Chapter 40:: Surprise, surprise
Kia Ray
After Anna-Marie and Stella convinced me to try on a wedding dress following our hair and nail appointments, I am staring into the mirror. I gasp as I walk closer, gazing at the wedding dress. It is a Vera Wang gown, a designer I recognize from my search for the perfect dress for my upc...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 :: Broken- Somebody Always cries
2. Chapter 2 :: A New Life
3. Chapter 3 :: Meeting Aldwin Rush Again
4. Chapter 4 :: You can’t take what you give out
5. Chapter 5 :: The Broken silence 
6. Chapter 6:: Fractured Reflections
7. Chapter 7 :: A New way of life
8. Chapter 8 Just boys being boys
9. Chapter 9 :: Figure this out
10. Chapter 10 :: A Night with Kia
11. Chapter 11 :: I’m Jealous
12. Chapter 12 :: My Heart Beat frantically
13. Chapter 13 :: Jessica his mistress. She began rummaging through the fridge
14. Chapter 14 :: I feel like I cheater
15. Chapter 15 :: Hidden desires
16. Chapter 16 :: I have plans to love you
17. Chapter 17 :: That kissing Thing
18. Chapter 18 :: I Don’t want to ruin our first day as a couple
19. Chapter 19 :: our First date night
20. Chapter 20 :: A Night with Aldwin Rush
21. Chapter 21 :: The Best Night of my life
22. Chapter 22 :: love my way
23. Chapter 23 :: A Hard time
24. Chapter 24 :: The Dead returns
25. Chapter 25 :: The Hurt, I can’t think of anything that’s not Kia
26. Chapter 26 :: My world seems breathless
27. Chapter 27 :: what is the truth
28. Chapter 28 :: Try being pregnant
29. Chapter 29 :: The pain in the dark
30. Chapter 30 :: The Lies you've told
31. Chapter 31 :: Look where That has gotten you, In Jail .
32. Chapter 32:: The proposal
33. Chapter 33 :: I want him to have what we have
34. Chapter 34:: The Night before everything went dark
35. Chapter 35:: Kia is missing
36. Chapter 36:: His Sinister plan
37. Chapter 37:: The End of Dustin Cage
38. Chapter 38:: All my love
39. Chapter 39:: the night before the wedding
40. Chapter 40:: Surprise, surprise
41. Chapter 41:: The vow
42. Chapter 42:: What Comes After Love
43. Chapter 43:: Shades of Love and Revenge
44. Chapter 44:: The Echoes of Forgotten Love
45. Chapter 45:: Fragments of Memory
46. Chapter 46:: Trying to remember what was
47. Chapter 47:: A test on those drugs
48. Chapter 48:: Rekindled Desire
49. Chapter 49:: A Taste of Memory
50. Chapter 50:: The Echo of Memories
51. Chapter 51:: Weight of the silence
52. Chapter 52:: Was this not love
53. Chapter 53:: Fight for my love
54. Chapter 54:: Two Souls, One Heart
55. Chapter 55:: Shadows of Ambition
56. Chapter 56:: Fragments of Memory
57. Chapter 57:: The moment
58. Chapter 58:: The Walk under the star light
59. Chapter 59:: The Hot temptation
60. Chapter 60:: The field of passion and desires
61. Chapter 61:: To Love and to Hold
62. Chapter 62:: The other side of him
63. Chapter 63:: A Night Under the Stars
64. Chapter 64:: For every time you hit me with a car I will make you miserable life a living hell
65. Chapter 65:: shadows of intent. That’s the only way you’ll redeem yourself
66. Chapter 66:: Shadows of Trust. No one can get within ten miles of him
67. Chapter 67:: The Echoes of Silence. I didn’t know about your fears.
68. Chapter 69:: A Night to Remember. They’re not gonna know what hit them
69. Chapter 69:: The Enchanted Evening. What’s to come next
70. Chapter 70:: Nights of baits.
71. Chapter 71:: Before the Fall
72. Chapter 72:: The Fall of Victor Fisher
73. Chapter 73:: Panic at the Wake of Dawn
74. Chapter 74:: The Accident, The fear of the past.
75. Chapter 75:: Panic, . Tears streak her pale cheeks.
76. Chapter 76:: It was too late to retreat. She felt a mix of dread and determination
77. Chapter 77:: The crisp air of a New York City winter night
78. Chapter 78:: Todd noticed but chose not to comment
79. Chapter 79:: Todd Seinfeld is hiding something
80. Chapter 80:: I still dream about that night
81. Chapter 81:: Lines from the past.
82. Chapter 82:: what’s looming in the dark
83. Chapter 83:: Shadows of the Past in the Dark.
84. Chapter 84:: Dancing With The Dark.
85. A Touch of Christmas. perfect mix of cozy and festive
86. Chapter 86:: unraveling shadows. This isn’t just about business anymore; it’s about our family’s legacy
87. Chapter 87:: The Unexpected shadow in the boardroom.
88. Chapter 88:: Enchanted evening.
89. Chapter 89:: The Bold step. . I know you’re very good at tracking missing funds
90. Chapter 90:: Flight of Dreams.his voice breaking her daydream
91. Chapter 91:: Her husband’s charming antics mixed with culinary creativity.
92. Chapter 92:: The promise of Hearts.
93. Chapter 93:: The Golf Girl. the grass glisten like tiny diamonds beneath the rising sun.
