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All Chapters of TWISTED OBESSION: MY FIANCE CHEATED SO I SLEPT WITH HIS BOSS: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

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Chapter 131

ELARA The next morning, I woke up to already dressed Damien, standing by the window with his phone pressed to his ear."—I don't care what it costs. Make it happen." He hangs up when he notices I'm awake. "Morning.""Who was that?""Contractors. The foundation building." He sits on the edge of the bed and brushes hair from my face. "Construction starts next week. I want you involved in every decision, from the layout, design, and program... everything.""Damien, I still have my actual job. Senior marketing manager, remember? I can't just abandon my responsibilities to focus on the foundation.""So don't. Do both." He grins at my expression. "You're a

Chapter 132

ELARA The workday passes in a blur of hushed conversations and sympathetic glances that somehow feel more intrusive than outright hostility would.By three PM, I'm exhausted from maintaining my professional composure while feeling like a zoo exhibit.My phone buzzes with a text from Elise: Finally back in the city! Dinner tonight? I have SO much to tell you. Also, bringing someone special. 7 PM at Marea?I smile for the first time all day. Elise, my best friend since college, is the one person besides Damien who's been my anchor through everything. She's been in London for the past few weeks on a business acquisition, and I've missed her terribly.Me: Yes! Dying to see you. Ca

Chapter 133

ELARAI scan the restaurant, looking for anyone watching us, anyone suspicious.But it's packed, dimly lit, and impossible to pick out one person. Damien notices my action immediately. "What's wrong?"I show him the message. His expression goes dark and dangerous. He pulls out his phone and types rapidly. "What are you doing?" I ask quietly, not wanting to alarm Elise and Nathan."Telling Hayes to pull security footage from this restaurant. Someone's watching us. Right now.""Security footage?" Elise leans forward, concern replacing her earlier joy. "Elara, what's going on?"I take a breath. "Someone sent me a threatening text this morning. And now this.""Someone threatened you?" Elise's voice rises. "Who? Lucas is locked up...""We don't know. Could be anyone." I force my voice steady. "It's probably nothing. Just someone trying to scare me.""It's working," Nathan observes quietly. "You went pale the second you saw that message."Damien stands. "We should go. Now.""No." I grab his

Chapter 134

DAMIENHayes calls back at 2 AM with an update that changes everything."Sir, we brought in David Holt for questioning. He has an alibi for tonight. After he delivered a package to someone around the restaurant, he was at a halfway house in Brooklyn, with a mandatory check-in at seven PM, and didn't leave until this morning. Multiple witnesses and security footage are confirming it."I sit up in bed, careful not to wake Elara. "You're sure?""Positive. Whatever connection he has to your father, he's not our guy." Hayes pauses. "Sir, there's more. We ran a deeper analysis on the threatening messages. The language patterns, syntax, and word choice don't match any known associates of Lucas Kane or Richard Cross.""So we're looking at someone new." I stand and move to the window. "Someone with their own agenda.""Appears so. And whoever they are, they're careful. Both messages were sent from burner phones purchased with cash. No fingerprints, no DNA, no digital trail. This is someone who

Chapter 135

ELARA Over the next three days, Vanessa becomes a constant presence in my life. Not physically, she hasn't returned to my office. But digitally, she's everywhere. She likes every post I make on LinkedIn. Leaves thoughtful comments on professional articles I share. Sends me restaurant recommendations via text. Forwards me job postings "that might interest someone with my skill set." Each message is perfectly friendly, and normal. And yet, every notification from her makes my skin crawl. "She texted me again," I tell Damien over breakfast on Thursday. "Asking if I want to grab coffee before her conference ends tomorrow." "Are you going to go?" He asks it casually, but I can see the tension in his jaw. "I don't know. Part of me thinks I'm being paranoid. She's just trying to network, reconnect with an old acquaintance." I set down my phone. "But something feels wrong. The way she looks at me, talks about you, mentions Lucas..." "Then trust your instincts." Damien's hand covers mi

