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CHAPTER 085
Even weeks later, Riverage had not quieted. The city breathed gossip like oxygen. Kahuna, no longer just a mysterious businessman had become an obsession. A ghost who ruled their lives without ever showing his face. Parents used his name as a weapon to mold their kids. “Do your homework! You think Kahuna became rich by being lazy?” a mother snapped at her boy. At another home, a father warned, “Save your money, Kahuna didn’t build his empire by wasting coins on sweets.” His name echoed everywhere even on playgrounds, children debated whether he was taller than a basketball hoop, at weddings where guests speculated if the champagne had been secretly sponsored by him, and even at funerals, where mourners swore the anonymous donor who paid for the coffin must have been Kahuna. Every day brought up new rumors. Every week added new “sightings.” And with each tale, Riverage bent closer to madness. At a barbershop on the Eastside, the clippers buzzed like angry bees as m
CHAPTER 084
Riverage City had seen wealth before. It has watched skyscrapers rise overnight, fortunes change hands with a single deal, and politicians crumble under the weight of scandal. But it had never seen this... not in a long time, maybe never. The whispers began quietly, almost like a rumor no one believed at first. “Kahuna.” The name spread through the city unnoticed at first, a murmur passed between friends, a hushed comment in line at the bakery. But soon it became impossible to ignore. He was said to be the founder of the Kahuna Empire, a business tycoon who seemed to appear out of thin air, swallowing companies and sealing billion-dollar deals as if from the shadows. Yet no one had seen him. He attended no gala appearances. No ribbon-cuttings. No magazine covers carried his face. Just silence and power in his wake. At Café Verna, the chatter wasn’t about politics, sports, or scandals anymore. It was Kahuna! “Did you hear what they wrote in the Daily Riverage?” a midd
CHAPTER 083
Finn’s bitter laugh cracked the air like a whip. “Love? Don’t insult me, Jackson. Men like you don’t marry my daughter for love. You marry her for what she represents. For the Guler name. For the inheritance you think you’ll leech through her, well I will never allow that to happen.” “Dad, stop!” Dianna’s voice shook as she threw herself between them, hands trembling, tears streaming down her face. “You’re wrong. Jackson is not perfect, yes, he makes mistakes... but he’s been here for me when no one else was. He takes care of me. Of your grandchild. Can’t you see that? Can't you see that he loves me deeply? He is my husband now and not just anyone!” Finn’s chest rose and fell like a man restraining himself from breaking apart the room. He glared at Jackson, then at Dianna clinging to him. “You defend him like he’s a saint. Do you forget who raised you? Who sacrificed everything for you? And now you stand here, protecting him from me? From your own father?” “Because you’re not b
CHAPTER O82
While Sarah was bringing light into the penthouse, miles away, Finn Guler sat in his study, drowning in shadows of his own making. The news of Dianna moving out with Jackson still burned in his chest. He replayed their last confrontation over and over... her defiance, her refusal to listen, her choice of Jackson over her own father. He had threatened to cut her off, to sever ties completely. And yet… he hadn’t done it. Now, as he poured himself another glass of whiskey, he stared at the photo on his desk—Dianna at ten years old, smiling proudly as she showed him her first piano recital certificate. His chest ached. “How do I stop loving you, my child?” he muttered into the silence. For all his anger, for all his pride, Finn Guler could not erase the simple truth: Dianna was his daughter. And now, she carried his grandchild. The thought of that child growing up without knowing him twisted like a knife in his gut. Yet the thought of Jackson having any claim to his legacy f
CHAPTER 081
The outbursts became more frequent. There were days she accused him of not loving her enough, there were nights she woke him at 3 a.m. demanding he rub her back, mornings when even the way he breathed seemed to irritate her. Once, after he accidentally left his socks on the floor, she unleashed a storm that lasted nearly an hour. “Do you think I’m your maid?!” she screamed, throwing the socks at him. “Is that what you married me for?” Jackson stared at her in disbelief. “Dianna, it’s just a pair of socks…” “It’s not the socks!” she yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks. “It’s everything! I feel invisible, Jackson, invisible!” He bit his tongue, swallowing the retort that burned on his lips. Instead, he grabbed the socks silently and stuffed them into the laundry basket. But inside, he was cracking, he was fuming. He began to question if this was what all married men go through with their pregnant wives. Work at the company didn’t make things easier. Jackson was
CHAPTER 080
The Milton household had always felt like a battlefield for Dianna… every glance, every hushed conversation, every judgmental look weighing heavily on her shoulders. Moving out with Jackson wasn’t just an escape, it was a declaration. For once, she wasn’t the pampered daughter under her father’s stern watch or in Harry's home. She was a wife, and soon, she would be a mother. Jackson’s penthouse welcomed her with tall glass windows that spilled light across marble floors. The city stretched endlessly beneath them, loud yet distant, as if it too understood that this was the beginning of something fragile and new. At first, Dianna loved the sense of freedom. She walked barefoot through the living room, touching the sleek furniture as though testing the reality of her new life. “This feels… different,” she whispered, dropping onto the cream sofa with a sigh. Jackson, still lugging the last of their boxes in, grinned. “Different good or different bad?” “Different... l
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