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The man sighed, already expecting it. “Don’t.”Before Ryan could react, one of the bodyguards struck him hard in the ribs. Pain exploded in his side, and he let out a choked gasp, his body folding in on itself.“Do you think I’d be stupid enough to let you walk free?” The man’s voice was calm, but it carried an undercurrent of amusement. “Ryan Pierce. A man with nothing left. A man on the run. A man who thought he could cheat his way back to the top.”Ryan gritted his teeth, fighting through the pain. “Screw you,” he spat.The man only chuckled, shaking his head. “No, Ryan. Screw you.”The SUV came to a sudden halt, jerking them all forward.Ryan’s heart pounded as the back doors swung open.Blinding headlights from another car illuminated the darkness, revealing an abandoned warehouse.And standing outside, waiting, was Julian Devereux.Ryan’s blood turned ice cold.The suited man flicked his cigarette out the window before nodding at his men.“Take him out.”Ryan barely had a second
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The officer didn’t waste time reading Ryan his full rights. The moment he finished, they shoved Ryan toward the police vehicle, his feet dragging against the concrete as he fought to resist.“I’ll get out of this,” Ryan growled, his head snapping toward Julian. “You think you’ve won, but you haven’t. You and Alexis will never be together. She’ll never forgive you.”Julian’s face remained unreadable, but something flickered in his gaze. He didn’t respond.Ryan’s rage boiled over as they threw him into the back of the police cruiser.The door slammed shut.The sirens blared once more.And as the vehicle pulled away, Ryan Pierce knew, this was the end of his reign.He had spent his life playing games, destroying lives, and now?Now, his own life had been reduced to nothing but a cautionary tale.And no one, not even Alexis, would mourn his downfall.As the police cruiser disappeared down the dark road, silence fell over the area.The flashing lights faded into the distance, leaving behin
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Ryan groaned, his head throbbing, pain radiating through every inch of his body. Blood trickled down the side of his face, his vision blurred and disoriented. He tried to move, but agony lanced through his chest. Something was broken.He wheezed, coughing as the metallic taste of blood filled his mouth.One of the officers groaned in the front seat, struggling to move.Ryan’s vision swam, but even through the haze of pain, one thought remained clear.He needed to get out.He needed to run.Ignoring the searing pain, Ryan shifted his weight, gritting his teeth as he maneuvered his hands beneath him. The handcuffs were still locked tight, but he didn’t need his hands to escape, he needed luck.And luck, despite everything, was still on his side.The crash had flung the back door open.Ryan gritted his teeth, biting down a scream as he forced himself to crawl toward the opening. His body protested every movement, but he pushed forward, dragging himself out of the wreckage.The night air
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The operating room was eerily silent except for the beeping of monitors and the hushed voices of the medical team working tirelessly to save both mother and child. The scent of antiseptic filled the air, sterile and cold, yet nothing could erase the overwhelming tension weighing down on everyone present.Sophia’s body trembled uncontrollably as another wave of pain ripped through her, her breath coming in short, uneven gasps. Sweat clung to her skin, mixing with the tears that streamed down her face. She was exhausted, drained, and on the brink of slipping away.But she couldn’t.She wouldn’t.Her baby needed her.She gritted her teeth as the doctors called out to one another, their words a jumbled mess in her ears. All she could focus on was the crushing fear settling deep in her chest. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.It was too soon.Her baby wasn’t ready to come into the world yet.Yet here she was, fighting for her child’s life while the cruel hands of fate threatened to take i
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Alexis stood at the doorway, her face pale, her expression unreadable. For a long moment, she said nothing. The sight before her, Sophia cradling the lifeless infant, tears streaming down her face, rendered her speechless.Sophia didn’t have the energy to acknowledge her. She just continued to hold her baby close, rocking him gently as if she could still comfort him in death.Alexis swallowed, stepping forward. “Sophia…”At the sound of her name, something inside Sophia cracked. She let out a strangled sob, her body trembling violently. “He’s gone,” she choked out. “My baby is gone.”Alexis hesitated, her usual walls wavering. Despite everything between them, the betrayals, the hurt, she couldn’t ignore the sheer devastation radiating from the woman in front of her.Sophia looked up at her, her eyes red and swollen. “I don’t deserve to grieve, do I?” Her voice was barely above a whisper. “After everything I’ve done… maybe this is karma.”Alexis’s throat tightened. She had once thought
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Sophia sat on the edge of the hospital bed, her frail hands clutching the blanket as she stared at the floor. Her body felt foreign, hollow, like a shell of what it used to be.The room was silent, save for the rhythmic ticking of the clock and the distant chatter of nurses outside the door.Alexis sat across from her, arms folded, her expression unreadable. She had been coming every day, sitting with Sophia in silence, neither of them knowing what to say. Today was no different, until Sophia finally spoke.“Julian loves you.”Her voice was quiet, almost fragile, but the weight of the words filled the room.Alexis stiffened slightly. She didn’t look surprised, if anything, she looked tired. As if this was a conversation she had already played out in her mind a thousand times.“Sophia, don’t,” she warned, shaking her head.“I have to,” Sophia whispered, her fingers twisting in the blanket. “You need to hear it.”Alexis exhaled sharply, standing up as if ready to walk away. “What’s the
