Dahlia Bernard gave Desmond Sterlings everything, love, loyalty, and a crown he never earned. She picked him from the slums, built him into a CEO, and handed him the keys to her empire. Love blinded her. Desmond repaid her by betraying her, stealing her company, sleeping with multiple women, and getting her own sister pregnant. A community dick, that's all he ever was. Now, Dahlia isn’t just broken. She’s angry. With Ronan Knight, Drawlwood's ruthless billionaire by her side, Dahlia is ready to reclaim everything that was once hers. And this time… mercy is off the table. ********** I was flung aside, my grip on Roselle slipping as I crashed into someone's arms, Ronan Knight. "Hold in your rage, Dahlia," Ronan's voice was calm. "There are better ways to make them pay. Don’t destroy yourself trying to hurt them. That's not how revenge works." I glanced down at my reddened knuckles. Tears blurring my vision. "Then tell me, Ronan… how do I hurt them?" I choked on my tears. "By becoming untouchable," he said softly. "Become more powerful, more successful. A version of Dahlia they could never break. And then… you make them kneel." He leaned in, a wicked promise in his eyes. "I'll help you rise again, Dahlia. And when you do… they'll beg at your feet."
View MoreChapter 87DAHLIA I found it hard to believe I was just some pawn in Ronan’s grand game. Heck, I thought I was lucky, I thought the universe had given me a second chance at love. But I have never been more wrong. Hearing these things about Ronan made my head ache. I questioned my life, I questioned everything I've known about him.Sitting there and listening to them, I could feel my head beginning to hurt. When they revealed Brandon was my brother, I lost it. Every single person next to me was involved in this lie. I didn't know what to believe again. Turns out I know nothing about myself.I should have known Brandon wouldn't go beyond his way to make me comfortable and protect me merely because he was being paid. The signs had been there, him going out of his way to keep me safe, going on errands unrelated to his job, hating the mere mention of Desmond. I should have known it wasn't just loyalty.“Enough. I've heard enough for one day,” I hushed them all.“I'll be leaving now,” I mu
Chapter 86RONANBlake was the one who alerted me to Dahlia holding a press conference. I didn't understand the need for her to do that, to put herself out there, on the spotlight like that. And worse, my father's eyes were now back on her. Knowing him, he'd find a way to turn that conference in his favour and humiliate Dahlia. And so, I ordered for her to be taken off that stage. What I never expected was to come home and meet another Dahlia.I never knew she had a twin. It was my first time hearing such. Not knowing what the so- called twin was after, I got Dahlia locked up in our room and decided to get the lady myself.Somehow, I lost her. It seemed I wasn't the only one after her.When I got home and Dahlia tried to leave, I couldn't let her go, not until I figure this whole thing out But my stubborn woman decided to hit me and flee. When she ran, I knew she'd get exhausted pretty soon and come back, I was so sure of that. But Brandon pulled up from nowhere and helped her get
Chapter 85DAHLIAThe room got so serious with everyone's eyes on me, staring, waiting to see my reaction. At that point, I knew that whatever Gavin had to say would change my view on my life so far, it would break me and somehow I knew it might also ruin my relationship with Ronan. But I was willing to listen to put an end to this madness and go ahead with my life.I looked up at Gavin, he was staring at me, pity etched his face. He looked conflicted like he didn't want to be the one to say it.“What are you still waiting for Mr. Bright? Go ahead,” I urged him.He sighed.“I'm sure you already know your ex-husband and his family are scammers?” I nodded, it wasn't news anymore.“Well, the truth is. Desmond Sterlings was paid by Richard Knight to approach you, woo you and get married to you. You totally fell for it.”“What? I….have no reason to believe you…” I was saying but he raised his hand stopping me from speaking further.“You came to me with questions and I'm providing answers…
Chapter 84DAHLIA Brandon drove me to the Brights mansion. Getting there, the gates were readily opened like they'd been expecting us. I expected some kind security clearance, or something, considering the Brights were a billionaire family, almost on par with the Knights.Brandon drove in and parked the car, then we both got out. There were different men stationed at every part of the property. I expected them to question us but nothing. Instead one of them approached us and led us to the entrance.Brandon and I exchange puzzled glances. But said nothing.The door was pulled open, I walked in, Brandon behind me. I stepped into the huge, vibrant living room, my eyes met Gavin's. He gave me a warm smile. I didn't return it. I looked at the person right next to him. The former CEO of Brights Holdings, Donald Bright, my supposed father.I walked further in, then I felt someone's eyes on me. Turning in the direction of the gaze, I saw myself staring at me. I felt like looking at myself i
