Betrayal From Family 소설 & 이야기

“I expected great things from you but I guess I was wrong. You went ahead and betrayed your family, the people that raised you just because of some cop.” “That’s where you have it wrong, I have never once betrayed this family but your lack of trust and overthinking nature has made you too blind to see that. You brought this upon yourself and I should have seen the cycle earlier, I should have known it would eventually be this way. First it was mum, then my uncle, it is in your nature to think everyone's out to get you because that is how you are. Not everyone is scheming against you father, not everyone is as ruthless as you are. Some of us still value family and trust. I guess these are all

I wasn't showing yet and I had wanted to surprise him with the news at the party. Tears rolled freely down my eyes. “You betray me by sleeping with another and now you mock my plight?” I grabbed his hand tightly. “How long have you been planning this? Do you hate me so much to hurt me so badly? I love you Ryder and I gave up my family for you.” “You did nothing for me.” he bit back, his voice flat, emotionless. “You left your family for your ambition and greed. You wanted to leave the gutters so bad, you threw your family under the bus.”

“He can't be that bad. He had always been intolerable…” “He was the one who told the elders about your sister. He was the one who betrayed your family.” My blood ran cold and I shut my eyes as my head spun violently. That cannot be… “Who had the most to gain from your family's demise? Him. So are you really going to allow him to get away with it?” Images of my mother being burned, memories of her screams as life left her, images of my father being stabbed - they all filled my head taunting me and gripping my heart so tightfully like a glove.

She had help… real help. “Wow,” I muttered, leaning back in disbelief. “So she wasn’t working alone after all.” I let out a humorless chuckle, though nothing about the situation was even remotely funny. If anything, it made everything worse. The betrayal ran deeper than we'd thought, deeper than anyone had imagined. This wasn't just a jealous ex-girlfriend or a deranged stalker. This was family turning against family, blood against blood.

"This is my father's diary. It clearly records how your father, Felix Cross, stole my father's most important work and submitted it to competitions under his own name, gaining fame and success. "My father was betrayed by his closest friend. He lost all hope. That's why he chose death! "Landon! Your family owes my family a life! What right do you have to stand in front of me acting so high and mighty?" She pointed at me and screamed, her expression twisted with madness. "I got close to you. I pleased you. It was all for revenge! I wanted you to taste what it feels like to be betrayed by the person closest to you, to lose everything.

She spent the whole night drinking with her heartbroken childhood friend. She left me alone in that cold ward to endure the agony of fractured bones. Back then, I still held onto a sliver of hope. I thought she was only confused for a moment. Now, I finally understood that it wasn't a coincidence. It was a deeply rooted pattern. In her world, Chris would always come first. Every little thing about him mattered more than my life. I was always the one who could be sacrificed and overlooked. From now on, I would stop compromising.

That earned a faint smile. “How do you handle betrayal?” Direct. No buildup. Emma didn’t hesitate. “I adjust.” Rowan nodded slowly. “Control or chaos?” “Control,” she replied. “Chaos is just control you don’t understand yet.” That— That held his attention. Fully. For the first time— He leaned back slightly. Studying her. “What would you do,” he asked, quieter now, “if everything you trusted was taken from you?” Emma didn’t look away. “It already was.”

Color drained from her face. Scrambling off the bed, she dropped to her knees. "I'm sorry, I was wrong! I just… I liked you too much, I got greedy… so I lied." Reese's expression was ice. "Carmen's family's fall—was it all your doing?" The mention of my family made me freeze. I turned to look at him. My father had been framed in a business trap, and his company was ruined overnight. With no way out, he jumped to his death. My mother, heartbroken beyond repair, swallowed poison and followed him not long after.

My life has been a wreck since then and it would never get better. Every day I wish for death, or at least a chance to go back. Yes, the curse in the Nnaji bloodline was a painful one, but what I did to Jaclyn eat me up the most. She trusted me and I broke that trust. She loved me and I used it against her. A part of me died that night and I thought I would get it back in time, but so far I haven’t. Perhaps this is what I deserve. I betrayed her, after all. That was the plan all along, but the plan changed after I realised I loved her despite Bella, my mate. I wanted to hide her away from everyone. I wanted to keep her to myself and protect her.

“My family trust. There's a clause. If I’m not married or mentally stable by the end of the year, my brother gets everything.” Lucas stared at him. “So this is about money.” “It’s not,” Elias said. “It’s about control. I don’t trust him. I need help.” Lucas shook his head. “You can’t just say ‘help’ and expect me to play along. You don’t even remember me.” “I don’t,” Elias admitted. “But when I saw you just now… something hurt. In here.” He pressed his hand against his chest. “I don’t know why. But it did.”