KABANATA 29When Celeste’s scandal hit the headlines, I thought I would feel victorious.But the silence that followed felt.. hollow.Yes, the public was shifting to my side. Yes, I had shed the villain mask they’d pinned on me. But deep inside, I realized something—I couldn’t be truly free, not until Sydelle Couture was mine again.Nang sumunod na araw ay ginugol ko ang oras ko sa study room ni Draven, surrounded by files, legal documents, and stock reports.Sydelle wasn’t just my name. It was my blood, my sweat, my dream. And after everything my father and Isabella did to throw me out, I would reclaim it—not as the broken girl they humiliated, but as a woman who could stand on her own.“Need help?” Draven’s voice broke through my thoughts.He was leaning on the doorway, hands in his pockets, wearing that usual calm expression that somehow always felt like a challenge.“No,” I said without looking up. “This one’s mine to fight. I let her sit in my chair for too long.”A flicker of so
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