Semua Bab I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Bab 191 - Bab 200

The message disappeared.The hospital screens returned to normal.But I couldn’t.My mother’s face was still inside my head.The woman who gave me life betrayed us.I looked at Lucien.He was staring at the dark screen.“You knew.”His eyes slowly moved toward me.“Knew what?”“That my mother was involved.”His expression changed.Not surprise.Fear.I stood.“Lucien.”He said nothing.“You knew.”“I suspected.”“That’s not the same thing.”“No.”His voice was quiet.“It isn’t.”I stepped closer to his bed.“What aren’t you telling me?”Lucien looked toward the window.Outside, armed Vale operatives surrounded the hospital.Nobody could enter without Nadia’s authorization.Nobody could leave without being noticed.Yet somehow someone had hacked the hospital system.Which meant our enemy wasn’t outside.They were already inside.Lucien finally spoke.“There is something I left behind.”“What?”“Before the estate burned.”My heart stopped.“You went back?”He nodded.“After Damien captu

The image of the little boy wouldn’t leave my mind.My son.Six years old.Alive.And in Alessandro’s hands.I stood frozen while Lucien watched the screen replay the same few seconds.“Mom?”That single word had broken something inside me.I had spent years believing I had no child.Now I knew someone had stolen six years from me.My father closed the briefcase.“There is something else you need to know.”I turned sharply.“What?”“The will wasn’t only about Black Veil.”He pulled out a second envelope.“This was hidden with it.”The seal carried the Vale family crest.I opened it.Inside was a handwritten letter.Seraphina,If you have discovered the truth about your child, then the time has come to reveal what I buried.My grandfather’s words.I kept reading.The Vale fortune was never lost.I frowned.My father looked at me.“Fortune?”He nodded.“Your family owned far more than the Vale Trust.”“How much?”“Enough to make the Virelli Empire look small.”Lucien stared at him.“Whe

The bullet never reached Lucien.I moved before I could think.I stepped between them.“STOP!”My father froze.The bullet struck the concrete beside Lucien’s feet.Silence swallowed the parking garage.I stared at my father.“You almost killed him.”His gun remained raised.“He deserves to die.”Lucien stepped forward.“Then tell her the truth.”My father looked at him with pure hatred.“You already know the truth.”“I know what you think happened.”“And you think that makes a difference?”“Yes.”Lucien’s voice was calm.“Because I never gave your grandson to Alessandro.”My father pulled the trigger again.This time, Lucien didn’t move.I slapped the gun aside.“Enough!”My father stared at me.“You don’t understand who you’re protecting.”“I understand that you’re pointing a gun at my husband.”“He is a Virelli.”“And I’m a Vale.”My father’s expression changed.For the first time, I saw something almost like pride.“Yes.”He slowly lowered the weapon.“And that is why everything i

The countdown reached forty-seven seconds.Seraphina stared at the red numbers flashing across the massive screen.46.45.44.Lucien stood behind her, one hand pressed against his wounded chest.“Seraphina,” he said quietly. “Move.”She didn’t.The system had already identified him as the final lock.And now it wanted him dead.“I won’t let it kill you.”“Then don’t let it kill you either.”She turned toward him.For the first time since they had entered the underground headquarters, Lucien looked genuinely afraid.Not for himself.For her.38.A low mechanical hum filled the chamber.Around them, screens flickered between system warnings and images of the war outside. Vale soldiers were fighting Virelli forces throughout the city. The headquarters shook with distant explosions.Richard shouted from the control station.“Seraphina! We can shut the system down!”She looked at him.“Then do it.”“I can’t.”“What?”Richard’s face had gone pale.“The shutdown command is locked.”Adrian r

Victor Hale had spent twenty years believing he was the hunter.Tonight, Seraphina Vale decided to make him the prey.The headquarters had fallen into chaos.Red emergency lights flashed across the underground chamber as the system continued broadcasting the same warning.FINAL LOCK TRANSFER INITIATED.TARGET: LUCIEN VIRELLI.Seraphina stared at the screen.Then she smiled.Lucien noticed immediately.“That look worries me.”“It should.”She turned toward Nadia.“How many Vale operatives are still loyal?”Nadia checked her tablet.“Enough to surround the entire district.”“Good.”Richard lowered his weapon.“Seraphina, whatever you’re planning—”“I’m not listening to you.”He flinched.She looked toward Adrian.“I need Victor Hale.”Adrian’s expression hardened.“Victor?”“Alive.”“That’s going to be difficult.”“Then make it happen.”Lucien stepped closer.“Why Victor?”“Because everyone thinks Alessandro is controlling this.”She pointed toward the screen.“But Victor has been movin