Chapter 136

ELARAThe next morning, I wake up to find the necklace Damien gave me last month laid out on the bathroom counter with a note: *Wear this today. It matches your outfit and I like knowing a piece of me is with you. -D*I smile, and fasten it around my neck. It is a beautiful delicate gold chain with a small pendant. Elegant without being ostentatious`.Damien drives me to work, kisses me goodbye in the parking garage like always. "Remember...one hour maximum. If anything feels wrong, you leave.""I will. I promise." I squeeze his hand. "Stop worrying. It's just coffee.""Famous last words."At 8:45, I walk the three blocks to Blue Bottle Coffee. It's a beautiful morning, crisp air, bright sun, the city already humming with energy.The café is moderately crowded. I spot Vanessa immediately at a corner table, two lattes already ordered, her smile bright and welcoming.What I don't spot is Damien at a table near the window, Hayes behind Vanessa reading a newspaper, or the two additional s

Chapter 137

DAMIENHayes is waiting in my office when we return, with a grim expression."Tell me you found something," I say, guiding Elara to sit on the couch while I remain standing."More than something." Hayes pulls up his tablet. "After the coffee meeting, I went deeper into Vanessa Wright's financial records. She's broke. Completely broke.""The designer clothes, the Birkin bag...""They are all rented. There's a luxury rental service in SoHo; you pay monthly fees to borrow high-end items. Vanessa's been using them for six months." He shows me the statements. "She's also three months behind on rent for a studio apartment in Queens. Maxed out credit cards. Her consulting business exists on paper but has generated exactly zero income in the past eight months."Elara leans forward. "So the successful consultant image is completely fabricated.""Entirely. But here's where it gets interesting." Hayes swipes to another screen. "Two weeks ago, she received a wire transfer. Fifty thousand dollars.

Chapter 138

DAMIEN Few minutes inside the car my phone buzzes I look and it's a text from an unknown number. A photo.It's the foundation building in Tribeca. With the current time, stamped on it. And spray-painted across the front in red: BUILT ON LIESBelow it is a message: Check your email. The real story is about to break. -EI pull up my email with shaking hands. There's one marked urgent from what appears to be our PR department.The subject line: EMERGENCY: Foundation Scandal - Immediate Response RequiredI open it.It's a press release. Supposedly from Cross Enterprises. Set to go out to every major media outlet in two hours.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECross Enterprises Announces Shutdown of Elara Blake Foundation Amid Financial IrregularitiesNEW YORK - Cross Enterprises today announced the immediate suspension of the Elara Blake Foundation, citing preliminary findings of financial mismanagement and misuse of donor funds. The foundation, which had not yet officially launched, received $50 mi

Chapter 139

ELARAMedical arrives within three minutes, two paramedics rush into Damien's office with a stretcher and emergency equipment."What did she take?" one of them asks, checking Vanessa's vitals."Unknown. She was drugged by someone else," Damien answers tersely. "How bad is it?""Her pulse is weak but steady and her breathing is shallow. Looks like a benzodiazepine that is maybe mixed with something else." The paramedic starts an IV line. "We need to get her to the hospital, immediately her system is shutting down."They load Vanessa onto the stretcher, and I watch them wheel her out, feeling a strange mix of emotions. "Hayes, how did she get into this building during lockdown?" Damien's voice cuts through my thoughts. "Security protocols should have sealed every entrance the moment you initiated."Hayes is already pulling up security footage on his tablet. "Checking now. Lockdown was activated at 2:47 PM. But.." He pauses, rewinding footage. "Here. The service entrance, at the subleve

Chapter 140

ELARAAll I hear from the other side is silence."When Richard Cross was threatening me, and there was a real bomb threat that could have killed me, did you call and ask if I was okay? Or were you too busy checking on Elena?""That's not the same...""It's exactly the same. Except you never expect Elena to be the bigger person. You never ask her to forgive, to understand, to make allowances. That's only ever asked of me." I'm crying now, but my voice is steady. "I'm done. I'm done being the daughter who has to sacrifice for the daughter you actually love.""We love you both equally...""Liar." The word hangs in the air. "You love Elena. You tolerate me. And I'm finally okay with that. Because I have people who actually love me now. Who choose me. Who don't ask me to set myself on fire to keep Elena warm.""Elara, if you don't talk to Elena, if you let this escalate..." Dad's voice takes on a warning tone. "We'll have to support her. Publicly. We'll tell the media that you're the one w

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