2025-05-14 15:39:06“Mom—!”
Charlotte froze in shoke. Sadness settled in her eyes. And her heart shattered with pain. Little bastard daughter?! Chloe was her daughter too! Barbara’s granddaughter! How could she say such a thing? Logan gently squeezed Charlotte’s hand to comfort her. He wasn’t surprised at Barbara’s harsh insulting words because he already knew she ditested his baby girl. He didn’t even look at Barbara or Liam. Instead, he calmly took out the divorce agreement and pulled out a lighter from his pocket. He took a deep breath. And with a flick of his thumb, the flame ignited. He lit the papers calmly and determined, as if burning away all the humiliation and resentment he had endured under the Sullivan’s roof. The divorce papers quickly turned to ash. Along with it, the invisible chains that had held Logan down were also incinerated. He felt free at last. From today onwards, he would endure no more. Barbara and Liam stared in stunned disbelief. How dared this bastard?! Logan ignored them and simply smiled. That smile left Charlotte in a daze. Since their marriage, she had never seen that kind of confidence and charm on Logan’s face. His entire demeanor had changed—gone was the anxious, repressed look. Now, he radiated calm control and quiet strength. “Sorry, no more divorce papers...It’s nothing but trash now.” Logan shrugged casually. He looked around the room and then declared, “Oh, by the way, our precious daughter Chloe’s surgery is already taken care of.” “So fuck off this nonsense!” The flames consumed the papers swiftly, leaving nothing but ashes. “As for kneeling and apologizing to you?” Logan scoffed. “Ridiculous!” “Who the fuck do you think you are, pumpkin?” With a flick of his wrist, he scattered the ashes—right onto Liam’s face. Caught off guard, Liam was immediately covered in soot. Charlotte nearly burst out laughing at the sight but stopped in time. Liam’s face twisted in rage. “You bastard! I’ll kill you!” Liam snarled, lunging at Logan, but Logan was faster. With a swift move, Logan grabbed Liam by the collar and raised his hand — SMACK! A sharp slap landed on Liam’s face, sending him staggering. An obvious handprint bloomed, and one of his teeth flew out. “You ... you’re dead!” Liam roared, his eyes bloodshot. “Oh shut up, you crook!” Logan raised his other hand — SMACK! Another slap. Now Liam’s other cheek was swollen as well, making him look like a garden toad. Though not old, Liam was short and plump, and frail from years of drinking and ingulgence. He was no match for Logan, who worked out whenever he could and did physical labor regularly. “Sorry, but you look really good with both cheeks slapped,” Logan said with a cheeky grin. Barbara screamed. “Logan! What have you done?!” “You...you’ve gone too far. I swear you’ll all pay for this!” Liam staggered to his feet, red with humiliation. This was simply too much to tolerate! "Just you wait. You'll be on your knees, crying and begging me to take your wife!" “And I’ll ruin you all! I’ll make sure all the Sullivan’s companies go bankrupt! You hear me?!” Liam cast one last fierce glare at everyone present before turning around and leaving. “Liam, wait! Let me explain!” Barbara cried, chasing after him, trying to clutch his arm. “Explain my ass! You are finished—this isn’t over!” Liam shouted, voice cracking, as he stormed out. Barbara paled. Hearing Liam threaten the Sullivan family and all their companies left her terrified. Then, turning on Logan, she screamed, “You idiot! This is all your fault, you useless piece of trash! You offended Liam, and now we’ve lost the project! All the companies are going bankrupt—we’ll be homeless!” “So what if I offended him? As for the project, I’m sure we can handle it. I won’t let Charlotte’s hard work go to waste.” Logan adjusted his clothes, not the least bit concerned by Liam’s threats. “You arrogant fool!” Barbara exploded. “You dare talk big? Fine. I’ll wait and see how you ‘handle it.’ If you fail, you sign the divorce papers and fuck off immediately!” Logan replied calmly, “Don’t worry. I won’t get the chance to sign any divorce papers. Never again!” “You…!” Barbara clutched her chest, gasping in anger. Logan had never talked back to her in such blunt way. However, today, it was as if he’d become a different man. Not only did he talk back, he even got the gut to beat Liam up. Had he gone crazy? Charlotte, though furious with her mother for calling her daughter a bastard, still tried to keep the peace. “Mom, Logan might not be as successful, but he’s a good man and a great husband. We have a lovely daughter. So stop trying to push us into divorce. I won’t fall for your tricks again.” “Oh, so now you’re siding with him?” Barbara snapped. “Fine. But Logan had better fix this mess. Without the Rhine Corporation’s project, Elysian Bloom won’t last much longer! Your CEO position will be gone and your grandmother will kick all of us onto the street!” Barbara stormed out, face livid.
