He tried to remember what happened that night, but he couldn’t. Clinton still went home. His mind was messed up, but he still pursued his wedding with Anjelouv.

One day before her wedding, Anjelouv visited the Villamor Mansion and Clinton’s mother to announce her surprise to them. When she greeted the house helpers, their faces were full of something she couldn’t name and their eyes also showed sadness. Her heart started to pound nervously, but she just let it pass. Her hands and her knees began to tremble when she heard the commotion in the living room of Villamor's mansion. A lot of voices are shouting with demand, and Clinton’s mother is crying really hard. She stopped her track and listened to them, but she regretted it. Anjelouv’s eyes become blurry and her world stops spinning. Nang marinig niya ang hindi inaasahang balita, buntis ang babae at ang ama ng kaniyang dinadadala ay walang iba kung hindi si Clinton. Ang lalaking mahal niya.

Para siyang natuod sa kaniyang kinatatayuan.

Ang lakas na pilit niyang pinanghahawakan ay bigla na lamang lumisan dahilan upang mabitawan niya ang regalong nasa kaniyang mga kamay. Lumikha ito nang ingay na kumuha sa attention ng bawat isa sa sala ng Mansion. 

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95 Chapters
Trial 1
I had built my career on one simple truth: the law was never personal. It didn’t matter how much money you had, how many people were behind you, or how much power you could wield. The law was impartial—it was meant to cut through the noise, sift through the lies, and deliver the truth. At least, that was how I saw it. But when the call came, everything changed. “Ms. Caldwell,” the voice on the other end of the line had said, smooth as silk but sharp like a blade. “I need your help.” It wasn’t just any voice. It belonged to Dominic Hayes, the billionaire who seemed to have everything—money, power, influence—and yet, in the blink of an eye, it was all hanging by a thread. The media had been tearing him apart for weeks, and the world was watching as his pristine empire teetered on the edge of collapse. His name had been plastered across every headline, every news broadcast, and every social media platform, accompanied by words like ‘fraud,’ ‘corruption,’ and ‘scandal.’ He had made a lo
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Trial 2
The waiting room felt too sterile, almost suffocating. Every detail screamed money—polished marble floors, oversized sculptures, and minimalist artwork that seemed too detached from reality. I’d been to my fair share of corporate offices in my career, but this one was different. It was designed to impress, to make you feel small, insignificant, in the face of power. And, as I sat there, waiting for Dominic Hayes to make his appearance, I realized it was working. I’d arrived early, maybe in some vain hope that the entire thing was a mistake and that I could simply turn around and walk away. But the phone call had been so convincing, so precise in its demand for my expertise, that I’d felt a strange sense of obligation to see it through. The truth was, I had always prided myself on being able to assess a situation, to gauge whether a case was worth pursuing. The moment I heard his voice on the other end of the line, I knew there was something more to this than just another rich man tryi
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Trial 3
Chapter 3: The Investigation Begins The hum of my office phone was the first sound that broke the silence of my morning. I had been up late, pouring over documents that were a tangle of financial records, emails, and corporate memos from Dominic Hayes’ company. A part of me wondered if I was diving too deep too quickly, but I knew I had to get a full grasp of the situation. One thing had become crystal clear: nothing about this case was going to be easy. Picking up the phone, I didn’t even need to glance at the caller ID. I knew it would be him—Dominic Hayes. The one client who seemed to have an uncanny way of making his presence known, even from miles away. “Ms. Caldwell,” his voice was smooth, almost too smooth, as usual. “I trust you’ve started reviewing the documents I sent over?” I let out a sigh, sinking deeper into the chair, the leather creaking under my weight. “I’ve started. It’s a lot to go through, but I’m getting there.” “I trust that you’ll uncover the truth,” he sai
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Trial 4
It’s strange, how quickly a day can shift from something routine into something that feels like you’re sinking into quicksand. I had been preparing to meet with a few of Dominic Hayes’ key employees—people who were supposed to be integral to his company’s success—and I’d hoped that they might provide a clearer picture of the man I was working for. But I knew that the deeper I dug, the more uncomfortable the answers would become. There was something about this case that felt off. It wasn’t just the financial discrepancies or the hidden transactions; it was the unease in the air. The look in people’s eyes when I mentioned Dominic’s name. It wasn’t outright fear, but a nervousness—a reluctance to say too much. Maybe I was just being paranoid. After all, I had worked in law long enough to know that sometimes a little hesitation could mean a person was hiding something big. I arrived at the office of Hayes Enterprises for my meeting with Oliver Granger, the company’s Chief Operating Offic
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Trial 5
