Chapter Twenty-One: A Different Tomorrow

Sophia's POVBy the time I got home, the city had settled into its usual nighttime rhythm.The traffic outside my apartment had thinned, and the distant glow of streetlights filtered through my curtains, painting long shadows across the living room. Tomorrow. The word echoed relentlessly in my mind. Tomorrow I will leave this apartment. Tomorrow I will move into Ethan Blackwell's penthouse. Tomorrow I would officially step into a life that had never belonged to me.I closed the door behind me and leaned against it, releasing a slow breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding. For the first time since signing the contract, the reality of it all felt suffocating. Two years. Two years pretending to be someone else's fiancée. Someone else's wife. Two years of smiling for cameras, attending parties, and convincing the world that Ethan Blackwell loved me.I shut my eyes. "I don't want this," I whispered into the empty apartment. But wanting had nothing to do with it anymore. I had signed the

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Chapter Twenty-Two: A New Beginning

Sophia's POVI barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, Ethan’s face appeared—sharp jawline, intense gaze, the way his voice dropped when he said my name like it carried weight. Then the contract slid into view behind my eyelids, crisp pages filled with legal language that bound me to him for the next year. And finally, the number printed across the bottom in cold black ink. Three million dollars. The figure pulsed in my mind like a heartbeat.Enough to save my mother. Enough to change Leo’s future. Enough to silence the constant worry that had lived in my chest for years. But not enough to make me forget that none of this was real.The alarm rang at six. I turned it off before it could ring a second time and sat quietly on the edge of my bed, feet brushing the worn carpet. For a long moment, I simply looked around my apartment, letting the familiar details settle over me like a well-worn blanket.It wasn’t much. The paint on the walls was beginning to peel near the ceili

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All Chapters of My Billionaire Boss's Secret Heir: Chapter 21 - Chapter 22

Chapter Twenty-One: A Different Tomorrow

Chapter Twenty-Two: A New Beginning