All Chapters of The Heir He Denied: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

The conference room fell silent the moment she walked in.Seraphina Vale did not rush. She never rushed anymore.Her heels moved steadily across the polished floor, her posture straight, her expression calm and unreadable. Five years ago, she had been nervous walking into rooms like this worried about making mistakes, about being judged, about whether she belonged.Now, she knew something the old Seraphina hadn’t.Power wasn’t given.It was taken.“Good morning,” she said, placing her tablet on the table.Across from her sat six senior executives from Arden Logistics, a mid-sized company currently drowning in financial losses. They had hired her three weeks ago as an external consultant. Most of them hadn’t expected much.That changed after her first report.“Let’s begin,” she said.The screen behind her lit up with charts, projections, and restructuring plans.“Your operating losses are not the real problem,” she continued calmly. “Your real problem is internal leakage inefficient v

Aurelia didn’t sleep that night.Lucian was curled beside her, his small hand gripping the edge of her shirt the way he always did when he slept. His breathing was soft, steady, peaceful.He had no idea that his life had just changed.That their quiet world had just been found.Aurelia lay awake, staring at the ceiling, Rowan Virell’s words echoing endlessly in her mind.Our investigation confirms the child’s paternity.That child is the only heir to the Virell family.Her chest tightened.They hadn’t just found Lucian.They had investigated him.That meant they knew everything.Where she lived. Where she worked. His age. His birth records.And if Rowan knew…Then it was only a matter of time before Cassian did too.Fear curled inside her stomach.Not fear for herself.Fear for her son.The meeting was scheduled for the next afternoon.Aurelia almost didn’t go.Every instinct told her to run.Change cities. Change names. Disappear again.But deep down, she knew something important.Yo