All Chapters of Romance Of Betrayal : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

27 Chapters

The Return

I never thought I would see him again.Not like this.Not in Atlanta.Not in this polished office building that I could barely afford to enter.And certainly not as his employee.When I first walked into the offices of Blackwood Global, my heart was racing so fast it felt like it would leap out of my chest. I had prepared my speech, repeating it over and over again in my mind, reminding myself to remain invisible, to simply do my job, and not make a scene. I had to survive; I had no other choice.But the world has a way of laughing at the best-laid plans.As I walked into the office on the twentieth floor, surrounded by glass walls, he was there.Ethan Blackwood.The man I had loved so much with my heart.The man I had walked away from.The man I had betrayed… or at least, he thought so.And the man I was now working for.He didn’t stand, didn’t smile, didn’t greet me. His eyes, sharp and piercing as a knife, cut straight through me. He was taller than I remembered, his suit tailored

Under His Eyes

The next morning, I woke before my alarm. My heart had not stopped racing since the events of yesterday. Even now, the memory of his eyes, cold and sharp as ice, refused to leave me. I had imagined this reunion a thousand times—how I would explain, how I would beg for understanding—but none of those imaginings came close to the truth. None could prepare me for the way my body reacted just to being in the same room with him. I dressed carefully, trying to look as neutral and professional as possible. No risks, no chances. I couldn’t take a chance of being noticed, not that I wanted anyone to notice Ethan Blackwood. Ethan Blackwood had once again become my world, and it scared me. Every time I thought about Ethan, I felt a constricting sensation in my chest, every time I looked at him, I felt weak in my knees, and every time I remembered the past, I felt a longing in my heart. I decided to go to the office a little earlier than usual, hoping to get a head start, hoping maybe, just mayb

The Lie I Built My Empire On

(Ethan Blackwood – POV)I don’t panic.That was the first thing I learned to do to myself when I was still sleeping in my car and counting coins for gas money. Panicking only uses up precious time. Panicking gets men killed. So when the security alert flashed red on the screen and my team looked at me in confusion and dismay, I did not panic.But when I looked at her, and she was still there, looking pale and wide-eyed and so vulnerable, something worse than panic threatened to overwhelm me.Fear.Not for myself. Not for my company. For her.And that made me angry.I dismissed the room with a single curt order and walked her out myself, my hand firmly on her elbow. She flinched at my touch, and that hurt me more than I could have anticipated. I remembered that. I remembered the girl who trusted me enough to fall asleep on my chest without fear.Sophia Reed used to be my safe place.Now she was my greatest weakness.I locked her inside the private office and turned to the security team

The Name I Couldn't Say

(Sophia Reed – POV)I had known this moment was coming.I just hadn’t known it was coming like this.Ethan stood before me, closer than he had any right to be. Closer than he ever had been. His presence filled the space until there was no room to breathe.Ethan’s eyes weren’t cold anymore. They weren’t cruel or mocking or distant.They were seeking.And that was more frightening to me than his anger ever had been.“Tell me,” he said again. “Who paid you to leave me?”The words hung between us.I opened my mouth.And nothing came out.My throat closed on its own. My body had apparently decided for me. No.My heart was pounding so hard I was certain he could hear it.I could still recall the words whispered into my ear so many years ago. Deadly words. Deadly calm.If you ever say my name. He dies.I swallowed hard.“I can’t,” I whispered.Ethan’s jaw locked instantly. I saw it. The flicker of disappointment. The shadow of betrayal. The armor of anger sliding back into place.“So that’s

The Way She Still Breaks Me

(Ethan Blackwood – POV)I had lived through boardroom battles, hostile takeovers, and men who smiled while plotting my destruction.None of them intimidated me the way that Sophia Reed intimidated me when she was too close and looked at me like I was still the man she once loved.I brought her home.Not her home. Mine.It was an instinctive decision, not a rational one. Security said it was safer than any hotel. I told myself it was a temporary solution. A necessary solution. A professional solution.Another lie.The penthouse was quiet when we arrived, too quiet for the tempest brewing inside me. I dismissed the security team to the outer floor and locked the door myself. The instant the latch closed, something in the air changed.She was standing near the entrance, looking uncertain, like she did not know where she belonged.And that was hurting me more than it should have been.“You can take the guest room,” I said, my voice steady despite the chaos in my chest. “There’s food in th

