Chapter 1 : The broken vow

Iridessa"You got this," I said to my reflection for the first time, but I still wasn't moving from the mirror. I was completely freaked out, and I didn't want to go back to the party anymore. I just wanted everybody to leave, and I would go back to my miserable fucking life.The moment I stepped out of the bathroom, my phone buzzed, scaring the living daylights out of me. How was it possible that my own phone scared me? Well, I guess if you were in my shoes, you would feel exactly how I did.I pulled my phone out of my purse, and it was another message from the same person that had been tormenting me for the past couple of hours. No name. The number was not from anybody I knew. When I opened the message, my heart sank. This wasn't an unusual feeling. This was already something I knew, but every single time I was reminded of it, it killed me.It was a picture of my husband with his mistress. I zoomed into the picture, and I didn't bother spending a minute looking at her. I stared at h

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Chapter 2 : The final straw

IridessaI sat on the bed, the sheets pulled to my chest, and I couldn't stop the tears. I didn't even realize I had started crying. What wrong did I do by loving my own husband? Why was my life like this?Everything that had just happened to me began replaying in my head over and over again. It felt like somebody had stabbed me directly in the heart.I got out of bed and got into my clothes. Since he wanted me to go so badly, that was exactly what I was going to do because I was done with all this bullshit. I loved him, and this was what I got in return.I didn't know why I stayed anyway... Well, that was a horrible lie because every single time he hurt me, I kept convincing myself that he was going to change. He would eventually become the man I fell in love with again. But believing that wasn't going to help me out of this mess, and I was just realizing that now.I pulled out the small duffel bag I had brought the day he asked me to move in with him. It was dusty and worn out, but

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The Empty Throne

Iridessa’s POVThe hospital room was deathly quiet, the only sound being the rhythmic hum of a heart monitor and the soft rustle of expensive suit fabric as my older brother, Cassian, paced the length of the private suite.I watched him from the bed, feeling the throbbing ache in my cheek where Slade had struck me, but the physical pain was nothing compared to the cold, dead weight in my stomach when I thought about those three years of wasted effort.My chest felt tight, each breath catching against a sharp ache in my ribs that reminded me of how easily my life had been broken by the people I tried to protect.Why did I let myself become so small for a man who didn’t even care if I was breathing?Why did I think my silence would ever buy their respect?Cassian finally stopped and looked at me, his face a mask of barely controlled fury that usually made world-class CEOs tremble. He reached out to gently touch the bruising on my jaw with a hand that was shaking from rage.“I told you t

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Chapter 4 : The Price of Freedom

Iridessa's POVMy heels clicked on the marble tiles of Slade's company, and a feeling of nostalgia washed over my body. I had spent countless nights in this lobby, drafting proposals, doing one thing or another just to save the company and make Slade look at me for even once in his life, but that never happened.Walking through it felt different now, and I somehow felt sad that I was about to say goodbye to the company I had poured my heart and soul into, but if I didn't do it and let my emotions win, that meant Slade would win and I didn't want that. I ignored all the eyes that were on me, because I was certain that the gossip had spread that I was the one who locked down the entire systems of the company.The elevator opened onto Slade's floor, and the first thing I saw was Malani perched on the edge of his desk with her arms looped around his neck, murmuring something close to his ear. But Slade wasn't listening, which was the first time I had ever seen him ignoring her, and even i

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Chapter 5 : The Silent Shadow

Iridessa's POVFive Years LaterThe view from the window was stunning, but I wasn't really seeing it.I was thinking about the audit report sitting closed on my desk, and the fact that after five years, it was finally done. Wilder Tech was ours. Every share, every asset, every patent that had quietly been built on the back of my work. I felt the pride rise in my chest and had to breathe through it carefully, because my makeup had taken twenty minutes and I wasn't about to ruin it before I'd even boarded the jet.I'd found out about the pregnancy only weeks after arriving in Switzerland. The shock of twins nearly undid me completely, coming on top of everything else, but somewhere in those first terrifying months, Ares and Aurora became the reason I stopped feeling sorry for myself and started building something worth leaving them.Heavy footsteps in the corridor behind me. I didn't need to turn around.Cassian crossed the office and set a leather folder on my desk before leaning again

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All Chapters of The billionaire’s regret : The heiress who came back with tw: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1 : The broken vow

Chapter 2 : The final straw

The Empty Throne

Chapter 4 : The Price of Freedom

Chapter 5 : The Silent Shadow