Lahat ng Kabanata ng REVENGE AND DESIRE: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

CHAPTER 52Damien paced around his room, running a hand through his hair for the third time in five minutes. Zayne leaned against the wall, arms crossed, watching him with concern.“You didn’t even give her a chance to explain,” Zayne said flatly.Damien shot him a look. “You think I don’t know that?”Zayne shrugged. “Could’ve fooled me.”Damien exhaled hard. “I saw the footage, Zayne. It was her voice. The timestamp, the location—it all matched.”“And your gut?” Zayne raised a brow. “What does that say?”Damien was silent for a beat,then quietly he spoke up, “My gut says it doesn’t feel like her.”“Exactly.”“But that voice…” Damien’s hands balled into fists. “Why would someone fake something like that? Why go through all that trouble?”Zayne hesitated. “Because someone wants you two apart.”Damien’s jaw clenched. “She looked so broken when I shut the car door on how I didn't allow her to come inside the house.”Zayne nodded. “Because she didn’t do it, Damien.”“I need proof.”Zayne

CHAPTER 54The moment Damien left, leaving selene all alone she decided to go downstairs,but she noticed something.Evelyn was supposed to be here,she didn't know anywhere in this city.She went downstairs and met Lady Lina coming out from the kitchen.She stopped her. “ Good evening Lady Lina,have you seen Evelyn?”Lady lina bowed. “ I have not seen her since yesterday ma.”“ Really?, you can go.”She watched as she left and her mind flew back to Evelyn.Where was she?---Inside Julius’ home, Zayne was already seated in the room, Julius was seated on the bed as he watched Zayn hands moving in the laptop.Julius slid the hard drive across the table. “This came in from our off-site backup. It’s untouched. Original timestamp intact.”Zayne stared at him and plugged it in quickly.Damien stood behind them, watching the footage roll.It was the same lab hallway with the same distant voices. But this time, there was a signature in the meta data.And a name.It appeared in the upper right

CHAPTER 56 The air in Damien’s study felt tight, like something unspoken pressed against the walls.Evelyn stepped in, her heels clicking sharply on the marble floor. Her blazer was perfectly tailored, her chin lifted, eyes defiant.“You called for me?”Zayne didn’t return her gaze. He leaned against a bookshelf, arms folded. Julius stood quietly near the desk, alert. Selene, however, sat with one leg crossed over the other, crimson nails tapping against the armrest, eyes like winter steel.Damien turned from the window and nodded once.“Sit.”Evelyn stayed standing.“What is this about?”Selene rose slowly.“Don’t insult us. You know exactly what this is.”“I really don’t,” Evelyn replied, though a flicker of unease betrayed her.Zayne gave a dry chuckle.“Come on. You wiped Damien’s lab clean. Tampered with the system. You left fingerprints all over the mess.”“I didn’t—”Selene cut in sharply.“You forged security footage. Tried to frame me for it. Planted files, then scrubbed the evid

CHAPTER 58 The sky outside was a pale, washed-out gray when Selene padded barefoot into the lounge, clutching her coffee like it was the only thing keeping her upright. The house was still, quiet in a way that felt like it was holding its breath. Damien sat on the edge of the couch, one hand on his knee, eyes locked on the muted TV screen.“Did you sleep?” she asked softly.He turned his head toward her, his expression unreadable for a beat. “Did you?”Her lips curved, tired. “Not really.”She sank onto the couch beside him, the fabric cold beneath her legs. The silence stretched, thick but not uncomfortable. It was the kind that came from understanding, from knowing there was nothing left to say about yesterday that hadn’t already been felt.“I keep thinking we’ve seen the worst of it,” she said after a moment, staring ahead. “And then someone new steps out of the dark.”Damien glanced down at her hands. She hadn’t even touched the coffee. “You’re not facing it alone this time. No m

CHAPTER 60 The surveillance feed continued to run even after the call had ended. Kellan remained seated, his posture relaxed, as if nothing had changed. His hands were calmly folded in front of him, and his gaze remained fixed on the surveillance camera as if it were a person rather than a machine.He smiled, not wide or showy, just enough to make it unsettling.“She took the bait,” he said quietly.Selene stood frozen in front of the monitors. The glow from the screens illuminated her face in pale light. The surveillance room felt smaller than it had seconds ago. The pressure in her chest built slowly, making it harder to breathe.Zayne leaned over the console and typed quickly. His eyes scanned the code without blinking. “I’m tracing it now,” he said. “The line’s dirty, but I can get around it.”Kellan shifted slightly in the interrogation room, just enough to lean in toward the mic. His voice dropped lower.“Tell her mother it worked. Tell her Selene is asking the right questions.