Chapter: Chapter 180Damian stood still, his hand gripping the umbrella like it was the only thing keeping him steady.The faint sound came again, like fabric brushing against the floor.He held his breath and turned his head slightly, listening.There it was again, a shuffle, a whisper of movement. It came from the hallway that led to his bedroom.“Who’s there?” he called again.Still no answer. Only silence.He moved carefully, each step slow and deliberate. His heartbeat thudded in his chest, loud in the quiet house. The light from the living room spilled weakly into the hallway, not bright enough to chase away the shadows.“Look, if someone’s in here, you’d better step out, or I’m calling the police,” he said.Still nothing.Damian reached the corner of the hallway, eyes narrowing as he looked toward the slightly open door to his bedroom. A sliver of darkness stared back at him.He tightened his grip on the umbrella and pushed the door open with his foot.The room looked normal at first glance, the be
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Chapter: Chapter 179DAMIAN'S HOUSE The day had dragged on far longer than Damian would have liked.By the time he left the office, the sun was already dipping low behind the skyline. His head throbbed faintly from hours of meetings, unanswered emails, and the constant buzz of phone calls that had barely stopped since morning. The traffic on his way home didn’t help either. The steady hum of engines and impatient honks only deepened the exhaustion already settled in his bones.He rubbed a hand over his face as he drove, leaning his elbow against the car door, staring blankly ahead. All I want is a shower, food, and my bed, he thought tiredly. That’s all.The thought of his empty, peaceful house felt like a reward. He imagined the silence greeting him, the warm air of home wrapping around him after such a long day. The faint smile tugged at the corners of his lips as he turned into his street.It was a quiet neighborhood, the kind where people nodded politely at one another in the mornings and went about
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Chapter: Chapter 178FREYA’S OFFICEThe sound of muffled voices drifted faintly through the closed doors of the corridor.Freya sat quietly behind her desk, one leg crossed over the other, a cup of coffee untouched in front of her. The steam had long stopped rising, the surface now smooth and still — almost a mirror reflecting her satisfied smile.The news had reached her minutes ago.Skyview Horizon had officially pulled out of the deal.She leaned back in her chair, fingers lightly tracing the rim of the cup as the corner of her lips curled upward. “So, it worked,” she murmured softly to herself, her voice just a whisper in the silence.Freya smirked faintly. “You really thought you were untouchable, didn’t you, Scott Grayson?” she said under her breath, her voice calm but tinged with something dangerous. “Thought you could sign your little deal, make your company bigger, stronger… maybe even step over the rest of us in the process.”Her tone dropped to a whisper. “Not on my watch.”She stood slowly, wa
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Chapter: Chapter 177ABC TECHNOLOGIES The heavy glass door to the conference room clicked shut. Everyone seated at the long table avoided eye contact. No one dared speak first.Scott stood at the far end of the table, his back to the room, both hands braced on the surface as he stared down at a single sheet of paper — the email from Skyview Horizon. His jaw flexed, the faintest muscle moving under his skin. The calm that usually made him look so controlled now felt dangerous, like the stillness of a storm before it hit.Finally, he spoke.“Skyview Horizon has pulled out of the deal.”The words were soft, but the room heard the weight behind them.Murmurs rippled quietly through the conference room. A few employees exchanged uncertain glances, their pens tapping nervously against their notepads.Scott straightened slowly as he turned to face them. “Does anyone,” he began, his voice steady and even, “want to explain to me how this happened?”Silence.His eyes swept the table — from the marketing head to t
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Chapter: Chapter 176Freya sat at her desk, her elbows resting on the smooth surface while her fingers tapped lightly against the edge of a file she wasn’t even reading. Her eyes were fixed on the computer screen, but her mind was miles away from anything work-related. The cursor blinked on an empty document.Her thoughts were tangled — looping back to the same problem over and over again.How was she supposed to get Scott’s phone?He never left it lying around. Not once. He carried his phone everywhere, either in his hand or tucked neatly into the pocket of his trousers. He treated it like an extension of himself, a necessary tool he couldn’t afford to misplace. That, for Freya, was a nightmare.She needed the CEO’s number — Richard Thornton’s direct contact — and she needed it now. If she didn’t get it, the deal between Skyview Horizon and ABC Technologies would go through without interference, and Scott’s company would gain a level of influence. She couldn’t let that happen. Not after all the effort sh
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Chapter: Chapter 175Freya arrived at ABC Technologies before the building had fully opened.The air inside still carried the faint scent of floor polish, and the lights along the hallway glowed with that sleepy, early-morning dimness. She had barely slept a wink, yet her face showed none of it. The dull ache behind her eyes, the heaviness in her limbs, the constant buzz of exhaustion — she hid it all beneath the calm mask she had mastered long ago.Her desk sat neatly by the large window at the far end of the corridor. She dropped her bag there and sat for a moment, just long enough to let the chair take her weight. She rubbed her temple briefly and exhaled, thinking back to the hours she’d spent the previous night combing through files and trying to trace one name — Richard Thornton. But still she wasn't able to get the direct contact of the man or find any way to reach him directly.Every attempt had hit a wall. Thornton’s number wasn’t public, and the company directories were locked tighter than a vau
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I Am The Lost Medical God
Her mother covered her mouth as tears filled her eyes.
“This… this cannot be real,” she said. “The specialists told us your nerves were permanently damaged.”
Her father approached more slowly, his expression controlled.
He looked at Sonia’s legs carefully, then at the crowd gathering around us.
“This is unexpected,” he said thoughtfully. “Very unexpected. How did this happen?”
Sonia looked slightly overwhelmed by the attention.