94. Chapter 94:: The Intrusion. the shadows lurking behind the masks.
95. Chapter 95:: Dinner date
96. Chapter 96:: labyrinthine estate of Aldwin’s father
97. Chapter 87:: Aldwin and Kia’s Parisian Surprise
98. Chapter 98:: A Hotel Balcony Overlooking the City of Lights
99. Chapter 99:: A morning surprise
100. Chapter 100:: New Years Eve Party. The gleam of inappropriate interest
101. Chapter 101:: The Gregson Mansion. In due time, those guilty will be caught
102. The Interrogation Room. A moment of Truth.
103. Chapter 103:: There was a storm brewing
104. Chapter 104:: The confrontation
105. Chapter 105:: What lies in the Dark. Panic ensued as parents screamed and children cried
106. Chapter 106:: The calm facade fractured.
107. Chapter 107:: The Weight of Silence. The desperation rising in his heart as he hovered near her.
108. Chapter 108:: A Dangerous Cover-Up. These people seem to have their orders.
109. Chapter 109:: A Reckoning at the Green. Ronnie was fast, stepping in front of the advancing bodyguards
110. Chapter 110:: Dangers That Lies Ahead. Aldwin he tightened his grip on Kia's hand
111. Chapter 111:: The Den. I’ve been waiting for this day my entire life
112. Chapter 122:: The Order. Protect my wife
113. Chapter 113:: A game called patience. Timing was everything
114. Chapter 114:: The Mistress, I want to steal some documents that could bring him down.
115. Chapter 115:: The End Game. As Tom began to succumb to the effects of the drug and hilariously screamed in what he assumed was playful banter
116. Chapter 116:: The Baby, Your wife has gone into labor
117. Chapter 117:: The Reckoning, Aldwin stood motionless, the world seeming to pause
118. Chapter 118:: A New Path, Falling in love on a Hill.
119. Chapter 119:: when the truth unraveled before me.
120. Chapter 120:: Loving the unexpected, She nervously smoothed down her dress as she stepped into the lift
121. Chapter 121:: Unraveled Connections
122. Chapter 122:: A family Affair
123. Chapter 123:: The Weight of Secrets
124. Chapter 124:: The Weight of Choices
125. Chapter 125:: The Sound of Lies
126. Chapter 126:: The Ties That Bind
127. Chapter 127:: The Dinner Divide, an engagement in a game that seemed increasingly one-sided.
128. Chapter 128:: A Surprise Encounter, Aldwin's fists clenched tighter
129. Chapter 129:: The meeting was significant, He locked eyes with Aldwin
130. Chapter 130:: A Phone Call in the Dark, Kia felt the warmth of his voice wash over her
131. Chapter 131:: whispers of Doubt, Stella followed her lead, sensing the undercurrents of anxiety that peeked through her cheerful façad
132. Chapter 132:: The doorbell echoed through the expansive halls of Rush Mansion
133. Chapter 133:: The Heir, though uncertainty still clouded his heart
134. Chapter 134:: The Ties that bind, Shadows of the past.
135. Chapter 135:: A New Obsession, Kia chuckled bitterly as she poured herself another cup of hot water, her stomach twisting in a jumble of emotions
136. Chapter 136:: Silence fell over the table as Hanna searched for words but found none.
137. Chapter 137:: The Door Between Us, Before him stood Mrs. Eva Spencer
138. Chapter 138:: A Long Shadow of doubt, I didn’t cheat, and I’m being punished
139. Chapter 139:: moment of silence
140. Chapter 140:: The party Chaos
141. Chapter 141:: Aldwin's breath caught in his throat as tears spilled from his eyes
142. Chapter 142:: The Scent of Mystery, The warm smell of coffee brewing filled the air
143. Chapter 143:: A Glass half Full, Aldwin’s smile widened, but not without tension
144. Chapter 144:: Shadows in the Pines, Aldwin chuckled, rolling his eyes at the thought.
145. Chapter 145:: The Fragile Threads of the Heart
146. Chapter 146:: Silence enveloped them as remnants of the meal lay strewn across the ground
147. Chapter 147:: Depth of Affection, trapped in the storm of her emotions.
148. Chapter 148:: The Tangle of Hearts
149. Chapter 149:: Love, a liar and dangerously in love
150. Chapter 150:: A game with Death
151. Chapter 151:: yet the spark between Todd and Kia was undeniable.
152. Chapter 152:: Dancing with the shadows
153. Chapter 153:: After the Trauma, Elaine, but from the hollow truth of her family's repeated betrayals
154. Chapter 154:: Kali found herself nodding, only half-listening to the waitress's words
155. Chapter 155:: Kali took a deep breath and walked into the café, its familiar aroma of freshly brewed coffee wrapping around her
156. Chapter 156:: A Fork in the Road
157. Chapter 157:: To love is secret
158. Chapter 158:: A string from the past
159. Chapter 159:: A Plan in the plan
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