Verdades Secretas Capítulo 5 Novels & Stories

My phone buzzed and it was a text from Lena asking where I was and I typed back a quick response because I didn’t want her to worry. One PM. The conference room across the hall started filling up with board members and I saw Rhys go in. One thirty. Kade’s laptop made a sound and he sat up straight. “She’s in.” I leaned over to look and there it was. Vera’s credentials accessing the fake merger document. My heart started beating faster. “She’s downloading it,” Kade said. We watched the progress bar move across the screen and I realized I was holding my breath. D******d complete.

"Yes, Elizabeth maybe you have mistaken him for someone else" "Oh please. I am not five. I know a face when I see it, and I remember him" "I honestly didn't expect this meeting to go this way, but please, I really don't know what you're talking of" I stare at him, stupefied. I can't believe this! This is Adrian Peterson. Why is he lying? "Is this because you don't want Veronica to know that you've enrolled in medicine and you're getting an internship at the hospital?"

And then, the fire alarm rings. "Run," I scream. But I don't run. I stay. I stay for the end. The walls start to move. The secret room is opening. Liam screams. But it’s not for me. It’s for the truth. I watch him fall to his knees. The screen is showing everything. The funds. The accounts. The ghost. I stand up. "You were right, Liam." "I shouldn't have dug deep." "Because now," I lean in, my voice a whisper.

The wall fell completely, and I gasped as the vision flooded my consciousness. I saw the Prisma Institute from above, its elegant architecture surrounded by manicured gardens. Then the image shifted, showing what lay beneath—vast underground levels, reinforced chambers, and at the center, a massive containment unit. Something moved within it, something ancient and powerful. "The Great Secret," I whispered, my voice sounding distant to my own ears. "You're containing something. Something that only truth-seers can detect." "Enough!" Serena shouted, genuine fear in her eyes. "You'll draw its attention!"

“Boss, we’ve got a problem. Black-site’s reporting, Victor’s cell is empty. No breach, no alarms. He’s gone.” My blood froze. Elena’s hand tightened on Mamá’s, her face paling. Alexander’s jaw clenched, his eyes darting to the windows. “No,” I whispered, my laptop booting, fingers flying. “I locked him out. I burned everything.” But the screen pinged; a signal, faint but alive. “You missed me, kid. Phase 5: your code’s mine now. – V.” 6:30 p.m. – Estate lockdown

This time, I am weak, and my hands slide up his chest, gripping his shirt. “Valerio…” I whisper, torn between need and terror. “Dimmi la verità,” he breathes(Tell me the truth). “Even one piece. Give me something, Zara.” I almost do. The words are on my tongue — about our son, about the accident, about how much I still love him.

“He’s playing with us.” Another message followed instantly. “Not everything you fear is in front of you.” Silence settled again, heavier this time. Marcus looked around, his voice low. “Then where is it?” No one answered because deep down they all knew. It was among them. Another message appeared. This time, it wasn’t vague. It wasn’t subtle. It was a bomb. “There were five of you that night.” The words hit like a shockwave. Emma blinked. “What?” Lena shook her head immediately. “No. That’s not true.”

Her breath caught. Mine did too. That was all the confirmation that I needed. Neither of us moved. It was bittersweet torture. Eventually, I forced myself to back up. She was not mine. Not yet. Jenna shook her head, almost as though she too was coming out of a daze. “What time is it?” she asked. I checked my phone. “7:05.” “Ooooohhh! The Real She-Wolves of Anderson Pack is on. Tonight is the reunion special!”

And for someone like me, a man leading a double life, if something is too good and then it’s the worst thing waiting to happen. Proving me right I received an email directly from the source. The little nerdy girl wasn’t as nerdy, boring and submissive as she pretended to be. There’s a wide world of fantasies she’s hiding inside that head of hers which includes, in her words, ‘her sexy-arsehole-overbearing-know-it-all-Boss’. And that’s me. But this isn’t it. I have only uncovered half of what she’s hiding. There’s more lot to my little secretive secretary. And our worlds might not be as different as she thought. Because she came running right through the door she wanted to exit.

There was an underlying message. "What do you mean?" he asked. I looked. "You know a couple of secrets?" I stared and got lost in my mind for a moment. Did I know secrets? Hell yeah I did. I knew who Amy and Mya's mother was. I knew the truth about baby Aaron's paternity test. And I knew about Chad and Amy's secret romance. So yeah...I knew some secrets. I looked over at Justin. "Did you know who Chad's first girlfriend was?" He looked at me for a moment, and then looked away.