All Chapters of HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The mysterious phone call left Lucien visibly shaken. Olivia asked what the caller meant. Lucien told her they needed to speak to his mother. He was no longer approaching Eleanor as a son seeking an explanation. He was confronting her as a man who had spent years believing a lie because of information she had allowed him to accept. Olivia decided to go with him. Richard warned them not to trust anyone completely. Lucien promised Olivia, “Whatever she tells us, I won’t hide it from you.” It was an important emotional shift. For the first time Lucien was choosing honesty over control. They confronted Eleanor at the Ashford residence. The moment she saw the documents from the second safety deposit box, her expression changed. She understood immediately that Olivia had found Jonathan’s evidence. Lucien demanded to know why the caller had told him to ask her. Eleanor initially refused to answer. Lucien lost his patience. He told her that her silence had already destroyed year

Olivia stared at the wedding photograph, unable to look away from the man circled in red. Adrian Cross. The longer she studied his face, the stronger the sense of familiarity became. A fragmented memory rose without warning: a hospital corridor, her younger self crying, a man’s hand holding hers, the same distinctive ring visible on his finger. She could not remember his face clearly, only the feeling of safety that had once accompanied that hand. Lucien noticed her distress and told her not to force the memory. Olivia insisted that whatever she remembered might help them find Adrian. She showed Eleanor the photograph. Eleanor recognized the ring at once. Adrian had worked for Jonathan years earlier, but he had not been ordinary security. He was the person responsible for moving Olivia between safe locations after her mother disappeared. Olivia was stunned. She asked why she had never remembered him. Eleanor explained that Olivia had been very young and that Richard had

Olivia rushed back to the hospital with Lucien. Richard was awake but extremely weak. The moment he saw her, he asked, “Did you find her?” Olivia froze. He was not asking about Adrian. He was asking about her mother. She demanded answers. Richard looked at Lucien and Michael before saying he wanted to speak to Olivia privately. She refused to leave until he told her the truth. Olivia played Adrian’s recording. Richard recognized the voice at once. His expression changed. He finally admitted that Olivia’s mother had survived the night she disappeared. Olivia was devastated. She asked why he had allowed her to believe her mother abandoned her. Richard said he had been trying to keep her alive. Olivia’s reply was sharp. “You didn’t protect me from the truth. You protected the people who lied to me.” Richard had no answer. For the first time she saw genuine shame in her father’s face. Richard explained that after her mother was taken, he and Jonathan spent years trying

Richard was visibly shaken when Olivia said she wanted to go to the abandoned Ashford property. He told her that the place was where everything had changed. Years earlier her mother planned to escape through that property with Olivia, but someone betrayed them. Richard insisted the recent message could be a trap designed to make Olivia repeat the same mistake. Olivia understood the danger, yet she refused to ignore the photograph of her mother. “If she’s alive,” she said, “I can’t sit here and wait for someone else to decide whether I’m allowed to see her.” Lucien agreed to help her. Olivia made one condition: nobody would make the decision for her. Lucien accepted. Olivia, Lucien, Michael, and Adrian traveled toward the property. Richard remained at the hospital; moving him would be too dangerous. Before Olivia left, he gave her one final warning. “If you see your mother, don’t ask her why she left. Ask her who made her leave.” The sentence stayed with Olivia througho

Olivia’s mother identified the location as an abandoned Ashford-owned psychiatric facility that had been used in secret years earlier. She explained that she had been held there after she was taken from Olivia. The revelation horrified Olivia. She asked how her mother had survived. Her mother said she was kept alive because the people holding her believed she knew where Jonathan had hidden the evidence. She never gave them the information. She also revealed something important: Richard had been one of the people who tried to rescue her. Olivia realized her father never stopped looking for her mother. Adrian confirmed that the facility still had an active power supply. Someone was inside. Lucien prepared a team to enter. Olivia insisted on going. Her mother refused to let her enter alone. “I spent years imagining the day I’d see you again,” her mother said. “I’m not letting you walk into that place alone.” Olivia agreed. For the first time, mother and daughter faced dange