I have been on this case for weeks now, and something about it was starting to gnaw at me. The more I uncovered, the more the puzzle pieces scattered, but none of them seemed to fit together quite right. For every person who spoke highly of Dominic Hayes, there was someone else whose eyes told a different story. It was as if they all held their tongues, as though there was something unspeakable buried just beneath the surface. And as much as I hated to admit it, I was beginning to feel like I was walking on the edge of something much larger than just a corporate scandal. I had uncovered financial irregularities, hidden transactions, and even whispers of backdoor deals, but no one was willing to go on the record with anything concrete. They were all too careful, too controlled. It was clear they knew something, but they weren’t saying it. It was during one of my late-night sessions, flipping through emails, financial statements, and interview notes, that I first stumbled across Adrian
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Trial 6
I never liked the feeling of uncertainty. There was a coldness in it that gnawed at my insides, making me question everything—my decisions, my instincts, the facts I thought I knew. But lately, that was all I could feel. Every time I peeled back another layer of this case, the truth seemed to slip through my fingers, eluding me. What had begun as a straightforward corporate scandal was now a tangled web of lies, half-truths, and questions without answers. And at the heart of it all was Dominic Hayes. I had spent weeks digging into his business dealings, interviewing employees, and sifting through mountains of documents. The deeper I went, the more I began to see cracks in Dominic’s carefully constructed facade. He was charismatic, confident, a man who could bend people to his will without even trying. But behind that polished exterior, I was starting to wonder if there was more—if there was something darker, something that even he couldn’t hide forever. The first inkling of doubt had
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Trial 7
I had learned to keep my emotions under control. As a lawyer, I couldn’t afford to let feelings cloud my judgment—no matter how hard it was, no matter how tempting it might be to let my guard down. But here I was, standing at the precipice of a case that was rapidly becoming more complicated than I had ever imagined. And what had been a cold, calculated investigation into Dominic Hayes’s business empire was starting to feel personal in ways I didn’t know how to process.The days following our meeting in his office were a blur of legal documents, late-night research, and phone calls to my team. But through it all, one thing stuck with me: his eyes. His words. The way he’d looked at me when he spoke about his cousin Adrian. There had been anger, yes, but also vulnerability—something I hadn’t expected. A glimpse of a man who was desperate to prove his innocence, even as he remained distant, withdrawn, and guarded.Dominic insisted on his innocence, of course. He had all the right words,
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Trial 8
I’ve always believed that my job was simple—get to the truth, no matter how messy or complicated it might be. But Dominic Hayes’s case? It wasn’t just complicated. It was a puzzle with pieces that didn’t seem to fit, no matter how hard I tried to make them. The deeper I dug into his company’s financial records, the more I found—each discovery just led to more questions. I was beginning to feel like I was chasing my own tail, and the more I looked, the less clear everything seemed.It started innocently enough, like any other day in the office. I was sorting through stacks of documents, reviewing emails, trying to find any scrap of information that might help us crack this case wide open. But then I found it—one transfer, one anomaly. It was buried in a sea of numbers, a single transaction that didn’t add up. A large sum of money sent from one of Dominic’s corporations to an offshore account in the Cayman Islands. At first, I thought it was a mistake, a misfiled report or a simple erro
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Trial 9
I had always prided myself on my ability to keep things professional. After years of working as a corporate lawyer, I had learned how to compartmentalize—how to shut off emotions when they threatened to interfere with the job. But as the days wore on and I spent more time with Dominic Hayes, I could feel the lines blurring. My professional distance, the invisible walls I’d built around myself, were beginning to crumble, and I hated it. It was the one thing I’d sworn to protect—my ability to stay objective. But Dominic... Dominic had a way of getting under my skin, of breaking through defenses I hadn’t even realized I had.It started subtly, at first. The way he would lean across the conference table, his intense gaze locking onto mine, the unspoken tension in the room thick enough to make it hard to breathe. Then, it was the way his voice would change when he spoke to me—softer, quieter, as though I were the only person in the room. It was a quiet confidence, a subtle power he exuded
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Trial 10
I got too close. I’d known it, felt it in my bones the moment Adrian Hayes made his presence known again. The deeper I dug, the more tangled the web became. And the more Adrian’s shadow stretched over every move I made. It was suffocating, relentless—a force that pushed me to the brink.It started with small things at first—strange phone calls, the quiet rustle of papers in the background as I worked late into the night. Then it escalated, each threat more direct, more personal. My office was broken into—nothing stolen, nothing moved, just the unmistakable feeling that someone had been there, watching. A subtle, silent warning. But warnings don’t usually come with such stark clarity.I had spent weeks studying Adrian’s past, combing through every possible connection he might have had to Dominic’s company, but the closer I got, the more I realized how far-reaching his influence was. He wasn’t just a disgruntled family member, a distant relative with a score to settle. No, Adrian was so
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