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Charlotte sees Ryan’s death as an opportunity and leaks more fake evidence about Julian.The headlines were relentless.Julian Devereux: The Man Behind Ryan Pierce's Fall?New Evidence Links Julian to Ryan’s Sudden Death!Devereux Empire Built on Deception, How Far Will He Go?Charlotte watched the chaos unfold with a victorious smirk. The timing was perfect. Ryan’s death had left a gaping wound in the narrative, and she had skillfully twisted it to her advantage.With a single calculated leak, she had turned Julian into a villain all over again.Her carefully planted documents and altered audio recordings painted a picture of a ruthless businessman who had orchestrated Ryan’s downfall to eliminate a threat. The media lapped it up, desperate for the next scandal. Social media exploded with outrage, and once again, Julian’s name was dragged through the mud.Sitting in her private suite, she swirled a glass of wine, her mind already spinning the next move. This wasn’t just about revenge
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Across town, Charlotte sat in her luxury penthouse, sipping a glass of wine as she watched the news coverage of Julian’s downfall. The headlines flashed across the screen:“Devereux Industries in Freefall Amidst Scandal”“Julian Devereux's Dark Secrets Unveiled”“Corporate Giant Faces Possible Bankruptcy”She smiled.This was what she had been waiting for. Julian had humiliated her, taken away her power, and reduced her influence to ashes. But now? Now, he was the one falling. And she had no intention of letting him get back up.A soft knock at her door made her turn. One of her trusted informants entered, a nervous expression on his face.“What is it?” she asked, setting her wine glass down.“There’s something you need to know,” he said hesitantly. “Julian isn’t backing down. He’s digging into your financials. Looking for leverage.”Charlotte’s smile didn’t falter, but her grip on the glass tightened.“Of course he is,” she murmured. “That’s what makes this game so much fun.”She lea
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Julian exhaled slowly, nodding. “I don’t want you to forget,” he murmured. “I just want you to let me make it right.”His fingers brushed over her knuckles, tentative, as if giving her the chance to pull away. But she didn’t. She let him hold her hands, let him be close.“I spent years blaming your father for what happened to mine,” Julian continued, his voice thick with emotion. “And maybe some of that blame was justified. But I made the mistake of thinking you were just another extension of him, that hurting you would somehow fix what was broken inside me.”A pained look crossed his face, regret etched into every feature. “But all I did was hurt the one person who had nothing to do with any of it. And I will never forgive myself for that.”Alexis swallowed the lump in her throat, her own regrets beginning to surface.She had tried to ignore the way her heart had ached in his absence. She had told herself she was better off without him, that his betrayal had severed the connection be
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As they strolled beneath the Eiffel Tower, the golden glow of the city casting long shadows around them, Alexis felt an unfamiliar warmth settle in her chest. She had spent so long running, from her past, from Julian, from herself. But now, in this moment, it was as if time had slowed, allowing her to breathe, to truly take it all in.Julian didn’t rush her. He simply walked beside her, their fingers still loosely intertwined, as if he was afraid that if he held on too tightly, she would slip away.“Do you remember what you told me that night?” Julian asked softly.Alexis frowned slightly, searching her memory. “Which night?”“The night of the gala,” he clarified, glancing at her with a knowing look. “You told me that I was a mistake waiting to happen.”Alexis let out a small, breathy laugh. “That does sound like something I would say.”Julian’s lips curved into a smirk. “And you weren’t wrong.”Alexis tilted her head up, watching the soft glow of the tower above them. “It wasn’t just
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Harrison Montgomery had always been a man of power, control, and strategy. He built an empire from the ground up, ensuring that his family never lacked anything. To him, emotions were liabilities, love was a distraction, and personal connections were just another battlefield where the strongest prevailed.And yet, as he stood by the large windows of his estate, watching his daughter through the glass as she sat in the garden, something in him shifted.Alexis was smiling. A real, genuine smile.For months, she had walked around with a guarded expression, a shadow of the confident, fierce woman he had raised. She had been betrayed, humiliated, and hurt in ways no father would ever want for his child. He had watched her hide her pain behind work, pretending she was fine, but he had known better.But now, this was different.She was laughing softly as she stared at her phone, a small, almost shy smile on her lips. Her fingers hovered over the screen, typing something before deleting it an
