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Chapter 13
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2026-05-29 14:04:50
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The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 62
Adrian:I hate the executive dining room.The tables are too big, the chairs are too quiet, and the silence costs something to sit in. It’s the kind of silence where you can hear your own mistakes echo back at you.So at 7:28 AM I was in the workers’ cafeteria at Facility A with a tray that had eggs, burnt toast, and coffee that tasted like it had been fighting all night. I slid into an empty spot at a long table between Marco from maintenance and Mrs. Alvarez, who has worked the line since I was in college and still calls me “mijo” when she thinks no one is listening.Marco looked at my tray, then at me. “You lost?” He asked, stirring sugar into his coffee. I took a bite of toast. It was dry. “Nope. Just hungry.” Mrs. Alvarez patted my arm. “Good. The food upstairs is for people who don’t want to talk to anyone.”For a few minutes it was just the sound of forks and the low hum of the morning shift starting up. Then Ben from line 3 leaned across the table. “You know,” he said,
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 61
Lyara:Three weeks since Drake’s arrest, and the air inside Ashworth Heights didn’t taste like panic anymore.I noticed it first on the production floor at 8:17 in the morning. I had come in early out of habit, the way you check a locked door three times even when you know it’s fine. The machines were humming. No one was running. No one had that tight, hunted look in their eyes. In the corner near the coffee station, two girls from accounting were laughing about something, and their laughter didn’t stop the second I walked by. That used to happen. My footsteps would hit the tile and every conversation would go quiet, like I was a storm warning.“Morning, Ms. Lyara.” James from line 2 said. He was holding a thermos in one hand and a wrench in the other. He smiled. Not the small, careful smile we used to trade. A real one, with lines at the corners of his eyes. “Morning, James,” I replied.I walked the length of the floor slowly. Departments were talking to each other instead of send
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 60
Lyara:The morning after Drake’s removal, the city didn’t feel like it was holding its breath anymore.I read the headlines on my way in. ‘Ashworth Heights Acts Decisively Amid Internal Sabotage.’ ‘President Lyara Ashworth Praised for Transparency.’ No smear pieces. No speculation. Just facts, and the fact that we had handled it.By the time I reached the executive floor, the share ticker was already climbing. Emma had coffee waiting. Heather had the production report open. Ethan was scrolling through investor emails. Adrian was sitting with his tablet, but he actually looked like he’d slept. “Briefing.” I said, and took my seat. Emma went first. “The internal investigation is closed,” she said. “No further evidence of sabotage. HR says morale is up 12% this week. People are talking again. In a good way.”Heather nodded. “Production is fully stable. Valmont’s replacement is shipping on time. Two suppliers who paused came back this morning. They cited our handling of the Drake sit
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 59
Lyara:I got to the company early. The building was quiet. No printers running. No early emails. Just the hum of the lights and the city waking up twenty-six floors below. Today would decide everything. Sometimes ago I would have walked in with my heart in my throat, angry and afraid and desperate to be believed. Today I carried one thing: protect Ashworth Heights. Ethan was waiting by my office. Adrian came in a minute later with a folder that was too thick. Emma had coffee for all of us. Heather was already checking the boardroom setup. We laid the evidence out one last time on my desk. Timeline. Print records. Distribution logs. The leaked proposal. Drake’s version with the unique detail circled in red.“There’s nothing to argue with,” Ethan said. He tapped the financial verification. “Not anymore.”Adrian nodded. “It’s clean.”I looked at all of them. “Then we don’t make any mistakes.”***By 8:50 the boardroom was filling. Directors took their seats. Some were curious. Some w
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 58
Drake Vance:I arrived at Ashworth Heights at 8:55 a.m. with the city still waking up below me.The doorman nodded. The elevator was empty. My briefcase felt lighter than it had in weeks.Ever since Lyara asked for my advice, everything had moved exactly as I wanted it to. Phillips was under a microscope. The executive team was following every suggestion I made. The company was fracturing in all the right places, quietly, politely, without anyone realizing who was holding the knife. I straightened my tie in the reflection of the glass doors. Today would be another step. Another push. ***The boardroom was already full when I walked in.Lyara stood by the window. Ethan was going through financials. Adrian was reading something with that thoughtful frown he always wore. Emma had folders stacked neatly. Heather was on her tablet.They looked up when I entered. “Director Vance,” Lyara said. Her voice was warm. “Thank you for coming on short notice.”“Of course,” I said. I took my usual
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Chapter 57
Lyara:I didn’t sleep. I lay in bed with the ceiling fan turning and replayed everything Adrian and Ethan had laid out on my desk. The print records. The distribution logs. The timeline that fit together too perfectly to be an accident. Every line led to Drake Vance. And none of it would survive a boardroom. If I accused him now, he would deny it. He would call it a smear. He would turn my own executives against me and walk out of Ashworth Heights with his reputation intact and my company in pieces.I couldn’t make that mistake. By 4 a.m. I was dressed. By 5:30 I was in my office with the lights low and a pot of coffee that tasted like nothing. I wasn’t going to chase more evidence. I was going to make him give it to me.***“Clear the 7 a.m. slot,” I told Emma over the phone. “Confidential meeting. No calendar entry. No assistants.”“Yes, ma’am.” She said.At 6:50, Ethan, Adrian, Emma, and Heather were in my office. Phones were in a basket by the door. The blinds were down. I c
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Lyara's POV
Lyara's POV.Seven days since I handed Ethan Ashworth the video and walked out of Ashworth Villa without looking back.Seven days of pretending my hands didn’t shake every time my phone buzzed. Seven days of telling myself I made the right choice when I refused to go to the police station or meet C
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Lyara's POV
Lyara's POV.Ashworth Villa. Everyone in the city knew where it was. It wasn’t some fortress with armed guards and electric fences. It was an old two-story house with a wooden fence and a rose garden. Victor Ashworth lived there because he said he wanted to stay close to the people.But should I g
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Lyara's POV
Lyara’s POV.The sun was too bright. 10:17 am, and the city was already burning with heat and noise. I sat on the curb across from the bus stop, phone clutched in my hand like it might disappear if I let go.Seven hours. Seven hours since I’d heard those two men behind the dumpster. Seven hours s
The Wife He Couldn't Erase Lyara's POV
Time lapse: A month and a few days late.Lyara's POV.The fluorescent light above the 24/7 Corner Mart buzzed like an angry wasp. It was 3:03 am, and my feet already hurt. I adjusted the red vest over my second-hand hoodie, tucking the tag under so no one saw the frayed hem. The name tag said Li
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