Todos os capítulos de Veiled Deception: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 4

The moment I opened the door, my world ended.The handle was still warm from my palm when I saw them.Josh had Lily pinned against the arm of the couch, her legs wrapped around his waist, his mouth buried in the curve of her neck as he belonged there. The television was blaring some loud sports recap, the commentators shouting over each other, but it couldn’t drown out the sounds she made—soft, breathless, intimate.Sounds that didn’t belong to her.Sounds that belonged to me.Or at least, I thought they did.For a second, I didn’t understand what I was seeing. My brain refused to arrange the shapes and movements into meaning. Josh. Lily. My living room. My couch. His hands on her body were familiar. Like it was allowed.Then Lily laughed.And everything snapped into place.My fingers slipped off the door handle, but the door stayed open. I didn’t close it. I couldn’t. My body felt like it had been unplugged from itself—no strength, no control, just numb, floating horror.They still h

Damien’s P.O.V“Thank you again, Mr Richard”His voice barely registered. I saw his mouth move, but the words slipped past my ears.My thoughts drifted—not to why he made the offer, but how it benefited me. I didn’t care about his reasons. If it served my purpose, it was good enough.Hiding from the media, even for someone like me, was a daily war. Money talks—but microphones scream. Reporters clawed for a headline, and even at night, they hunted. You’d think exhaustion would stop them. It didn’t...the man who was once an open book, now closed off, and under suspicion after his wife vanished.Having heavy accusations of murder and abuse on you as an elite member of society is no child's play; evading these accusations is worse and possibly impossible, but I refuse to believe that. I had exhausted nearly every plan— until one walked right in and offered themselves. This could fail, but as luck would have it, I was in no position to think otherwise.Just as a rescue mission, my guards