The Man Behind The Lie

Zara stood at the window of the Paris penthouse, her breath fogging the glass. Below her, the city pulsed with life—neon signs, midnight cafés, horns in the distance. The Eiffel Tower glittered like a lie dressed in diamonds. Fitting.Behind her, the sound of leather shoes echoed against marble floors. Alec.“Say it,” she said, her voice sharp as the blade still buried in her chest. “Say it out loud.”He exhaled. “I’m Alec Blackwell.”“The Alec Blackwell,” she whispered, as if saying it too loud would shatter her.He stepped closer. “CEO of Blackwell Industries. Billionaire. Founder of the law firm you thought was just some ghost entity. The same one that bought out the company you used to work for.”Zara turned slowly. “And all this time… the broke guy with the holes in his shoes? The one with sad stories and broken ramen noodles in his cabinet—that was a show?”“No,” Alec said softly. “That was the truth I wanted. Stripped down. Real.”“Real?” she repeated, laughing bitterly. “You m

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Poison In Silk

Zara never thought fabric could make her feel power. But as she stepped into the minimalist studio overlooking Manhattan’s East Side, the scent of raw silk and ambition hit her like perfume. Her name—ZARA LANE—was printed on sample tags, elegant and bold. The birth of her clothing line. Real. Tangible. Hers.She ran her fingers over a blazer, sleek with cut-glass structure, tailored for the kind of woman who ruled boardrooms with her lipstick shade.“This line is going to wreck the industry,” Jasmine whispered beside her, her long-time best friend turned business manager. “You realize that, right?”Zara smiled faintly. “It better.”Her phone buzzed. Alec.“Board meeting wrapped early. Need to see you. Urgent. Come by the penthouse.”She hesitated. Ever since he came clean about his identity, everything had shifted. The lies were out, but the silence between them had grown louder. They were rebuilding—but rebuilding required truth, and truth never came clean.Zara grabbed her jacket an

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Queen Of Ashes

The city woke to chaos. Headlines flashed across every screen: “Zara Lane’s Empire in Flames”, “Fashion Queen or Corporate Parasite?”, “Blackwell’s Mistress Scandal Deepens.” Even the tabloids were whispering about her father’s “mysterious disappearance”—and one outlet, more brazen than the rest, ran a doctored photo suggesting Zara’s involvement in his vanishing.Zara leaned over the studio table, watching the storm unfold on her laptop. Swatches of her new line lay scattered around her like fallen soldiers—silks ripped, seams slashed, tags torn. Jasmine burst in, mascara streaked from crying.“They’ve broken into the showroom,” Jasmine gasped. “They’ve ruined everything.”Zara’s jaw clenched. “Find me who did it.”Jasmine swallowed. “It’s Vivienne’s people. They used Blackwell’s security codes.”Anger flared. “Good. Because they just painted a target on their own throats.”⸻Alec paced his penthouse like a caged beast, phone pressed to his ear. Investor calls, board members threaten

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The Man Behind The Lie

Poison In Silk

Queen Of Ashes