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Chapter 4

Penulis: Derinsola S☆
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-06-22 17:13:12

THE PHOTOGRAPH

Elara barely slept.

Not that she had expected to.

Too much had happened.

Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the woman in white standing outside the gates.

Smiling.

Watching.

Waiting.

Then there was Lucien.

The billionaire who somehow knew more about her life than she did.

The man who claimed to be protecting her.

The man who had admitted to knowing her for twelve years.

Twelve years.

The number refused to leave her mind.

The soft glow of dawn filtered through the penthouse w
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    THE TRUTH IN THE FLAMESThe room felt smaller.Colder.Heavier.Aurora stood motionless.The truth had finally been spoken.Lucien hadn’t started the fire.He hadn’t betrayed her family.He hadn’t murdered anyone.But his mistake had opened the door.And twenty-six years later…People were still dying because of it.Silence stretched between them.Painful.Unforgiving.Lucien didn’t try to defend himself.Didn’t try to justify anything.He simply stood there.Waiting.Accepting whatever judgment she chose.Aurora stared at him.At the man who had protected her.Lied to her.Loved her.And carried guilt for more than half his life.A strange ache settled inside her chest.Because she knew what regret looked like.And Lucien wore it like a second skin.“You should have told me.”Her voice was quiet.Not angry.Not anymore.Just tired.Lucien lowered his gaze.“I know.”Three words.Simple.Broken.Honest.Aurora swallowed.She wanted to hate him.Part of her still did.But another part…

  • THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED    Chapter 13

    THE WOMAN WHO LIT THE MATCHSilence.Absolute silence.Nobody moved.Nobody breathed.Nobody seemed capable of thinking.Aurora stared at Sebastian.Her mother’s letter trembled in his hand.The words echoed through her mind.Your mother started it.No.No.No.That wasn’t possible.It couldn’t be.Her mother was the victim.The woman who died in the fire.The woman whose family had been destroyed.The woman who had spent her final moments trying to protect her children.Aurora shook her head.“You’re lying.”Sebastian smiled.Not cruelly.Not mockingly.Almost sympathetically.“Am I?”The question made her stomach twist.Because suddenly…She wasn’t completely sure.The warehouse felt colder.Smaller.More dangerous.Aurora looked toward Lucien.Desperate.Needing him to deny it.To tell her Sebastian was manipulating the truth.Again.Lucien remained silent.The silence hurt.A lot.“Lucien.”Her voice cracked.The billionaire closed his eyes briefly.Pain flashed across his face.T

  • THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED    Chapter 12

    THE WARNINGThe screen went black.Silence consumed the room.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.Nobody even seemed to breathe.Aurora stood frozen.Three words echoed through her mind.I love you.Again.And again.And again.Lucien’s voice lingered in her ears.Broken.Exhausted.Honest.The words should have made her happy.Instead…They terrified her.Because they sounded like goodbye.A sharp crack shattered the silence.Victor slammed both hands onto the table.The sudden violence made Aurora jump.“Damn him.”His voice shook with fury.Vivienne looked equally unsettled.For once, the woman had no clever remarks.No manipulation.No answers.Only concern.Sebastian had Lucien.Sebastian had Alexander.Sebastian had the letter.And now…He had Aurora exactly where he wanted her.Victor straightened.His eyes settled on her.“You are not going.”Aurora blinked.“What?”“To Sebastian.”His tone left no room for argument.“Absolutely not.”A bitter laugh escaped her.“That’s convenient.”V

  • THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED    Chapter 11

    THE DEVIL AT THE DOORI found you.Aurora couldn’t breathe.The words weren’t spoken.They weren’t shouted.Yet somehow they felt louder than any gunshot.Sebastian stood in the building lobby, staring directly into the security camera.Directly at her.Smiling.Like a hunter who had finally cornered his prey.The sight sent ice through her veins.Around her, alarms erupted throughout the building.Emergency lights flashed red.Security personnel rushed through hallways.Voices echoed over communication channels.Chaos.Pure chaos.Victor remained motionless.Watching the monitors.Calculating.For the first time since she’d met him, he looked genuinely worried.Not concerned.Not irritated.Worried.Aurora’s stomach tightened.Because powerful men only worried when something truly dangerous was happening.Sebastian smiled one last time.Then the camera feed went black.The screen dissolved into static.Silence followed.Then…A loud explosion rocked the building.The floor shook bene

  • THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED    Chapter 10

    THE BAIT“It’s Lucien.”The words echoed through the penthouse.Elara felt her stomach drop.The room suddenly seemed too bright.Too loud.Too small.“What about him?”Her voice barely sounded like her own.Vivienne looked away.As though she hated being the one to say it.Then…“Sebastian captured him.”Silence.Absolute silence.The statement crashed into Elara’s chest like a physical blow.For a second she couldn’t breathe.Couldn’t think.Couldn’t process what she’d just heard.Lucien.Captured.The man who always seemed one step ahead.The man who walked into danger like he owned it.The man who had spent twelve years protecting her.Gone.A strange pain twisted inside her chest.Sharp.Unexpected.Terrifying.Because she realized something.Something she’d been avoiding for days.She cared.Far more than she should.Far more than was safe.Vivienne’s voice cut through her thoughts.“The convoy was ambushed.”Victor’s expression darkened.“Where?”“We don’t know.”The older man’

  • THE HEIRESS THEY BURRIED    Chapter 9

    THE GHOST IN THE ASHESThe screen went black.Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The silence inside the penthouse felt suffocating."I know who killed them."Sebastian's final words echoed through Elara's mind.Again.And again.And again.Every question she'd had for twenty-six years suddenly felt closer.Yet somehow further away.Because now there was a face attached to the mystery.A witness.Maybe even a participant.And he had her mother's letter.The realization made her chest ache.That letter had been hers.The first thing her mother had ever left behind.And it was gone.Stolen.Again.Just like everything else.Lucien was the first to move.The security monitor flickered one last time before dying completely.His expression was unreadable.But Elara noticed the tension in his jaw.The anger in his eyes.The determination.He was already planning.Already hunting.Victor seemed equally furious.The older man stood motionless near the broken window.His hands clasped behind his back.

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