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Chapter 43: The Stars Align
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“If you won’t come to the mansion, then let’s meet in my office. I’m heading there right now, so you should be on your way too.”
“Stop ordering me around, Kane. I don’t belong to you anymore!”
“This isn’t about you, Emilia. Trust me, I don’t want to see you either but unlike you, I’m not about to follow a lead without involving everyone who can help.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Someone sent a note to the mansion today regarding Tiara’s whereabouts. I want you to be here when I call Detective Riley so that we can deliberate on it together.”
“Oh, my God!” She gasped. “Why didn’t you say that first?”
“Well, now you know. Are you coming?”
“Give me twenty minutes!”
She was so fired up with adrenalin that she hurried out of her new apartment, leaving Travis behind with M
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“Oh, my goodness! I’m so sorry about that, Kane. What went wrong?”“It was a difficult labour. Her birth canal appeared to be too narrow for the baby and the doctor suggested an emergency C-section but Serena wouldn’t agree to it. She said she wanted me to be there to witness the natural birth, whatever that means.”“Wasn’t there anything they could’ve done to save the baby?”“She was born dead, Emilia. The doctors aren’t magicians. There was nothing they could’ve done.”Emilia sighed. “That’s terrible. I don’t like Serena but nobody deserves to go through that kind of nightmare. How is she?”“Asleep right now. She was a mess before, wouldn’t let go of the baby and kept screaming at the doctors to do something.”“I’m so sorry, Kane.”“Thank you. How’s Tiara?”“As
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“Serena is desperate to speak with you,” said ‘Lupe. Her eyes shone with unshed tears but Kane wasn’t moved.“I hope you are aware that both of you have overstayed your welcome in this house,” he said curtly. “Whatever needed to be said between me and Serena has been said already.”“Please, Mr Beaumont, hear her out. She’s been in a very terrible place since…”“I offered to pay for her to see a therapist but she refused. I even offered to buy her a house and she turned that down too. I have been more than generous to her already and I’m not making any more offers to her.”“I know your relationship started on the wrong foot but – ““Relationship? Serena and I don’t have any relationship. What are you talking about?”“I meant – ““You know what, it’s ok. I’ll go talk with her.
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“How did you find me?”“That’s not important right now. May I come in?”“No. Leave right now before I call security.”Kane snorted. “What will you tell them? I’m sure you’re not aware that I co-own this hotel. You’re going to need a very convincing explanation to get them to throw me out.”“I don’t care if you own the entire city. I’m not talking to you and that’s final.”Matt tried to shut the door but Kane put his foot in the way and shouldered the door open instead. Matt instinctively stepped back warily, bracing himself for a fight with his billionaire rival.“I’m not here to fight with you, Matt. Instead, I came to make you an offer that you will find very beneficial to your life.”“I’m not interested.”“You haven’t even heard my offer.”“I don’t care
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“Can we just put everything behind us, please? Let’s just move forward and leave the past in the past.”“Of course, Mother,” Emilia said to Elsie with a stiff smile. She didn’t want to say what was truly on her mind in the presence of her children.“Welcome home,” Lillian greeted her extra warmly.Emilia gave her a frosty look and ignored her greeting. Samuel was wise enough not to say anything to her but simply nodded curtly in her direction.“Hi, Crystabel. How are you?” She greeted the Adams’ daughter who was standing quietly beside her nanny and watching the twins intently.“Say hi, Crystabel,” Nanny said softly but the girl wouldn’t speak. Instead, she smiled at Travis before turning her face away.“We should start planning the children’s birthday right away,” said Elsie excitedly. “It’s only a few days away.”&
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“Her vitals are stable for now. If it continues that way, we’ll have her discharged tomorrow.”“Thank you, doctor. Please, keep me informed. My office will handle the payments, of course.”“You’re welcome, Mr Beaumont,” said the doctor.As soon as he stepped out of the doctor’s office, he bumped into ‘Lupe who was glaring at him murderously.“The doctor says she’ll be fine,” he informed her dryly.“You do realize that Serena is in this situation because of you, don’t you?”“I don’t have time to play this blame game with you, ‘Lupe. If I had thrown your daughter in jail as I should have, you wouldn’t be here getting mouthy with me.”“Are you threatening me?”“Do you feel threatened?”“All she ever did was to love you.”“By kidnapping my daughter and
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“The tests show that she was sexually assaulted,” said Felicia, the head of the medical team on the cruise ship. “We also took samples of the attacker’s bodily fluid deposited in her body.”There was a collective gasp from all the women comprising Emilia, Lillian, Elsie and Lara. The men were all stone-faced except Samuel who was glaring at Chloe where she sat with her head down.“I’m not denying that I had sex with her, but all I’m saying is that it was consensual, not rape,” he insisted.“What about the bruising and her torn clothes?” Felicia countered him.“Haven’t you ever had rough sex before?” He fired back.“Stop lying!” Chloe yelled at him. “You raped me. You were coming on to me and I told you I wasn’t interested, and then you grabbed me by the waist and threw me on the roulette table.”“Shut up, liar!” He snarled at her.“You shut up!” Lara snapped at him. “We will press charges against you for this. Don’t think that you will get away with assaulting my daughter even if you’
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Kane thought it was only possible to dodge bullets in movies but he’d done it in real life. When the old man showed up with the gun and yelled at him, Kane had preempted his opponent’s move and dropped to the ground before he pulled the trigger.He lunged at the man, knocking him to the ground. Hank fired another shot that went into the ceiling and Kane grabbed the rifle, trying to wrestle it from his grip.“Get off me, you bastard!” Hank yelled at him as he continued to maintain his hold on the gun.Kane headbutted him, destabilizing Hank for a few seconds. He finally snatched the gun from his hands and got up.“You bastard. You broke my nose,” Hank lamented and wiped the blood from his nostril.“Who the hell are you?” Kane asked him while aiming the rifler at its owner.“I’m Hank. This is my cabin and you’re a trespasser.”Kane glanced at Emilia and saw that she
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“That audio recording has done its magic,” Virgil informed Kane over the phone a few days after the TV interview. “the publishing company has cancelled their deal with Serena.”“As they should. She was going to write hundreds of pages filled with lies about me and my family. She should have taken the money I offered her.”“She might reach out to you for it.”“That offer is off the table. She missed her chance.”“Well, that’s that then. My work here is done but don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you need my services again.”“Of course, thank you.”After the phone conversation, he went in search of Emilia and found her in the sunroom with Lillian and Elsie.“Hello, ladies. May I join you?”“Of course, darling,” said Elsie. “we were going over the details of your upcoming wedding anniversary party.&r
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“Romeo and Juliet… I was wondering when both of you will finally show up here,” said Serena with a delighted grin.“Let’s cut to the chase then,” said Kane curtly. “my wife and I are ready to offer you twice the amount you’re getting from the publishing house to write your book.”Serena giggled. “Are you trying to silence me? I am an American citizen and I have the right to free speech.”“Not if your free speech is a bunch of lies targeted at destroying our reputation,” said Emilia.“You’re one to talk. Aren’t you the same woman that cheated on her husband with a random farmhand in Wyoming? And you’re here talking about your reputation. How ironic.”“How much do you want?” Kane asked her.“I’ve told you a billion times already, Kane. I don’t want your money, I want you.”“What’s that supposed to mean?”“Divorce this woman who is unworthy of you and then marry me. I will be devoted to you, I will be faithful to you and I will make you proud wherever I go.”“That will never happen,” Emi
