Romans & histoires The Betrayal: A Father's Secret

But I immediately understood that this Sophie was important. The letters revealed a secret love affair, a hidden passion, but also betrayal, heartbreak. I read carefully each word, each sentence. Their exchanges were filled with sweet words, but also broken promises and buried secrets. I felt overwhelmed by a sense of betrayal. Why had my father hidden all of this from me? Why had he maintained this secret relationship, and why had he made sure I knew nothing of this other side of his life? The revelations hurt, but they were necessary. Suddenly, the pieces of the puzzle began to fall into place. The doubts, the exchanged glances with my mother, the unsaid things... everything started to mak

Leya outside the door, shadows curling around her like secrets she couldn't keep. Her father's whisper in her head: If they find out who you are— She was in the doorway, breathless. The betrayal was real. The shadows were converging. And amidst it all, deep within the inner recesses of the darkness of the hush and the secret, there was one name. That waited its time to be spoken. That lingered to kill them all.

The pieces fell into place with a sickening precision, revealing a profound, insidious betrayal that stretched back years, woven into the very fabric of her family’s history. Violet’s breath caught in her throat. Her hands trembled as she clutched the fragmented communication log, the chilling words searing themselves into her mind. It was a shocking truth: Aurora was the one who had betrayed her father to their enemies years ago, setting in motion the tragic events that led to his downfall. Not a natural illness. Not a rival family’s ambition. But a cold, calculated act of profound betrayal by her own sister. The desire for justice for her father, once a smoldering ember, now ignited into a

All because of a fucking god damned betrayal from a greedy traitor. Dad had caught the traitor though and ended him with a bullet.... But it was all too quick for me....I had wanted him to suffer until he begged for death.... I lived with the hate and anger built up inside of me.... I had firmly shut it out, that was until I met her... That was until I found out a hidden truth, the betrayer was long gone..... But he still has a daughter...... I fucking still remembered the first moment I laid my eyes on her....

The shame felt like a crushing force, driving him down to the floor, making his lungs seize in his chest. “Father,” he stammered, his voice betraying the grueling mental battle he had fought with Callus in the aftermath. “I spoke beforehand with Callus. We had reached an understanding. I honestly thought the gravity of the situation and simple respect for Calla, had finally brought him into alignment with me. I could never have foreseen… this monstrous betrayal. He betrayed me as much as he violated her.” Waris lifted his head then, his gold-flecked eyes meeting his father’s molten glare.

Taking my parents’ hands, I walked out of the church that had witnessed ten years of my humiliation. After the wedding, my father immediately announced the termination of all business ties between the Taylor and Shaw families. Using his connections, he launched a full investigation into Shaw Corporation’s accounts over the past several years. Already reeling from a stock slump caused by the failed marriage alliance, Shaw Corporation crumbled under this final, devastating blow. Ethan appeared at my house every day, apologizing and begging for forgiveness over and over. He even knelt outside in the rain all night. Not once did I show myself.

While I was as calm as an undisturbed lake on the surface, beneath me was a troubled sea tossing back and forth with waves of emotion. I wanted to turn around and yell at him to demand answers, to ask when he had stopped loving me and how he could betray me. But I don't care anymore, knowing that he chose to betray me and toss away everything we've built out the window changed nothing. I wouldn't give him the chance to fill my head up with lies. I got Up the stairs, then I heard a heavy thud, and my heart went up to my throat.

That meant I'd have to cancel all upcoming surgeries. Because of my husband's deception, I'd been dragged into this mess. I didn't know whether to be grateful I'd found out the truth or be angry at my own foolishness for finding out about it so late. My dad beat Shane up until he lay curled on the floor, begging for mercy. Still, he looked at me, who was resting in a room with an expression full of devotion. He called out from the hallway, "Maeve is the only one I've ever loved. That woman forced herself on me. Ellie isn't even my daughter!"

I didn’t know how long I cried for, but it wasn’t until a dull pain started throbbing in my stomach that I finally snapped out of it. I gently placed my hand over my belly and forced myself to stand. “I’m sorry, baby,” I whispered. “I used to be so excited to meet you, but your father doesn’t love us anymore. He doesn’t deserve to be your dad… and I can’t bring you into a world so full of cruelty. “I’m sorry.”

Jericho said, lowering his voice. The bad memory replayed in his head, still giving him chills. "Father, aren't you going to tell me about it either?" Catherine asked. Jericho looked a bit pale; it seemed this was also a traumatic event for him, especially since it involved his child. The man then took Catherine's hand and said, "I can trust you more than I trust myself, but it feels unethical to reveal someone else's wrongdoing." "Father, even I have done terrible things in the past, and you still accepted me as a daughter and daughter-in-law in this house," said Catherine.