Semua Bab The CEO's Secret Substitute: Bab 41 - Bab 50

Lena could barely breathe.The words from the phone kept repeating inside her mind.Gabriel Reyes is alive.Her biological father.The man everyone had told her was dead.The man whose death had supposedly started the chain of lies surrounding her family.Lara stared at her.“Lena?”Lena slowly lowered the phone.“He's alive.”Michael immediately stood.“Who told you?”“I don't know. The number was hidden.”“What exactly did they say?”Lena looked at him.“They said they know where Gabriel is.”Michael's face turned pale.“That isn't possible.”“You said he was dead.”“I believed he was.”“You were there when he died.”Michael shook his head.“No.”Everyone became silent.Lena stepped closer.“What do you mean?”“I never saw his body.”Her eyes widened.“You told us Victor killed him.”“I believed Victor had.”“Then why didn't you check?”“Because the night Gabriel disappeared, Victor threatened everyone.”Michael's voice trembled.“He told me that if I searched for my son, he would k

Lena couldn't move.The woman standing beside Richard looked at her with tears in her eyes.She was older than Lena by only a few years, but there was something unmistakably familiar about her face.The same dark eyes.The same small smile.The same expression Lena had seen countless times in her own reflection.“Who are you?” Lena whispered.The woman swallowed.“My name is Elena.”Catherine covered her mouth.Lara looked between them.“Another sister?”Richard smiled.“Now you're finally understanding how complicated your family really is.”Alexander stepped in front of Lena.“Stay away from her.”Elena looked at him.“You don't understand.”“Then explain.”She looked at Catherine.“She knows.”Lena turned toward her mother.“Mom?”Catherine was crying.“Yes.”“Is she really my sister?”Catherine nodded.“Yes.”Lena felt as if her entire world had collapsed.“How many secrets are there?”“I was trying to protect you.”“You keep saying that!”Lena's voice echoed through the elevator

Lena stared at the phone long after the call ended.Her uncle had Gabriel.Her mother was supposedly responsible for the fire.And somehow, all the secrets of the past twenty-two years were connected.Alexander stood beside her.“We need a plan.”Lena nodded.“Daniel wants the Reyes documents.”“Then we'll give him something.”Lena looked at him.“You mean a fake?”“Exactly.”Ethan stepped forward.“I can help.”Lara nodded.“So can I.”Michael looked at all of them.“Before you do anything, listen to me.”Everyone turned toward him.“Daniel isn't the mastermind.”Lena frowned.“What?”Michael sighed.“I suspected him for years, but he wasn't powerful enough to organize everything.”“Then who is?”Michael looked toward Catherine.She immediately understood.“Isabella.”Lena shook her head.“She admitted she helped.”“She did more than help.”Michael's voice became serious.“She was the one who convinced Daniel to take Gabriel.”Lena's eyes widened.“Then why did Daniel say Mom ordered

Darkness swallowed the vault.Lena could hear only her own heartbeat.Then came a quiet laugh.Richard.“He’s here,” Alexander whispered.A light suddenly flickered on.Richard stood at the other end of the chamber, holding a gun.But he wasn't alone.Two armed men stood behind him.Lena immediately moved closer to Alexander.Richard smiled.“Still hiding behind him?”Alexander stepped forward.“Let them go.”Richard laughed.“You don't understand your position.”“I understand enough.”“No.”Richard pointed the gun at him.“You're standing between me and everything I spent decades building.”Lena looked around.“This isn't yours.”Richard's smile disappeared.“Everything belongs to whoever is strong enough to take it.”Edward stepped forward.“You haven't changed.”Richard looked at him.“And you're still alive.”“For now.”Richard's eyes narrowed.“You should have stayed dead.”Edward smiled.“I tried.”Lena looked at him.“Grandfather, what is the will?”Edward reached inside his co

Lena stared at the phone in her hand.The voice was gone, but the name remained in her mind.Adrian.The man who was supposed to have died decades ago had just called her.And he claimed to be her biological father.Lara stood beside her, waiting.“What did he say?”Lena slowly looked up.“He said his name is Adrian Reyes.”Lara's eyes widened.“The Adrian Reyes?”Lena nodded.“The one everyone believed was dead.”Before either of them could say anything else, Gabriel entered the room.He immediately noticed their expressions.“What happened?”Lena looked at him.“Dad…”Gabriel stopped.She had never called him that with so much uncertainty.“What is it?”“Someone called me.”“Who?”Lena hesitated.“Adrian Reyes.”Gabriel's face lost all color.“No.”“He said he's alive.”“That isn't possible.”“That's what you told me about everything else.”Gabriel looked away.Lena stepped closer.“You told me Adrian was dead.”“I believed he was.”“You knew him.”“Yes.”“You were brothers.”Gabrie