Chapter 83DAHLIA “You let me get involved with Ronan knowing we might be siblings?” I was beyond mortified, staring at the woman. The woman who claims to be my mother.“What kind of mother are you!” I yelled.“I….I didn't know that, Dahlia…” “You didn't know what? Exactly what didn't you know? That you slept with Richard Knight? That he might be my father?”“I could have told you, but you pushed me away, you blocked my number, there was no way for me to reach out to you,” she cut me off.I stared at her.“Now you're putting the blame on me?” A laugh tore from me, a sarcastic one.“Whose fault was it that I pushed you away!” I yelled, approaching her.She rose from the couch as if her pants were on fire.“I've answered your questions, Dahlia. I've given you the answers you seek. Now, it's time for me to leave.” She picked up her bag and headed for the door.“Now, you're just going to leave after revealing these things? You'll just walk out that door after turning my whole life upsid
Chapter 81DAHLIA “Today, I'm going to be exposing my Ex-husband Desmond Sterling’s crimes. I'm suing him for embezzlement too,” the lady on the phone announced.I exchanged puzzled glances with Anita.“So, you're not the real Dahlia?” She asked yet again.I rolled my eyes. “Seriously?”“Let's hear what she has to say and why she is claiming Desmond's her ex…”Seated there, I listened to my impersonator read out Desmond's wrong doings. Every single wrong doing of his seemed to have been documented by her.“To think I trusted and loved him blindly for five years….” She cried.“He embezzled funds from my company DAHL and nearly made it close down. I have evidence,” she threw some files to her audience. “I'm suing the entire Sterlings family for fraud and medical scam. I have submitted all evidence to the court…” she paused.“And to my dear sister Roselle, You're not exempted from all this. Once you're out of the hospital, you'll be facing a separate lawsuit. For every single thing you
Chapter 81 DAHLIA “You can't leave this room till I figure out this whole madness,” Ronan stated flatly, looking away from me and heading to the door. “No!” I let out, making him turn around. “Someone is out there impersonating me. Someone who bears my face. And what? You want me to stay here and wait? You want me to stay here and do nothing?!” “I'm not going to indulge you. Till I'm able to confirm who the real Dahlia is…” “The fuck? You can't even recognise your own wife? We've shared the bed for months. Yet you can't even differentiate me from an impersonator?” I was mad. Mad that someone out there was doing things under the guise of being me, more mad that Ronan, the man I've fallen for, the man I was betting my second chance on, the man I was willing to spend the rest of my life with, I was mad that he couldn't even differentiate me from some random woman, whom for some whatever twisted reason there is, bears my face. “I'm trying to help here, Da….” Ronan paused, avoid
Chapter 080 GAVIN Knowing my father, he wasn't going to leave till he finds answers to his questions. I, on the other hand, wasn't going to sit all bloodied, having a conversation with him. So I excused myself despite his protest and headed upstairs. “You caused the injury, you should wait till I get it treated, to give the answers you want,” I told him. Getting upstairs, I already had my live-in doctor waiting to attend to me. Incidents like this isn't new to me. In fact, there was a time it happened really frequently like more than three times in a week. I had a lot of scars and they were all because of the beatings my father subjected me to. At one point, I got really suicidal. Trying to end my life, I never succeeded, instead I end up getting punished for it. “You should really consider tattooing your wrist. You're a CEO now, I don't think you'd want that to be discovered one day and used against you,” my doctor suggested. “I have everything under control, Sophia. You don't h
Chapter 78 DAHLIA To say I was confused would be an understatement. Everything that has happened today almost didn't make any sense to me. After Anita left, I settled down on the bed, confusion clouding my senses. I never sent Brandon to Helixx today, I didn't send Roselle to the ER. Nor did I come back home to change my dress. The only plausible explanation to this is that someone is impersonating me. But who?” Is there someone out there who look so much like me that she managed to fool everyone. Still lost in thoughts, my phone rang. Checking the caller, it was another unsaved number. I almost didn't pick up. But with everything happening, I knew it was best I answer the call. The moment I clicked the answer icon, Desmond's voice filtered into my ear. “What the fuck is wrong with you, Dahlia!” I was completely taken aback by his outburst. “I had nothing to do with your little whore ending up in the ER….” “Fuck, you think I care about that? You think that's the reason I call
“This must be a mistake…” I mumbled, my hands trembling as I stared at the test results. “You're finally pregnant,” my gynaecologist announced, smiling very broadly at me. “Congratulations Dahlia, you'll become a mother soon,” she kept smiling. I sat there, glued to the seat and speechless. “She is playing a prank on me,” I repeatedly told myself, finding it hard to believe the sudden revelation. Suddenly getting pregnant after being told I'll never be able to have a child of my own felt like a dream. “Yo…you should redo the test…Have you forgotten, I can't get pregnant,” I reminded her, stuttering and trying not to give myself high hopes. “That would mean redoing the pregnancy test for the sixth time. You're pregnant Dahlia. This is your reality!” She said louder this time, full of smiles. I shook my head in denial, but then she placed the fifth result of the pregnancy test on my palm. “See for yourself…” I glanced down at the paper, then my face slowly contoured in shock. ...
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