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Chapter 1

Last year, my husband Nolan Hart's first love, Summer Castellano, returned from abroad. She brought with her a boy whose features bore an uncanny resemblance to Nolan.I fought with him bitterly over this, nearly tearing our home apart.He only told me coldly that the boy was a child born from his sperm donation years ago. There was nothing between him and Summer. He told me not to use my filthy mind to make assumptions about their pure relationship.For the sake of this family and the sake of giving my son, Finn Hart, a complete childhood, I endured it. But they only became more brazen.Nolan pulled strings to get Summer into the bomb disposal unit. Summer even enrolled her son Wyatt in the same elite preschool as Finn.Every day at pickup, she would shoot me a smug look.I glanced at Finn's innocent face beside me. I couldn't let him witness the horror that might unfold next.I handed him over to my mother, who had just rushed over after hearing the news. "Mom, take Finn home.

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Chapter 2

Nolan's hand cracked across my face with a resounding slap, shouting, "Apologize to Summer!"I clutched my burning cheek and said urgently, "This isn't the time for apologies! Go check on him! Every minute counts!"When neither of them moved, I steeled myself and decided to go up myself. No matter what, that was an innocent life. I couldn't just stand by and watch him die.Summer's eyes immediately welled with tears. She collapsed into Nolan's arms with practiced fragility."Nolan, I think Brielle's grief has driven her mad. This is all my fault. The rescue failed because of me…"Nolan looked like his heart was breaking. He strode forward in two quick steps and grabbed my arm like I was a rag doll. He shoved me to the ground and forced my head down, trying to make me kneel and apologize to Summer.I kept my head raised, glaring at him as I bit out each word. "I haven't done anything wrong! Why should I apologize? The one who got blown up was Wyatt!"Mom just took Finn home!"My

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Chapter 3

But at that moment, Nolan appeared at the emergency hall entrance out of nowhere. Behind him followed Summer, who only had a minor scrape on her knee.When he saw me and the motionless child in my arms, he said coldly, "There's a first-come, first-served rule for treatment. Don't you know that?"You have no shame. If Finn were still alive and saw what kind of mother you are, he'd be ashamed of you."He still thought the child I was holding was my supposedly dead son.A doctor was about to rush out of the emergency room, but Summer blocked his path. "Doctor! Treat me first! My leg hurts so badly!"The doctor glanced at her minor scrape, his anger rising. "That scratch will heal on its own if you wait a bit! Let me check on that child first! He looks seriously injured!"But Summer and Nolan blocked the emergency room entrance like a wall. They wouldn't let me in, and they wouldn't let the doctor out. They insisted that the doctor treat Summer's wound first."This is your son Wyatt

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Chapter 4

Summer's camera turned on me again. She painted me as a vicious and incompetent woman who had lost her mind from grief and personally snuffed out her son's last chance at life.I looked at her without anger, only finding the whole thing absurd. I had told them so many times that the child was her son Wyatt, yet they refused to believe me.I shook my head and calmly turned to leave this hellhole. However, at the hospital entrance, I was surrounded by a mob of furious patients and family members. They had all watched Summer's livestream, and she'd whipped them into a frenzy.They pointed at me and hurled insults. Someone threw something at me first. Then, a hysterical woman rushed forward and grabbed my hair."That was a young life! How could you be so heartless!"Fists came at me from every direction. I lost count of how many punches and kicks I took. When I felt my organs shifting out of place and blood gushing from my mouth, the crowd finally dispersed.Nolan walked over with a

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Chapter 5

The hospital entrance fell deathly silent.All the onlookers who had been riled up by Summer's livestream stared blankly at the lively child on Nolan's phone, one who was calling him "Dad". Then they stared at Summer, who had charged into the hospital like a lunatic. Their minds went completely blank.Who was that small, cold body lying in the hospital corridor? And what had that woman they'd attacked and beaten bloody actually been through?The psychiatric hospital ambulance arrived with flashing lights but no siren. Two doctors in white coats stepped out and approached Nolan, who was still in a daze.They asked routinely, "Hello, which one is the patient?"Nolan didn't answer. He looked hollow as he staggered after Summer into the emergency hall.Summer had already rushed to the small corpse. Her hands trembling, she yanked away the white sheet covering the body. The face was blown to a bloody pulp, barely recognizable, which gave her a sliver of hope.But when she pulled ba

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Chapter 6

I sat on the couch holding Finn, feeling the tension I'd been carrying for hours finally release. But my body began trembling violently, beyond my control.It wasn't from fear. It was from the overwhelming sense of injustice and delayed terror that had been building inside me.The first thing I did was dial a number I knew by heart. The call was answered almost instantly, and a steady voice tinged with concern came through."Brielle, what happened?"It was my childhood friend, Marvin Lowe.The moment I heard his voice, the icy walls I'd built around my heart came crashing down. For the first time, my voice broke with uncontrollable tears."Marvin, it's me…"Marvin seemed to pick up on my extreme weakness and suppressed sobbing. His voice immediately tensed."Brielle, where are you right now? Are you safe? Did Nolan hurt you again?""He…" I took a deep breath, trying to keep my account clear, but my trembling voice betrayed my emotions."He and Summer… they tried to kill Finn.

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Chapter 7

Nolan, with cold handcuffs on his wrists, sat across from Marvin. Even as a prisoner, he still tried to maintain that ridiculous pride of his."Captain Lowe, Brielle and I are married. This is just a domestic dispute." He forced a smirk."You're an outsider. Don't you think you're overstepping?"Marvin ignored the provocation and slid a document across the table."This is Brielle's medical examination report. Severe head concussion, over 20 soft tissue injuries across her body, and mild internal bleeding. Are these also part of your 'domestic dispute,' Nolan?"Nolan's face went pale for a moment.Marvin continued, "You probably don't know this, but while you were riding high and playing house with your precious Summer, Brielle was quietly managing all the businesses under her name."She funneled over 70% of the annual profits into your failing Wildfire Security Company. That's the only reason it survived to see today. Is that also a 'domestic dispute'?""I…" Nolan was completel

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Chapter 8

Marvin immediately activated the highest level emergency response plan."Lock down the city!" he ordered.From the temporary command center at the precinct, Marvin's orders were transmitted through radio waves to every corner of the city."Lock down all exit routes! Highway checkpoints, train stations, airports, maximum security at every point! Get the suspect's photo and information to every officer's phone now! I don't want anyone getting out of this city!"On the massive electronic map, red dots representing police forces rapidly assembled at transportation hubs throughout the city, forming an airtight perimeter."Tech team—track all his digital footprints! Bank cards, social media accounts, messaging apps, any activity gets reported immediately!"Intelligence team—list out every possible social connection he has! Every place he might go, I want eyes on it!"The entire command center bristled with tension. Everyone operated like precision machinery running at full speed. But

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Chapter 9

My prediction was completely accurate.36 hours after Nolan's disappearance, just as the police's high-intensity manhunt was showing signs of fatigue and everyone thought he had escaped, he finally showed his hand.He took advantage of a moment when our guard was down, when I had left Finn with my parents. He broke into their home and kidnapped our son.He called me from a burner phone, his voice sounding hoarse and unhinged, like a demon from hell."Brielle! Get to that unfinished building in the east district, the one I worked on! Come alone!"Have your cop boyfriend drop all charges against me! Or I'll make you experience losing your son all over again, for real this time!"He wanted to make his final gamble with me in the place he knew best, the place that symbolized the peak of his career.When I got the call, I didn't panic for a second. The moment I hung up, I notified Marvin.Marvin immediately activated the highest level emergency response and locked down the entire ea

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