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Mara hesitated for a fraction of a second, her fingers tightening slightly around the pen. She wondered why Selena would need her personal contact, but there was something about the woman—an air of grace, an authority that seemed effortless, a quiet confidence—that made Mara feel a strange, unexplainable trust. Without thinking further, she extended her hand. “Of course,” she said politely. “Here it is, ma’am. Please let me know if there’s anything you need while you’re here.”Selena accepted the number with a calm, measured smile, tucking the slip of paper into her designer purse with careful precision. “Thank you,” she said, her voice soft yet confident. Mara couldn’t help but feel a subtle awe as she watched Selena stride toward the elevators, every step precise and deliberate, as though the world itself seemed to part in her wake.Charlotte, meanwhile, had been descending the grand staircase, her thoughts momentarily elsewhere, replaying the phone call from Selena over and ove
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The morning at Elysian Bloom was crisp, the sunlight filtering through the floor-to-ceiling windows in golden streaks, illuminating the sleek modern interior. The air smelled faintly of polished wood and fresh coffee, blending with the subtle scent of the plants that dotted the office. Charlotte had always found mornings like this invigorating—a sense of quiet productivity, the promise of a day where anything could happen. Yet, today, the usual calm was interwoven with a thread of anticipation that made her pulse quicken.Charlotte sat at her desk, surrounded by neatly stacked reports and open notebooks, her laptop humming quietly. Her fingers tapped rhythmically against the surface of her desk as she reviewed projections, quarterly reports, and updates from her team, but her mind was only partially on the work. Her thoughts kept drifting back to the conversation she had shared with Selena the day before. Even now, recalling the smooth, measured tone of her sister’s voice made Ch
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Selena stopped pacing, her jaw tightening.“Damien,” she said, her voice low but sharp as steel, “listen to me very carefully. Even if you don’t pay me one dime… even if I never get a single thing out of this except satisfaction—just knowing I ruined Charlotte will be enough for me.”Damien chuckled. “You hate her that much?”Selena didn’t blink. “Hate is too small a word for what I feel.”She walked toward the window, looking out at the city. Cars moved like tiny beads of light, people walked without purpose beneath the streetlamps, and the hum of the nightlife rose faintly through the open crack.“You don’t understand, Damien,” she continued. “You see this as a game, a scheme, entertainment—something you orchestrate from the shadows. But for me? This is personal. Very personal.”Damien’s voice dropped. “Then tell me.”Selena swallowed the lump in her throat, her expression darkening.“All my life,” she said, “I wondered why my parents never came for me. Why I grew up with people who
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On the other end, a sharp, surprised hiss broke through the line. “Is that… really true?” The voice carried a mixture of disbelief and curiosity, but beneath it, Charlotte would have recognized the unmistakable undercurrent of control, the sly satisfaction that came with knowing someone was caught off guard.Selena’s lips curved into a faint, almost imperceptible smirk, one that didn’t quite reach her eyes. She leaned back in her chair, letting herself savor the small, private victory. “Yes,” she said, her voice steady, tinged with quiet satisfaction. “She came here thinking she could reach me, thinking we could suddenly be sisters again. She doesn’t know me, she doesn’t understand me, and yet she believes she can just walk into my life.”For a long moment, silence crackled across the line, thick and tense. Then, a soft chuckle drifted through the receiver—low, controlled, almost predatory in tone. “I’ve been waiting for this day. I knew she’d find you eventually, but seeing it h
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Charlotte’s voice trembled as she spoke again, the weight of years of longing pressing against her chest. “I just want to reconnect. I finally found you. I know we’ve been apart all these years, but I don’t want to lose you. You’re my twin.”Her words hung in the air, fragile and heavy all at once, and for a moment the silence was so thick that Charlotte felt as if it could suffocate her. The woman standing in front of them remained perfectly still, her posture rigid, her arms loosely crossed. The air between them crackled with tension, and the chill in her gaze made Charlotte falter for a split second. Yet, despite the hesitation threatening to creep into her voice, Charlotte pressed on, determined.“I just want a chance to know you, to be sisters,” she added softly, almost pleading. There was no demand, no expectation—only the raw desire to bridge the years that had stretched between them.The woman studied Charlotte for a long, unblinking moment. Her eyes were sharp, almost p
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The woman’s words—“the devil fashioned against me has finally shown up in person”—hung in the air like a blade suspended between them, sharp and damning. For a moment, it felt as though the entire world stopped breathing. The street, the wind, even the faint noise from passing cars seemed to fade beneath the weight of her accusation.Charlotte froze. Her breath caught halfway in her throat, trapped painfully as though an unseen hand had reached into her chest and squeezed her lungs shut. Logan, who had been standing just half a step behind her, stiffened as well. His jaw tightened, and the surprise on his face was unmistakable. He had prepared himself for anger, suspicion, even fear—but not this. Not a declaration of hostility before they had even explained themselves.Nothing could have prepared them for this reaction.After all the sleepless nights, the frantic searching, the emotional whiplash and confusion, Charlotte had allowed herself a sliver of hope. She expected—hoped fo
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