All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE’s SECRET TWINS : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Nobody moved.The white envelope sat on Damien’s desk like a ticking bomb.Sarah stood beside the window, her expression unreadable.Ariana could hear her own heartbeat.Victoria was on her way.Sarah had returned after six years.And now there was an envelope containing proof of something that happened at the Blackwood Grand.Damien slowly reached for it.His fingers brushed the paper.Ariana immediately spoke.“Wait.”Everyone looked at her.She swallowed hard.“What if opening it changes everything?”Sarah gave a bitter laugh.“Ariana, everything changed six years ago.”The room fell silent.Damien finally opened the envelope.Inside was a single photograph.Nothing else.No documents.No reports.No letters.Just a photograph.Damien pulled it out.Ariana leaned closer.The picture had clearly been taken inside the Blackwood Grand.The ballroom was crowded with guests.People danced beneath crystal chandeliers.Waiters moved between tables.Music filled the room.At first glance,

Ariana woke with a start.For a moment, she didn’t know why her heart was racing.Then she remembered.The phone calls.Sarah’s return.The photographs.The man watching her children.Sleep had become impossible.She glanced at the clock.5:17 a.m.The apartment was still quiet.Carefully, she got out of bed and walked toward the twins’ room.The door creaked softly.Ethan and Emma were asleep.Emma’s teddy bear was half on the floor.Ethan had kicked off his blanket.Ariana smiled despite herself.She covered him again and picked up the teddy bear.For a few moments, she simply stood there watching them.They were her entire world.And lately, it felt as though someone was trying to take that world away from her.A sudden noise from outside made her freeze.A car door slammed.Ariana immediately walked to the window.A black sedan was parked across the street.The same type of vehicle she had noticed before.Her stomach tightened.But before she could get a better look, the vehicle d

The rain began just after midnight.Ariana stood by the living room window, watching droplets race down the glass.She couldn’t sleep.Not after Sarah’s warning.Not after learning that someone was still watching her children.And definitely not after discovering Victoria had been outside Room 814 the night everything changed.The apartment was quiet.Ethan and Emma were asleep.At least she hoped they were.Ariana checked her phone.Three missed calls.All from Victoria.She ignored them.For once, she didn’t want explanations.She wanted answers.And those were two very different things.The next morning, Damien was already in his office when Daniel arrived carrying another file.Daniel looked uneasy.That immediately got Damien’s attention.“What is it?”“We finally got access to the complete guest list from the gala.”Damien straightened.“And?”Daniel placed the file on the desk.“The names were altered.”Damien frowned.“Altered how?”“Three guests were removed from the official

Ryan’s blood ran cold.For several seconds, he could only stare.The man standing in his doorway wasn’t a ghost.Wasn’t a nightmare.Wasn’t a memory.He was real.Michael Hart had returned.The years had changed him.His hair was slightly grayer.His face carried deeper lines.But his eyes remained exactly the same.Cold.Calculating.Dangerous.The same eyes Ryan had spent six years trying to forget.“Hello, Ryan.”Michael stepped into the apartment without waiting for permission.Ryan immediately closed the door behind him.His hands were shaking.“What are you doing here?”Michael glanced around the apartment casually.As if he owned the place.As if he belonged there.“What kind of welcome is that?”Ryan’s jaw tightened.“You shouldn’t be here.”Michael laughed softly.“And yet I am.”The silence stretched.Ryan could hear his own heartbeat.Because if Michael was back, it meant one thing.Something had gone terribly wrong.“Why now?” Ryan finally asked.Michael stopped near the w

Ariana stared at Ryan.The sounds of the café faded into the background.The people.The music.The conversations.Everything disappeared.Only Ryan’s words remained.“I worked for him.”Her heart pounded.“What did you just say?”Ryan looked away.Ashamed.“I worked for Michael Hart.”Ariana felt sick.“No.”The word escaped before she could stop it.“No.”Ryan nodded slowly.“I know.”“You expect me to believe that?”“I don’t expect you to believe anything.”Ariana pushed her chair back.Years of frustration.Years of unanswered questions.Years of carrying everything alone.All of it exploded at once.“You knew?”Ryan lowered his head.“Some of it.”“How much?”Silence.“Ryan.”His jaw tightened.“I knew Michael.”“That’s not what I asked.”Ariana’s eyes filled with tears.“How much did you know?”Ryan rubbed a hand across his face.“I didn’t know everything.”“But you knew something.”“Yes.”The answer felt like a knife.Because for years Ryan had claimed ignorance.For years he h