The Fear In Her Silence

(Ethan Blackwood – POV) The silence after the confession was worse than the darkness. Sophia didn’t cry loudly. She didn’t scream. She just stood there with tears sliding down her face like she had expected this moment to come. And that terrified me. “Who is it?” I asked again, my voice low and controlled. Too controlled. She shook her head faintly. “You don’t want to know.” My jaw tightened. “That’s not your decision to make.” Her hands were trembling. Not dramatically. Not for attention. Just small, quiet tremors she was trying to hide by gripping her own wrists. I moved closer. “You think I can’t handle it?” I asked. “No,” she whispered. “I think you’ll burn the world down if you find out.” A bitter laugh escaped my chest. “You say that like it’s a bad thing.” She looked up at me then, and for a moment, I saw the old Sophia. The girl who believed I could be more than anger and ambition. “It is,” she said softly. “Because they want you to react.” They. My mind sharp

The Trap They Set For Me

(Ethan Blackwood – POV) I didn’t sleep that night. Not after the document. Not after the message. Not after seeing my forged signature printed beneath crimes I never committed. Fraud. Embezzlement. Offshore accounts. It looked real—too real. The kind of real that could destroy everything I had built. Sophia was on the couch, feigning sleep. I knew she was awake. Every time I moved, her breathing pattern altered ever so slightly. She was listening. Waiting. Afraid. I stood by the glass wall that overlooked the city, my eyes fixed on the empire I had built below me. Every skyscraper bore my name in quiet testament. Every deal, every gamble, every sacrifice. And now someone sought to dismantle it, piece by piece. “They’ve been patient,” I said softly. “Yes,” she said from behind me. I turned to face her. She sat up slowly, her knees coming to her chest. She looked small like that. Fragile. Not the woman who once walked away from me without a word. Not the woman I spent years hating

The Day The Truth Found Me

(Sophia Reed – POV) The news alert flashed across the giant screen in Ethan’s living room before either of us could breathe. BLACKWOOD ENTERPRISE UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FINANCIAL FRAUD. The words repeated over and over like a cruel chant. My heart dropped into my stomach. “It’s starting,” I whispered. Ethan didn’t answer. He stood still, watching the screen like a soldier studying a battlefield. His face showed nothing, but I knew him. The silence meant he was already planning something dangerous. “This is just the first strike,” I said. “They’re testing how fast you bleed.” His jaw tightened slightly. “Let them.” The stock numbers began falling in real time. Investors would panic. The board would demand answers. The media would circle like vultures. And that was only the beginning. My phone buzzed suddenly. Unknown number. My hands turned icy. I didn’t want to answer. But I did. “Hello?” This time, a female voice answered. Calm. Smooth. Not like the male voice. “Sophia

The Quiet Before We Fall

(Sophia Reed – POV)The world outside was agitated, but inside the penthouse, everything seemed to be in a holding pattern, as if the world itself had stopped to watch us take a breath. Ethan closed the curtains and blocked out the world. It was just us. No plans. No schemes. Just the precarious space between what we were and what we might lose.He didn’t say anything right away. He filled a glass with water, handed it to me with a steady hand, and waited for my trembling to subside. It was then that I realized how carefully he was treating me, as if I were something delicate and fragile, not the woman who had once vanished from his life without a word.“You’re cold,” he whispered.“I always get cold when I’m scared,” I confessed.Without a word, he slipped his jacket over my shoulders. The familiar weight of it, the smell that was unmistakably him, constricted my chest. It was wrong that it felt so right.We sat on the couch, close but not touching at first. The air between us vibrat

Morning In Your Arms

(Sophia Reed – POV) I woke up to the gentle warmth of sunlight pouring into the room. The curtains were open enough for golden streaks to caress Ethan’s skin. I watched the way his shoulder curved, the rise and fall of his chest, steady and strong. I couldn’t remember the last time I had felt this safe, this whole, this… unbroken. He moved slightly, his arm pulling me closer into the warmth of his body. I could feel the heat of his skin, the beat of his heart against mine. My hair was tangled with his, my cheek resting against the warmth of his chest. The whole experience of waking up like this was like poetry—the quiet, the sunlight, the gentle rhythm of him breathing, and me just being there, with him. He stirred, his voice a murmur in his throat. “Bonjour, mon amour,” he whispered, his lips brushing against the side of my head. I turned my head, catching his gaze. Sleep-dulled eyes, dark and intense, and yet softened by his tenderness. My lips curved into a smile. “French now

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