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She only left when Ethan came to call for her, joining the Blackwood family for the party. After Sera departed, I reached under my bed and pulled out a still-running recording device. I gently pressed the [STOP RECORDING] button. Today was also the day I would leave this city. Before departing, I wanted the Blackwood family to see with their own eyes exactly what kind of poisonous flower they had cultivated. --- Half an hour later, the car for my secret research assignment arrived. Seeing that I only carried Mother's portrait with me, the driver looked puzzled. "We need to leave now. Don't you want to pack any other luggage?"

However, it was well-cleaned. Joseph laid his eyes on the desk. A row of medicine bottles stood on the surface. Beside them was a calendar with only one page left. With trembling hands, he picked up the bottles. Every single one of them was labeled 'For post-heart transplant use.' A sticky note was stuck underneath. It read, 'Asterna, one-way trip, 4:00 PM tomorrow.' There were only a few bleached clothes left in the cabinet. The cardboard box in the corner caught his attention. When he opened it up, what he saw made him gasp.

"I'll find a way around this, I swear." "It's not that I don't trust you. But I don't want to make the mistake of throwing away money that could earn me multiples." Even after Damien left, his words keep repeating in my head like a broken tape. Zach is gone. Now Damien too.

Red roses covered the ground, glowing a brilliant, blinding red in the light of the setting sun. It was the confession she had owed me for seven years. It was the tenderness that had arrived ten years too late. "Remember this place?" I looked out at the city skyline, my voice faint. "I remember," Vera whispered, kneeling beside the wheelchair and holding my hand. "It was our first year on the job. "That night, we were fighting over a strategy and got into a huge argument right here. Neither of us would back down, so we just stayed on the roof all night drinking cheap beer."

“Charlotte has been with us since the very beginning. She believes in what we are building.” “I want to believe that too. But the timing is too precise to be coincidence, Roza. She left two weeks ago. Meridian launched yesterday with a framework that mirrors ours almost exactly.” Nadia’s voice softened only slightly. “I am not accusing her of anything yet. I am telling you we need to find out, quickly, exactly what she took with her when she left.” I sat back in my chair, Iris still sleeping peacefully against my chest, feeling the exhaustion of the custody war give way almost immediately to a fresh, different kind of dread.

Alessia picked it up. Her name was written on it. Again. Another message. Another secret. She opened it slowly. Inside was a photograph. Her. Lorenzo. Six years ago. The night everything ended. But this was not a photograph she had ever seen. Because in the background stood someone else. Someone who had witnessed their final goodbye. Someone who knew the truth. On the back of the photograph were six words: You left because they made you. Alessia's hands began to shake. Lorenzo looked at the photograph.

On the day Evan Carter was supposed to meet my adoptive parents, his phone was turned off all day. As my future husband, he had confidently promised me the night before that he would win my parents over. Yet even after the server had refilled our glasses for the sixth time, I still couldn’t reach him. A few hours later, I came across a post from Evan’s assistant, Maya Collins. In the photos, Evan was sitting on her family’s couch with bags of expensive gifts around him, keeping her parents company. The caption read: “My family has been pressuring me to get married nonstop. Thank you to my amazing boss for stepping in and pretending to be my boyfriend so I could get through this!” Evan

I said and got inside the taxi to reach our home. I know that, she will hate me in the end, but she will have someone in her life, and I will continue my life far away from her. “We need to talk, Jiya.” I said entering the home and saw that she is watching TV. “What is it?” She asked still staring at the TV. Looks like she is still upset the way I left the house ten days ago. I calmly said, “Wait for two minutes.” I walked inside our room and placed many cameras at all the buttons and made sure they will not go anywhere. I don’t know how she will hold it or where she will put it, so I need to make sure this will not fail.

But the feelings we had awakened in each other would stay with us long after I left. The End

"I love you." "I love you too but sometimes love is not enough. Loyalty is important too. Promise me you won't leave me, you'll always love me" "Ayana I..." His phone rang. It was his lawyer. "I have to take this, I'll be back. I love you" he kissed her lips and left her room. His lawyer called to inform about a meeting with Claire's lawyer about Auxton Oaks. Oliver said he would be present at the meeting. He hoped Claire would also be there. He went to meet the Chef when he was done with the call and got the food for Ayana.