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Silence follows. I let out a breath I didn’t realize I was holding. "Let's get you out of here," Lou murmurs, leading me to the car. Later, in the backseat, I stare at my phone, heart hammering as I read the headline from 'The Campus Scoop': ‘Monroe’s Millions Can’t Buy Loyalty: Heiress Dumped for Boyfriend’s Secret Gay Affair.’ Oh. My. God. My grip tightens on the phone. "Fuck!"

I plead him a pardon. He stayed quiet when I wrapped my arms around his body, I positioned his head on my chest and stroked his hair with my hand, he was only filling the silence, “Can I tell you a secret?” Kevin muffled. I looked down to catch his wet eyelashes. Immediately my heart fell at rest on the fact that he was willing to talk to me, “Yes, my dear. Your secrets are safe with me,” I assured him. My heart placed at rest that he chose to speak to me. I was worried if he got unsettled with me.

Her hands started shivering when all of her colleagues started gathering around her with bewildered and emulous looks. Suddenly she heard someone switching the TV on and her ears were abruptly filled with the news, "From our sources, we were able to get the pictures of Alexander Kingston' secret girlfriend, surprisingly his girlfriend is none other than his own secretary Isabella Watson." Her eyes brimmed with tears, and she wasn't able to raise her head anymore. She couldn't face anyone right now. She didn't want to be the focus of attention where she would be called names without any reason. "Isa," Nick tried to call out to her, but she was absolutely disoriented. This was not what she wan

Kyra is devastated by the news and doesn't know what to do. Kyra decides to confront Veronica with the results of the DNA test, but on a second thought she decides not to. Kyra knows that revealing the truth could destroy her brother's chance of becoming king and cause chaos in the palace. She decides to keep the secret to herself and not tell anyone, not even her brother. From that day on, Kyra makes a vow to herself to always prioritize the truth no matter what. She knows that keeping secrets can have serious consequences and she doesn't want to be responsible for causing any harm to her family or the palace.

A place where secrets were kept and confessions were never made. But this place was not that place. The secrets here festered and grew, threatening to consume all in their path. I could only hope that my words had not set something in motion that I could not control. That Killian's hidden motives, whatever they may be, did not lead us both down a path from which there is no return. "Fridays, are you not coming down to eat, bitch?" Yet, shattering the still waters I was closed to creating myself, Serene's voice downstairs roared up above my room.

However, this time, I was truly getting a glimpse into Seb's world within those office walls. I scrolled through my phone, pretending to be occupied, while Seb engaged with his secretary, Maria—I hoped that was her name; I needed to confirm it later. She appeared average in height, with a cute smile that seemed to betray a certain infatuation with her boss, who happened to be my husband now. The irrational desire to grab her, shake some sense into her, and then create a respectful distance between her and my husband crossed my mind. I frowned at my own malicious thoughts. What was wrong with me? I had never been this petty before. Well, who was I kidding? From school to college, I'd harbored

Chapter 56 KAITO POV They said curiosity killed the cat. And indeed, it was true. People disappeared after poking their noses where they shouldn’t have; people died after discovering secrets that were left hidden. Some of the things were hidden for a reason; because they were lethal, apocalyptic! I wanted to tell her that. I wanted to tell her that what she wanted to know was something she would come to discover on her own, that I was in no way, shape, or form capable of answering her question or feeding her curiosity.

I say almost out of breath as the thought of what he was about to say flooded my head again, and for the first time my chest hurt so bad, I couldn’t tell her, I could lose her forever. “Keeping secrets is the last thing on my mind and I know” Zade looks at me and then taps my shoulder slightly before he walks out. When you love someone Killian, a secret like that is the least thing you really want to keep. I know you trust Kayla so much but that girl would send it right through you, she’s not going to keep that secret you better tell her and I would be praying for you. I almost scoff but I say nothing as I watch him walk out of the room in the same manner that Zade left.

"It's okay. It's okay. I'm sorry." I held his hand, gripping it's tightly, and sobbed quietly as he stroke my hair. "I'll let you go see them after you tell me what's wrong," he said, his voice softening, but I kept mute. I couldn't tell him. If I did, I'd be sealing my own fate and probably his too. "Selene," he pressed, "if you don't talk to me, how will I know what's wrong?" I stayed silent, stubbornly clinging to the secret that threatened to consume me.

The room itself seemed alive, pulsing with information that only someone like Adrian could interpret in real time. “You’re here,” he said without looking up. His voice carried calm authority, but I felt the weight of expectation in every syllable. “Today, secrets will surface. Some will surprise you, some will shock you, and a few will threaten to destabilize relationships that you thought were solid. Your task is to observe, analyze, and act. Timing will be everything.” I nodded, my pulse quickening slightly. Secrets were never neutral; they carried consequences. Some could be leveraged, others could destroy. And in Adrian’s world, the distinction between revelation and weaponization was ra