All Chapters of I Quit Being the CEO’s Shadow : Chapter 111 - Chapter 117

“Your mother has awakened.”The ancient father’s words remained suspended in the silence.Evelyn stared at him.“My mother?”The enormous black heart beneath the first world pulsed once.The entire sky moved with it.Lucian pulled Evelyn closer.“Don't listen to them.”But Evelyn could not look away from the heart.The eye at its center remained fixed on her.Not on Lucian.Not on Eli.On her.The ancient father lowered his head.“She has waited longer than any of us.”Evelyn’s voice was barely audible.“Who is she?”The mother-maker answered.“The one who existed before the first world.”Kael stepped forward.“That isn't possible.”The woman looked at him.“You were not there.”“I remember enough.”“No.”Her voice softened.“You remember what she allowed you to remember.”Kael froze.Evelyn looked at him.“Kael?”He didn't answer.“Kael.”His eyes met hers.“I don't know.”That frightened her more than any answer could have.The giant heart pulsed again.A wave of darkness rolled acr

Boom.The sound shook the first world.Evelyn felt it inside her bones.Eli's body remained suspended above the ground, his head tilted backward, his chest split by a thin line of black light.Inside that opening was a heart.Small.Fragile.Beating.But every time it pulsed, the entire world responded.Boom.Lucian cried out.The silver thread connecting their chests tightened around him.“Evelyn!”She turned.His knees buckled.Blood ran from his mouth.“Cut the thread.”“No.”“If that heart finishes waking up, it will take everything connected to it.”“I won't cut you loose.”“You have to.”“No.”“Evelyn!”She ran toward him.The ancient father stepped between them.“You still refuse to understand.”Evelyn stopped.“I understand enough.”“No. You are repeating the same mistake.”“What mistake?”“Choosing one life over everything else.”Evelyn's eyes hardened.“I am not choosing one life.”She looked at Eli.“I am choosing my family.”The ancient father shook his head.“That word is

“Now we can finally begin the last world.”The man stood inside the little house.Evelyn stared at him.He had her face.Her eyes.Her mouth.Even the small scar beneath his eyebrow was hers.But he was not her.Lucian moved in front of Evelyn.“No.”The man smiled.“You always do that.”“Do what?”“Stand between her and the truth.”Lucian's expression hardened.“Then tell it.”The man looked at Evelyn.“You destroyed the first world because you could not accept losing the people you loved.”Evelyn said nothing.“You created countless worlds to replace it.”Still nothing.“You divided your memories so you could forget.”The man stepped outside.“And eventually, you created one world where none of those things happened.”Evelyn looked around.The small house.The white tree.The quiet garden.There was no darkness.No ancient beings.No endless versions.No dead worlds.Just peace.Too much peace.“This is it,” Evelyn whispered.The man nodded.“The last world.”Eli stepped closer to h

The black crown on Evelyn's chest burned.She fell to her knees.“Mommy!”Eli caught her hand.Lucian was beside her instantly.“Evelyn!”The door in front of them shook.Once.Twice.Then silence.Kael kept his blade raised.“Whatever is behind that door, we end it now.”Evelyn looked at him.“No.”Kael frowned.“No?”“We don't fight it.”Lucian stared at her.“Then what do we do?”Evelyn looked at the black mark.“We listen.”The door opened.The room beyond was exactly as she had seen it.The first house.The white tree.The bed.The ancient father kneeling beside it.And the baby in the arms of the original Evelyn.But something was different.There was no darkness.No army of versions.No ancient mother.No throne.Only a woman holding her child.Evelyn stepped forward.The original Evelyn looked at her.“You finally came.”Evelyn's voice trembled.“Who are you?”The woman smiled.“You.”Evelyn shook her head.“No. I've already met thousands of versions of myself.”“They were pie