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 14The man continued crying.“Rose! Somebody help my daughter!”The man who had been shouting was kneeling beside her, visibly shaken.His hands hovered over her as though he wanted to help but did not know how.“Rose… please… open your eyes…” he pleaded, his voice trembling.I stepped forward and asked calmly, “What happened?”The man looked up at me, his face streaked with tears. At first, he seemed disoriented, but then he began to explain in a rushed, broken voice.“I just came out of the house,” he said. “I heard people screaming, and when I got here, she was already on the ground. They said a car hit her while she was trying to cross the street.”He shook his head repeatedly, clearly struggling to accept what had happened.“She was fine just moments ago,” he added, his voice breaking. “She was just playing…”I nodded slightly and looked down at the girl. Her breathing was uneven, and her convulsions were becoming more erratic.The blood at her lips suggested internal injury, and fr
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Chapter: CHAPTER 13By the time I reached the compound gate, I slowed down and eventually came to a stop. The night air was cool, brushing lightly against my face, but it did nothing to ease the heaviness inside me. For a few moments, I simply stood there, staring ahead at the empty street, replaying the scene in my head.Then my thoughts shifted.Not to Sonia.Not to Greg.But to the bodyguard.I lifted my hand slightly, staring at my palm as if I could still feel the echo of what had just happened.“So… it has begun,” I murmured under my breath.My voice sounded distant even to me.“The life and death balance has finally activated.”I let out a slow breath and leaned slightly against the gate, my eyes narrowing as I tried to piece everything together.“That man attacked me,” I continued quietly, almost as if I were explaining it to myself. “And without even touching him… I sent something into his body.”I paused, my expression tightening slightly.“A disease,” I said softly.The realization settled h
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Chapter: CHAPTER 12Sonia’s call connected after only a few seconds, and she immediately placed it on speaker without even glancing in my direction, as though she wanted every word to be heard clearly.“Dad,” she said, her voice sounded urgent, “I just got back to the suite with Greg, and Leonard is here making a scene.”There was a brief pause on the other end before her father’s voice came through, sounding sharp and alert. “What do you mean, making a scene? What happened?”Sonia drew in a breath, her tone shifting just enough to sound distressed. “There is something important I need to tell you in person,” she said quickly. “Please come immediately. Greg is in danger. Leonard attacked him.”The effect of her words was immediate.“What?” her father’s voice rose in anger. “What nonsense is this? What has gotten into that boy? Has he completely lost his senses?”His anger was unmistakable, even through the phone.“I will be there right away,” he continued without hesitation. “I am bringing the bodyguards
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Chapter: CHAPTER 11I stood there in complete silence, my mind struggling to process everything Sonia had just said. The word divorce echoed in my thoughts, not as a simple statement, but as something distant and overwhelming, like a sound that refused to fade no matter how much I tried to suppress it. For several long moments, I could not even find my voice.Gradually, I opened my mouth as if learning how to talk.“No,” I said at last, shaking my head as I forced the word out. “No, I won’t accept this.”Sonia frowned slightly, her brows drawing together as she studied my face. “I am not signing any divorce papers,” I continued, my voice growing more stronger with each word. “You are not divorcing me, Sonia. I will not allow it.”Behind her, Greg let out a low, amused laugh, the sound was filled with arrogance. It was the kind of laugh meant to belittle, to provoke, but I paid him no attention. My eyes remained fixed on Sonia, searching for something—anything—that might still connect us.“I am not le
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Chapter: CHAPTER 10“Sonia…” My voice was not loud, but it was enough. The sound of her name from my mouth cut through the room like a blade. Sonia froze immediately. Greg’s hands were still on her waist, but the moment she heard me, she stiffened and quickly stepped away from him. Greg turned his head slowly. Our eyes met. Instead of looking surprised or guilty, he smirked. It was the kind of smirk that said he had already won. Sonia turned around fully, and when she saw me standing there, her expression shifted from shock to something complicated. “I… I didn’t expect you back so early,” she said. Her voice was not trembling. That hurt more than if it had been. I stood where I was, my mind still struggling to accept what I had just witnessed. “What exactly were you planning to say?” I asked quietly. “After I just walked in and saw you kissing him?” The room felt unbearably silent. Greg casually adjusted his suit as though nothing inappropriate had happened. Sonia rubbed her forehead as if sh
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Chapter: CHAPTER 9When I walked out of the banquet hall, it was still morning. The streets were not crowded yet. I walked without direction, my hands buried deep inside my pockets.Sonia’s words kept replaying in my head. “You embarrassed me in front of everyone, and I didn’t expect that from you.”Each time I remembered the look in her eyes when she said it, something inside me broke painfully. I had faced ridicule my entire life without blinking, but hearing it from her felt different.It was not the insult that hurt. It was the dismissal. The way she had looked at me as if I truly was nothing.I stopped at the corner of the street and let out a slow breath.“If only you knew who I truly am,” I muttered to myself quietly. “If you knew what I gave up, what I ran from, you would not have spoken to me that way.”A faint, bitter smile touched my lips.“I healed you,” I whispered under my breath. “And this is how you see me.”Before I could sink deeper into my thoughts, dark clouds suddenly rolled over
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