Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Kabanata 91 - Kabanata 100

Seraphina couldn’t move.She stood frozen behind the concrete pillar, staring at the person who had just stepped into the light.For years, that face had represented safety.Trust.Family.She had never once questioned the loyalty behind those familiar eyes.Now, looking at the gun in his hand, she realized how badly she had been deceived.“Uncle Marcus…”The words barely escaped her lips.Marcus Vale smiled.It wasn’t the warm smile she remembered from childhood.It was cold.Calculated.Almost amused.Lucien immediately stepped in front of Seraphina.Marcus raised his gun.“Don’t,” Seraphina whispered.Lucien glanced back at her.“Stay behind me.”Marcus laughed.“Still playing the protector, Lucien?”Lucien’s jaw tightened.“You’re the one behind everything.”Marcus tilted his head.“Everything?”“The files. My father’s downfall. The attempt to destroy Seraphina’s family. Victor.”Marcus slowly applauded.“Very impressive.”Seraphina’s eyes burned with tears.“Why?”Marcus looked a

Three weeks had passed since Marcus was arrested.Three weeks since the truth had finally come into the light.Three weeks since Seraphina had learned that the man she once trusted as family had been responsible for years of pain.And somehow, life had begun moving again.Not perfectly.Not quickly.But peacefully.The Vale family name had been cleared publicly. The evidence Adrian recovered had been enough to expose Marcus’s financial manipulation, his connection to Victor, and the people he had bribed to help destroy Seraphina’s father.The company had survived.Lucien had survived.Seraphina had survived.For the first time, she wasn’t waking up wondering who would betray her next.That morning, she stood in front of the mirror while a stylist adjusted the sleeve of her dress.“You’re smiling,” the woman said.Seraphina glanced at her reflection.“I am?”“Yes.”She touched her lips.“I guess I am.”“You should. You look beautiful.”Seraphina smiled again.She wasn’t wearing anythin

The door slammed open so violently that Seraphina nearly dropped the file in her hands.“Lucien?”He stood in the doorway, breathing hard, his usually immaculate suit disheveled. There was blood on the cuff of his white shirt.Seraphina’s heart stopped.“What happened?”Lucien didn’t answer.His eyes locked onto hers, dark and frighteningly serious.“Where is your phone?”She frowned. “Why?”“Seraphina, give me your phone.”Something in his voice made her obey.He crossed the room, took the phone from her trembling hand, and immediately switched it off.“Lucien, you’re scaring me.”“Good.” His jaw tightened. “You need to be scared.”She stared at him.“What happened?”He walked toward her slowly.“Someone accessed the private security system at the Virelli estate.”Her stomach dropped.“Who?”“We don’t know.”“Then how do you know it was someone?”“Because they weren’t supposed to be able to get inside.”Silence settled between them.Seraphina’s fingers curled around the edge of the d

Seraphina couldn’t breathe.The photograph trembled between her fingers as she stared at the face beside her father.She knew that face.She had trusted that face.For years, she had allowed that person into her home, her fears, and her most private moments.“No,” she whispered.Lucien watched her carefully. “Seraphina.”She lifted her eyes.“Tell me this isn’t real.”He didn’t answer.That silence hurt more than anything.“Tell me,” she demanded.Lucien stepped closer. “I didn’t put that photograph there.”“I didn’t ask who put it there.”Her voice cracked.“I asked you if it’s real.”He looked at the photograph again.“Yes.”Her stomach twisted.The person standing beside her father had been there on the night everything collapsed.Someone who had sworn to help her.Someone who had cried with her when her father disappeared.Someone who had repeatedly told her that Lucien was responsible.Someone she had trusted enough to believe without question.Elena.The name struck her mind lik

The door had barely closed behind them when Seraphina realized she was still holding Lucien’s hand.She should have pulled away.She didn’t.For several seconds, neither of them spoke.The room was quiet except for the faint sound of rain against the windows. Lucien stood close enough for her to feel the warmth of his body, his usually controlled expression replaced by something far more vulnerable.Something that frightened her.Because she knew that look.She had seen it before, in the moments when he thought she wasn’t watching.Love.Seraphina swallowed.“Lucien…”“I know.”His voice was low.“You don’t even know what I was going to say.”“I know you were going to tell me this is a mistake.”She looked away.“Is it?”The question came so quietly that it almost disappeared beneath the rain.Lucien stepped closer.“No.”Her heart skipped.“You should say yes.”“I’ve spent too long saying things I didn’t mean.”Seraphina finally looked at him.His eyes were fixed on hers.There was n