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Julian answered on the first ring.“Alexis?” His voice was cautious, unsure.She swallowed hard, her grip on the phone tightening as she stood outside his childhood home. The wind rustled through the overgrown grass, carrying with it the echoes of the past she had just walked through.“I went to your house,” she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper.Silence.For a long moment, there was nothing but his breath on the other end of the line. When he finally spoke, his voice was rough, strained. “You didn’t have to do that.”“But I did,” she countered. “I had to see it. I had to understand.”A bitter chuckle escaped him. “And? Do you understand now? Do you finally see what your father did to me?”Her heart clenched at the raw pain in his voice.“I see everything, Julian,” she said softly. “The eviction notices, the empty cabinets… the house falling apart. You had nothing.”He exhaled shakily. “We had worse than nothing.”She closed her eyes, imagining a younger Julian standing in th
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Julian sat in his car, gripping the steering wheel tightly. His heart still pounded in his chest, the image of Alexis standing in the doorway burned into his mind.She hadn’t told him to leave.She hadn’t slammed the door in his face.That had to mean something, didn’t it?He let out a heavy breath, resting his forehead against the wheel. He had spent so long fighting battles against Charlotte, against his mother, against the world… but this was the most important fight of all. The one for Alexis.And if waiting was what it took, then he would wait.He just prayed she would give him the chance to prove himself before it was too late.Julian knew better than to push.For the first time in his life, he was stepping back, not because he was giving up, but because he finally understood that love wasn’t something he could win like a business deal or a war. Alexis wasn’t a prize to be claimed. She was a woman who had been hurt, who had every right to doubt him, and if he truly wanted a futu
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Alexis pressed the power button on her phone, silencing the vibration that followed Julian’s call. Her heart was pounding, her emotions tangled in a war between longing and self preservation. She had spent weeks convincing herself that she was done with him, that she had buried every last trace of love she had for him beneath the rubble of his betrayal.But then, there he was, standing in front of the entire world, stripping himself of his armor and baring his soul in a way she never thought he would. And now, she didn’t know what to do with the feelings clawing their way back to the surface.A knock at the door jolted her from her thoughts. Her breath caught. Had he come to see her? No, Julian wouldn’t be that reckless, would he?Slowly, she made her way to the door, her pulse racing. When she opened it, she wasn’t sure whether she felt relieved or disappointed to see Sophia standing there instead.“Can I come in?” Sophia asked softly, her eyes searching Alexis’ face.Alexis stepped
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The world erupted in a frenzy the moment Julian Devereux's press conference ended. News outlets, social media platforms, and television channels dissected every word he had spoken, every frame of his expression. His admission of love for Alexis Montgomery, combined with the exposure of Charlotte’s corruption, sent shockwaves through the business world and beyond.Some lauded Julian for his honesty, praising his courage in standing against Charlotte. Others, however, were less forgiving.“So Alexis was really nothing more than a pawn in a revenge plot?”“She should’ve never married him in the first place. He destroyed her.”“Why is Julian being praised for ‘love’ when he manipulated her from the start?”Within hours, #AlexisMontgomery trended worldwide. News anchors debated whether she had been complicit in Julian’s schemes or simply another victim of powerful men playing dangerous games. Everyone had an opinion, and Alexis, despite her best efforts, could not drown out the noise.She
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Alexis blinked, but she remained silent.Julian took a step closer. “I love you, Alexis. Not because it’s convenient. Not because I want to win. But because even after everything, even when you have every reason to hate me, you are still the best thing that has ever happened to me.”A flicker of something crossed her face, something he couldn’t quite place.But then she inhaled sharply and shook her head. “Love isn’t enough, Julian.”He knew that. He had always known that.But he wasn’t giving up.“I know,” he said softly. “But I’m going to prove to you that I can be the man you deserve.”Alexis looked at him, searching his face, as if trying to find the lie.She didn’t respond right away. And for now, Julian didn’t expect her to.This was just the beginning.And he would fight for her, for them, with everything he had left.Alexis’ chest tightened as she stared at Julian, his words still hanging in the air between them. I love you, Alexis. She wished she could believe him, wished she
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Harrison Montgomery stared Julian down, his sharp gaze cutting through the younger man like a blade. Julian had confessed everything, his revenge, his betrayal, his regret, but none of that changed what he had done to Alexis. None of it erased the pain he had caused.Harrison leaned back in his chair, steepling his fingers. His expression was unreadable, but Julian could see the fury simmering beneath his composed exterior.“You don’t deserve her,” Harrison said, his voice cold and absolute.Julian swallowed but didn’t argue. He knew it was true.“And yet,” Harrison continued, his eyes narrowing, “I have never seen my daughter care about someone the way she cared about you. Even now, after everything, she still feels something.”Julian’s breath hitched. He had spent weeks believing Alexis wanted nothing to do with him. That her hatred had erased any trace of love she once held for him.Harrison sighed, standing up and adjusting his cufflinks. “So, here’s how this is going to go, Deve