“I… I don’t know,” she admitted honestly. “I woke up this morning and I could feel my legs again. I stood up, and they supported me.”
Gasps erupted around us.
“A miracle…”
“Did the family secretly hire someone?”
I stood beside her the entire time.
Yet it was as if I did not exist.
Conversations flowed around me, not to me. I was present, but irrelevant.
“What a shame,” someone whispered nearby. “Now that she can walk again, she is still tied to that useless man.”
“She deserves better than him.”
“When she was crippled, he was suitable. Now? Not anymore.”
I smiled faintly to myself.
When she could not walk, they pitied her and mocked her marriage. Now that she could stand again, they were already calculating her value.
Sonia heard the whispers too. I saw her shoulders stiffen slightly, though she tried to maintain her composure.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 52The president glanced briefly at Greg again before lowering his gaze to the phone in his hand. Then, without hesitation, he pressed the call button.The line rang only once before someone answered from the other end.“Good evening, Your Excellency,” a mature male voice greeted respectfully from the speaker.“Good evening,” the president replied calmly.The moment he spoke again, however, the atmosphere changed instantly.“Mr. George Whitmore,” the president said clearly.The instant that name was mentioned, I saw Sonia’s entire expression change. It was as though someone had drained the blood from her face in one swift motion. Her eyes widened dramatically, and her lips parted in horror.Beside her, Greg’s body visibly stiffened. The reaction was immediate and intense.The name George Whitmore clearly carried tremendous weight in Denark.Sonia quickly leaned toward Greg, her voice lowered into a hurried whisper, though the panic in it was impossible to hide.“We are doomed, George Wh
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Chapter: CHAPTER 51Sonia was still frozen in front of the President of Cardinia,.Then, without any hesitation or warning, the president raised his hand not toward me, not toward anyone else, but toward her, and the sound of his palm connecting with her face rang out sharply across the room.Slap!!It was not a light slap meant to simply reprimand her.It was firm, sharp, and filled with unmistakable authority.Sonia gasped as her head snapped to the side from the force. Her hand hovering near her cheek where the impact had landed moments ago, her mind clearly struggling to catch up with reality.Her body tilted dangerously, and for a brief second, it looked as if she might lose her balance completely. The shock on her face was immediate and overwhelming, not only because of the pain, but because of the humiliation and disbelief that followed. This was not something she had anticipated, nor something she had ever imagined would happen to her in a room full of powerful individuals.Before she could eve
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Chapter: CHAPTER 50“Excuse me,” Greg continued, his voice cutting through the silence with force. “I think there has been a serious misunderstanding here.”The man standing on the platform turned toward him, maintaining a calm and professional demeanor, as interruptions of this nature were not entirely unexpected in gatherings such as this.“And what misunderstanding might that be?” the man asked evenly.Greg let out a short, humorless laugh before gesturing in my direction.“That man,” he said, his tone sharp and dismissive, “is not who you think he is.”A ripple of murmurs spread through the hall immediately, as his statement had struck a chord among the audience.“In fact,” Greg continued, taking another step forward as his confidence grew, “he is nothing more than a nobody. A man of no importance whatsoever.”He paused briefly, allowing his words to sink in before pressing on.“He does not belong here, and he certainly does not deserve to be treated as a VIP talk more of a VVIP ,” he added firmly.T
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Chapter: CHAPTER 49Then, without hesitation, she began walking toward me.Her heels clicking softly against the floor, yet carrying enough force to draw attention. The distance between us closed quickly, and before long, she stood directly in front of me again, her eyes fixed on mine with irritation.“You must really think you’re clever,” she began, her tone cold and filled with restrained anger. “Let me guess, you bribed the guard outside to let you in, didn’t you?”A faint murmur rippled through the audience at her accusation, but she did not stop there. Instead, she folded her arms across her chest and tilted her head slightly, studying me as she was trying to dismantle whatever composure I had.“But then again,” she continued, her lips curling into a faint, mocking smile, “that wouldn’t make much sense either, would it?”She paused briefly, allowing her next words to carry more weight.“Because you don’t even have the money to bribe anyone in the first place, or is it that you are so obsessed with
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Chapter: CHAPTER 48The moment I saw the expressions on Mr. and Mrs. Davenport’s faces, I could not help the faint scoff that escaped me. It was not loud, nor was it dramatic, but it sounded enough to express exactly what I thought of the situation. The disbelief written across their features, the way their confidence had crumbled into something uncertain and fragile, it was ironic.For people who had spoken with such certainty just moments ago, they now looked completely lost.I tilted my head slightly as I regarded them, allowing a small, amused smile to settle on my lips.“Well,” I said calmly, my tone calm and unhurried, “good luck getting in.”The words were simple, but they landed with unmistakable meaning. I did not wait for a response, because there was nothing they could say that would change what had already been established.The guard, who had now fully shifted his attitude toward me, straightened immediately and bowed his head slightly in respect.“Sir,” he said politely, “please proceed
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Chapter: CHAPTER 47For a brief second, no one spoke, and the silence that followed was heavy enough to press against the chest.Then, as expected, denial came.Mrs. Davenport was the first to recover, although “recover” would have been too generous a word. What she displayed was not composure, but resistance, an unwillingness to accept what was right in front of her.“That is not possible,” she said sharply, her voice cutting through the silence like a blade. She shook her head repeatedly, as if the physical motion alone could undo what she had just seen. “There must be some kind of error in that machine.”Her eyes darted between the screen and my face, searching desperately for something, anything, that would support her claim.“This does not make any sense,” she continued, her tone rising slightly. “He cannot be a VIP at this banquet. This is an event hosted by the president of Cardinia. Do you even understand what that means?”I watched her quietly for a moment, allowing her words to settle before r
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