Chapter Twenty One

What Survives the FireAURORAThe city looked different when you realized it could swallow you whole and keep moving.I watched it from the back seat of a car that wasn’t mine, wrapped in a borrowed coat, my body aching in places I didn’t want to name. Sirens cut through the distance like ghosts — not chasing us, not saving us. Just existing.I didn’t look at Zane.If I did, I might fold.The driver didn’t ask questions. Elara never did. She just drove, eyes sharp, jaw set, hands steady on the wheel like she was guiding us through a storm she’d seen coming.

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Chapter Twenty Two

When the World Finds OutAURORAThe headline broke at 7:03 a.m.I watched it bloom across the screen like a bruise no one could hide.TECH TITAN ZANE WILSON LINKED TO MASSIVE DATA LEAK, SHADOW NETWORK EXPOSEDThe words didn’t feel real. They felt theatrical. Like something written about someone else’s life.But then the photos loaded.Zane — leaving a building under heavy security.Zane — blood on his collar, jaw clenched.

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Chapter Twenty Three

The Distance Between HeartbeatsAURORADisappearing is harder than it looks.It isn’t the packing — the clothes you leave behind, the photos you burn, the phone you snap in half and drop into a river. It’s the silence that follows. The way the world continues without your name attached to it.I became a shadow three days after Zane turned himself in.New hair. New city. New apartment with bare walls and borrowed furniture. Elara handled the logistics with surgical precision, but she couldn’t erase the ache that followed me everywhere like a second skin.Every night, I dre

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Chapter Twenty Four

When Power Learns Your NameAURORAPower is quieter than people think.It doesn’t announce itself with applause or violence. It arrives slowly, like a tide you don’t notice rising until the ground beneath you is already submerged.Six months after I walked out of that visitation room, I stopped flinching when my phone rang.I stopped looking over my shoulder.I stopped waiting for the version of myself who loved Zane Wilson to come back and reclaim control.Instead, I became someone else.The firm I jo

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Chapter Twenty Five

The Thing About GhostsAURORAI learned the difference between peace and pause the night the email arrived.No sender name.No logo.No explanation.Just a subject line that made my breath stall.You were right. Love does change shape.I stared at the screen for a long time, the city humming beyond my windows like nothing had shifted.But everything had.Zane Wilson was not supposed to exis

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Chapter Twenty Six

The Shape of AlmostAURORAThere is a particular kind of temptation that doesn’t announce itself.It doesn’t rush your pulse or cloud your judgment all at once. It waits patiently, settling into the quiet spaces of your life, reshaping memory until it feels less like pain and more like possibility.After Geneva, I told myself the feeling would fade.It didn’t.Zane did not call. He did not write. He did not appear where he wasn’t invited. His absence was deliberate, disciplined—and infuriating in its respect.That restraint

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Chapter Twenty Seven

Choosing the FireAURORAThere are moments in life that feel deceptively ordinary while they’re happening.They don’t arrive with warnings or dramatic soundtracks. They slip into your routine wearing familiar clothes, asking quiet questions that don’t seem dangerous until you realize how much they can cost.The invitation came three days after the roundtable.I knew it was him before I opened it. Not because of intuition, but because my body responded first — a slow, grounding inhale, not panic, not longing. Awareness.If this feels

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Chapter Twenty Eight

Shadows Between UsAURORASome threats don’t arrive with warning.They don’t knock politely at your door. They come cloaked in familiarity, hiding in the places you’ve already allowed yourself to breathe.It started with an email — brief, urgent, and coded with a subtle menace only someone familiar with me would understand:“Meet me tonight. Alone. Or someone else pays the cost.”No name. No signature. Just a threat that made my blood run cold in a way Zane never had.I

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Additional Note from the Author

Dear Readers,Thank you for taking this journey with Lost in Pain. From the first chapter to the final page, Aurora and Zane’s story has been one of ambition, desire, and the intricate dance between power and love.Short Summary:Lost in Pain is a story about Aurora Lupin, a brilliant and ambitious woman who finds herself drawn into the dangerous orbit of Zane Wilson — a man as powerful as he is irresistible. Navigating a world filled with corporate intrigue, temptation, and life-threatening challenges, Aurora learns to reclaim her strength, define her boundaries, and choose her own fire. At its heart, this novel explores the tension between passion and control, the resilience of the human spirit, and the transformative power of love that is chosen consciously and fearlessly.To my incredible readers and subscribers: your support and enthusiasm have made this story possible. Every page you turn, every comment you leave, and every share you make fuels my creativity and inspires me to ke

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Chapter Twenty Nine

When All Flames CollideAURORASome nights, the city feels alive in a way that isn’t comforting.Tonight was one of those nights.I had returned late from the office, my mind buzzing with acquisitions, contracts, and projections. Every decision felt like a chess move against an unseen opponent. But something was off. I could feel it — the same subtle tension that had accompanied every threat I’d survived since Geneva.The first clue was the door.It wasn’t broken. It wasn’t forced. Just… unlocked.I froze. My hand h

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All Chapters of Lost In Pain: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Three

Chapter Twenty Four

Chapter Twenty Five

Chapter Twenty Six

Chapter Twenty Seven

Chapter Twenty Eight

Additional Note from the Author

Chapter Twenty Nine