All Chapters of THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

ADELINE'S POVMy back hit the earth with a sickening thud.The shock was instant. My spine screamed as if it had been split in two, and the ache spread like wildfire through every nerve of mine. The ground was wet, rainwater soaked through the satin of my gown, turning the fabric cold. My head struck something hard, and a warm trickle began to slide down the side of my face.Blood. I could smell it before I felt it.I looked up.The terrace lights seemed distorted by the water in my eyes. I looked up again, and again. Each time, the world spun a little more out of focus.Devon’s face appeared first in my barely zoned vision. Behind him, Conrad stood still and signaled him.Devon turned, rushing back inside. I realized that they were trying to keep anyone from seeing me.I tried to move but the pain slammed me back down.My voice came out a rasp. “Conrad…”For a moment, he only stared at me, panting like a chased deer until he finally came down.Relief spurred in my chest. He would hel

ADELINE'S POVMikhail swerved into the driveway. It looked different from what I remembered. More chic in a sense. He killed the ignition and alighted, putting his hand out for me to take.The sunlight flickered in his eyes. It was almost as if"A Adeline" A small voice came from across us.Standing with a watering can in her hand and a pair of oversized gloves covering them was Natasha. Natasha Royce.Not my sister though. Natasha achieved the Royce name by tying the knot with my father while we were both twenty."Nash"The watering can slipped from her hand and clattered to the ground."Mikhail... is it... is it really her? But she, the blogs... Robert, hospital, I saw her body""Well, you are seeing my body again so"One moment she was standing there looking confused and scared. The next she wrapped her hands around me in an over dramatized bear hug. Sobbing like the earth was vanishing beneath our feet.Natasha held on to me like she was afraid I would vanish again. Her breath tre

Adeline's POVMy heart skipped a couple of beats as he said the words. I didn't want to believe it but his voice had been hard, a warning that this wasn't a game. My eyes went to the press around me. They didn't have their attention on me anymore, something else had grabbed it and I knew it was his live. They were all staring down at something on their phones. I felt his hands on my shoulders again, heavy but telling. “We have to leave this place now. There can be no further clearing of names. He's shattering everything you've been trying to build here” he whispered strongly into my ears. My hands began to shake where they had been still. This couldn't be happening to me, not after everything. I had been through so much, the injuries and the heartbreak. How would Conrad ruin everything in just seconds of a live stream? I was still thinking when I felt myself move. It was Mikhail, he was leading me off the stage slowly and gently. But I didn't want to move, I didn't want to run, no

Conrad's POVMy eyes scanned the empty road carefully. There was no room for mistake, not even a bit. The media couldn't catch me and I sure as hell wouldn't let Adeline do either. If everything had to work out in my favor - being careful was my first savior. When I was sure that there was no watching, nothing lurking in the shadows, I crossed the road into the empty car park. I found his car there, just as we had rehearsed. The door was open already and so I easily slid it. He turned to look at me, locking the doors and fogging the windows. “You have everything with you?” He asked immediately. Somehow it seemed that Devon was even more threatened by this situation than me. He had been the one to give me the suggestion as soon as the news of Adeline's press conference made its round. But this, it had been all me. I opened the documents, one by one, displaying them on the dashboard as it should all be arranged. The phones that had been planted alongside this were also inside the fi

Mikhail's POVI stared at her from across the table, wanting to say so many things and yet knowing not to say them. For so long, she had always been someone I mentored but this was affecting me way more than it needed to.Something warned me to stay away but that I couldn't. Even if I wanted to, which I didn't, it involved my reputation as well. One I had carefully curated, making sure there was no stain. My hospitals were the best, including my pharmacies.If this narrative spread too much, trust would fall greatly. Board members had already begun to call for an emergency meeting and this video had worsened an already horrible situation.She looked crestfallen, and I could understand her a little bit. Already I could imagine this scenario with her in it. Her playing a role with her father to bring me down, it would sting just as much and it hurt that I couldn't do just anything about it.There was a knock, it brought her out of her thoughts for a moment, eyes going to the door but sh