บททั้งหมดของ When Love Crosses the Line: บทที่ 211 - บทที่ 220

The study in Liam’s penthouse was dimly lit, the soft glow of a desk lamp casting shadows across the room. Stacks of documents, ledgers, and old correspondence were spread out in careful disarray, each paper a fragment of a past that refused to stay buried. Liam sat at the head of the room, fingers steepled, eyes scanning the details that had been haunting him for weeks.It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. He had always believed that a man’s legacy, while complicated, could be managed, compartmentalized, and controlled. His father’s past, with its mistakes, indiscretions, and debts, had been something Liam thought he had left behind. But the past, he now realized, had a way of catching up, not as a memory, but as a living, breathing storm of consequences.The first hint had come in subtle ways. A quiet phone call from an anonymous source, warning him of financial irregularities. A bank alert flagged for suspicious activity linked to companies his father once controlled. A low-leve

The office was quiet, almost deceptively so. Outside, the city hummed with its usual rhythm, unaware of the storm brewing within the walls of Liam Adeyemi’s empire. He sat at the head of the boardroom table, documents spread before him, but his mind wasn’t on numbers or contracts. It was on the subtle shift in the air, the sense that someone was watching, waiting, and calculating their next move.Amara, seated beside him, noticed the tension etched across his face. “Liam, you’re tense,” she said softly, reaching for his hand under the table. Her touch was a grounding force, steady and warm, yet today it seemed barely enough to soothe the unease she could sense in him.“I feel it,” he admitted, voice low. “Someone is not happy with us… with me… with us being together.”Amara’s brow furrowed. “Do you think it’s just business competition?”He shook his head. “No. This… this feels personal.”And he was right.The first sign had been subtle, a whispered comment during a board meeting, a di

The charity gala was alive with the hum of soft music, clinking glasses, and polite laughter. The grand ballroom shimmered under crystal chandeliers, every corner reflecting the elegance and prestige of the event. London’s elite had gathered to support a worthy cause, but beneath the polished exterior of smiles and etiquette, a tension quietly thrummed in the air, one that only Amara could sense.She had spent the evening navigating conversations with donors, dignitaries, and board members, her usual poise in place, yet she felt an inexplicable edge in her nerves. Liam moved beside her, perfectly composed, charming with ease as he greeted influential figures. But even he couldn’t disguise the faint flicker of unease she had noticed earlier, a subtle tightening of his jaw, a glance that betrayed his anticipation of something unseen.Amara’s instincts had always been sharp, honed through years of navigating both personal and professional turbulence alon

The apartment was quiet, deceptively so, but the quiet did not bring peace. Instead, it amplified every heartbeat, every tremor in Amara’s chest. Outside, the London skyline shimmered with distant lights, the hum of the city faint against the weight pressing down on her. She had never felt so exposed, so vulnerable, and yet so fiercely alive.For weeks, the shadows had been closing in. Anonymous messages, strange cars outside the building, whispers among those who were once trustworthy, they had all taken their toll. Liam had fought to shield her, had built walls of security, both physical and emotional, around their lives. But the effort to keep the darkness at bay had come at a cost: Amara’s own heart was fraying under the relentless tension.She sat on the edge of their bed, her fingers tracing the band of her engagement ring, a symbol meant to anchor her, to signify hope and commitment, but tonight, it felt like a chain. Each flicker of the diamond caught the moonlight streaming t

The city lights blurred past the car windows, streaking into ribbons of gold, silver, and amber as the tires hummed against the wet asphalt. Rain had begun again, light and persistent, drumming a soft rhythm against the roof, a rhythm that seemed to echo the thrum of tension inside the vehicle. Amara stared out the passenger window, tracing the reflections of neon signs that danced and fractured across the glass. Each flicker reminded her of memories she had tried to lock away, the laughter, the arguments, the closeness she had once taken for granted.Adrian drove with a steady, almost mechanical precision, his jaw set, fingers tight on the wheel. He was physically calm, but the rigid lines of his posture betrayed the storm beneath. Every so often, his hand would twitch, the muscles in his forearm tightening as though bracing against a force only he could feel. He had spoken so many times in his mind, rehearsing words he would never say, yet the ones that mattered now remained unspoke