TANGLED BETWEEN BROTHERS のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 131 - チャプター 140

I stayed on that bench, my hands shaking slightly.After a long moment, I lifted my face, wiping the tears that had streamed freely down my cheeks. “I… I don’t know what to do,” I admitted softly, my voice barely more than a whisper. “I feel… lost. Everything’s… broken.”He didn’t answer immediately. He tilted his head, eyes scanning my face carefully. “You feel lost because everything you believed in, everything you trusted, was built on a lie,” he said slowly. “It’s normal, Nicole. Anyone would feel like this.”I let out a shaky laugh, bitter and hollow. “Normal? This… this is a nightmare. How am I supposed to just… move on?” My hands gripped the edges of the bench, nails digging into the metal.Frank crouched down to meet me eye-to-eye again. “You don’t move on by pretending it didn’t happen. You face it. You accept it. And yes… it’s painful. It will hurt. But hiding from it, ignoring it… that won’t protect you from the pain.”I shook my head, the tears threatening to return. “I d

THIRD PERSON POV Ethan hesitated outside the door, his hand hovering over the handle. He had rehearsed what he wanted to say a dozen times in his head, but now that he was here, standing in front of her apartment, the words felt both simple and impossibly heavy. He exhaled slowly, gathering himself, and pushed the door open.Zara was sitting on the couch, knees drawn up, arms wrapped tightly around them. Her eyes were red, her hair slightly messy, and she looked smaller somehow, fragile in a way he hadn’t seen before.“Zara…” he began gently.She flinched at the sound of his voice and immediately shook her head. “Don’t,” she snapped sharply. “Don’t even try. I’m not interested. I don’t want to see you. I don’t want you calling me. Ever again.”Ethan froze for a moment, taken aback by the intensity in her voice. Her words cut sharper than he expected. He opened his mouth to respond, but she waved her hand dismissively. “I mean it, Ethan. Go. Leave. Don’t come back.”He stepped cl

Adrian’s POV I sat at the head of the long conference table, the morning light filtering through the blinds, casting sharp lines.Ethan was seated across from me, pen in hand, notebook open, but his eyes kept flicking up to me, reading the tension in my expression.“The election's coming up soon,” I said quietly, leaning back in my chair, arms crossed. “And I don’t like what I’m seeing.”Ethan tilted his head, frowning. “You mean Liam? Or… the board?”I let out a short, controlled sigh. “Both. Liam’s a problem, sure but the bigger issue is Marianna. She’s already bought influence, and I can feel it in the boardroom. More directors than I’d like are on her side.”Ethan’s pen paused mid-note. “You think she’s already secured the votes?”“Not all of them,” I murmured, leaning forward and tapping the table with my fingers. “But enough to make it close… maybe even tilt it in Liam’s favor if we’re not careful.” My eyes darkened as I continued. “I know her tactics, she doesn’t play fair. S

THIRD PERSON'S POV Frank leaned against the cold marble wall of the office, the folder in his hand heavy with the report he’d “obtained.” His fingers tapped lightly against the edge.When Leo finally entered the room, his sharp eyes immediately fixed on him, taking in Frank’s posture, the slight smirk on his lips.“Leo,” Frank said smoothly, his voice calm but edged with something sharper, like steel hidden under silk. “I have something you should see.”Leo raised an eyebrow, tilting his head slightly. “Is this important, Frank?” His tone was casual, but the faint crease between his brows betrayed his curiosity.Frank didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he pulled the folder from under his arm and set it on the desk with a precise, deliberate motion. “I got the results,” he said. “About Liam.”Leo’s eyes narrowed slightly, leaning closer. “Go on.”Frank opened the folder slowly, letting the papers shift and the sound of them filled the quiet room. “The DNA report,” he began, letting t

Nicole's POV The next day,I was scrolling through my phone, trying to distract myself from the dull ache in my chest, when a notification caught my eye.A picture. One click and my stomach sank.It was Anna and Liam. Smiling and leaning into each other, looking like a couple.I felt my hands clench around the phone, nails digging into my palms. My teeth gritted and a wave of anger surged through me. Every fiber of me wanted to throw the phone across the room, to scream, to break something.Of course they would do this. Of course Liam would parade around, making everyone believe something that wasn’t true, twisting reality to suit himself. And Anna… she looked so smug, so perfectly in place next to him.I hated him. I hated him more than I had ever hated anyone. Every passing minute, every memory, every lie… it built up inside me like fire. And I wanted revenge. I wanted proof. I wanted to make them pay, every last one of them.I didn’t even hear Adrian approach. His presence w