His Hidden Devotion.
"I didn't marry you because I loved you." His smile was cold. "I married you because my brother wanted you first."
Teresa Grimhollow thought divorcing Asher, her husband would finally end the nightmare.
Instead, it started a deadlier one.
Asher still controls her life with lies, power, and the one thing she can't afford to lose—her daughter.
Then Lucas, the older brother comes back. The silent witness.
The man Teresa despises for watching her suffer... without ever stepping in.
Until she discovers his silence wasn't indifference.
It was devotion.
A dangerous secret buried beneath years of guilt, forbidden love, and evidence powerful enough to destroy the Grimhollow family forever.
Now long-buried secrets are clawing their way to the surface, and every truth Teresa uncovers makes one question impossible to ignore:
Who has been protecting her all along...
and who has been planning her downfall?
Because Teresa was never the love story between two brothers.
She was the reason they went to war.
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Chapter: Chapter 8 - The perfect Ex-husband.Teresa stared at the message on her phone until the screen dimmed.Did you enjoy reading my brother's secrets?She looked up slowly. Lucas was watching her, not the phone."He knows," she said.Lucas held out his hand. "May I?"Without taking her eyes off him, she passed him the phone.He read the message once, then locked the screen and returned it. "This isn't for you."Teresa frowned. "He sent it to me. He wants me to know he can reach you whenever he wants." Lucas glanced toward the study window before looking back at her. "Don't answer him.""You think I was planning to?" She said with a sigh of irritation. "I think Asher knows exactly how to start a conversation without asking a question."Teresa slipped the phone into her bag. "You make him sound predictable.""He is.""You keep saying that, but somehow he's always three steps ahead of both of us." She said in a perpetually tired voice. Lucas didn't argue. Instead, he held the folder on his hands and slid it back into the cab
Last Updated: 2026-07-17
Chapter: Chapter 7 - The missing pages.Teresa searched his face, looking for any sign that he was trying to frighten her.She didn't find one, she looked back at the file."You keep it here? In this cabinet?""Usually." He answered."Who has access to your house?""Very few people."She let out a slow breath. "So either someone broke into your house...""...or someone I trusted betrayed me," Lucas finished quietly.Neither possibility sounded any better. Teresa pulled out one of the dividers. The tabs were labeled by year.The first two sections were thick.The third looked odd.The papers jumped from one month to another."There are gaps."Lucas walked over beside her. He didn't crowd her. He simply leaned over enough to see the page she was holding.He flipped through the section carefully."You remember every document and files you kept here?" She asked curiously. "I catalogued them myself." He answered sternly. "You never made copies?""I did." He replied. "Then why are you worried?""Because the originals had handwr
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Chapter: Chapter 6 - You weren't meant to see it.The folder was shaking inTeresa's hands. She looked from the hospital receipt to his face, then back again. "You paid my hospital bill?"Lucas didn't answer."You paid it!" Her voice sharpened. "After everything you just told me... after everything I found in here... don't stand there and pretend this isn't yours."He walked over slowly, stopping a few feet away instead of reaching for the folder. "I never pretended.""Then explain it." Silence settled between them. The clock on the wall ticked once.Lucas finally held out his hand. "May I?"Teresa stared at him for another moment before handing him the file. He accepted it carefully, almost as if he were afraid one loose page might drift away. He rested the folder on the coffee table but didn't close it."You've been keeping records of my life for years," she said. "Hospital bills, photographs, and even Asher's business records." She shook her head. "Why?"Lucas rested one hand on the back of a chair. "Because I believed one day you
Last Updated: 2026-07-16
Chapter: Chapter 5 - A locked drawer.Luca ended the call without giving Teresa an answer. She stood in the kitchen for another moment, the phone still in her hand, listening to the silence that followed. Emma had gone back to coloring, humming softly to herself as if nothing unusual had happened. Teresa looked at her daughter, then at the screen.Lucas hadn't answered her question.He'd simply said, "Can you meet me tomorrow morning?"She should have said no.Instead, she'd agreed.✦ . ⁺ . ✦ . ⁺ . ✦The next morning, Teresa parked outside Lucas's house with a knot in her stomach.She sat behind the wheel for a full minute before reaching for the door handle."This is the last time," she murmured to herself. "Whatever he's hiding... I find out today."Lucas opened the door before she knocked. He stepped aside without a word. "Come in."She walked past him into the living room. The house looked exactly as it had the day before—quiet, spotless, almost too orderly. Floor-to-ceiling shelves lined one wall, filled with
Last Updated: 2026-07-14
Chapter: Chapter 4 - A door he never opened.Teresa didn't take her eyes off Lucas.The apartment had gone strangely quiet. Emma was back on the living room rug, making her stuffed rabbit "read" the new storybook while Mrs. Lim quietly disappeared into the kitchen, sensing the conversation wasn't meant for her.Lucas stood near the door with his hands in his pockets. He wasn't avoiding Teresa's gaze this time. "How many keys were made for this apartment?" he asked."Three.""And who had them?""Myself." She held up one finger. "Asher."She stopped. Then looked at him."And you."Lucas gave a single nod. "I had one." The answer came too quickly.Teresa stared at him. "You're admitting it?""I've never lied to you about having the key.""You've never told me either.""You never asked."A bitter laugh escaped her. "That's convenient."Lucas accepted the remark without reacting. She stepped closer, lowering her voice so Emma wouldn't hear. "Why did you have a key to my apartment?""It wasn't your apartment then."She frowned."It wa
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Chapter: Chapter 3 - The things you never saw.Lucas lowered the phone slowly. For a moment he stayed where he was, one hand resting against the window, his eyes fixed on the apartment buildings in the distance.Teresa didn't move. She watched him instead."You've gone quiet again," she said. "Is that the part where I'm supposed to wait until you decide what I deserve to know?"Lucas turned to face her. The calm expression she'd grown used to was still there, but it looked strained around the edges. "You need to go home."A humorless smile touched her lips. "You're unbelievable.""I'm serious.""So am I." She folded the photograph and slipped it back into the envelope. "You know something. You knew about the custody hearing, and all you can say is, 'Go home'?""I can't explain it here.""Then explain it in the car."He shook his head. "I'll drive you.""I said no." She walked past him toward the front door. Lucas caught up before she reached it, stopping a respectful distance away instead of blocking her path."At least let one of
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