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Arrange Marriage to a Heartless CEO

Chapter 5 Cold Walls, Warm Lies

Word Count: 1154    |    Released on: 02/12/2025

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essfully avoiding Charlotte

s I brought home from the office. I was

ice was gentle.

en look up.

been busy

work, Charlotte. You

ept standing there. "Di

en down sl

ing as if we are stra

te." My voice sounded so

her mouth. I could see the hurt forming

not get to pull me in and then shut down

in," I snapped rai

ess for something deeper. It is

om your childhood," sh

not no

ess. One I will make sure

ing like a glass of tears and it made

was hope for us

y that the man and woman fall in love and they live happily ever after. Let me ma

from falling. Then she turned and walked out without

I couldn't face Charlotte after the encounter we had

a distr

phone and called my friend

how's it

n a while. Congratulations on your

what to say to him becaus

nd a girl over to

han to question me and I'm cer

ad a few glasses and I left the bar with

t needed to prove something to mys

on the couch in the living room with a blanket. S

girl holding my ar

she said softly. "So this

he maid, Elsie, who I didn't not

ver she needs," Charlotte said c

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k in the guest room. I didn't even touch h

nk of was Charl

d I met Petra, the chef, tr

me. "Having a l

eyebrow. "

g if you are planning to keep hurting

at her. "

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ying you to put your mouth into matters th

tte. She was coming out of her room

ave to do th

ht as well clean up to

"She's j

were free of any emotion. "I've gotten the message

lotte

t? It's not the fling, it's the fact that

," I said with my

than ten flings, Aiden," she said,

brushing my should

morning till night. The book I gave her was still on her nigh

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my hea

for something calmin

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my face.

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1 Chapter 1 Signed and Sealed2 Chapter 2 Smoke and Mirrors3 Chapter 3 The Man Behind the Name4 Chapter 4 The Vows We Never Chose5 Chapter 5 Cold Walls, Warm Lies6 Chapter 6 Words That Burn7 Chapter 7 The Dinner Party8 Chapter 8 Shattered Reflections9 Chapter 9 The Edge of Regret10 Chapter 10 A Step Forward11 Chapter 11 Almost12 Chapter 12 We Kissed, Twice13 Chapter 13 Falling For Her ish14 Chapter 14 Whispers in the Air15 Chapter 15 Whispers of Trouble16 Chapter 16 Shadows of Doubt17 Chapter 17 The Rival's Shadow18 Chapter 18 Breaking Point19 Chapter 19 His Silent Burden20 Chapter 20 In The Spotlight21 Chapter 21 Behind Closed Doors22 Chapter 22 Dylan's Shadow23 Chapter 23 Whispers in the Dark24 Chapter 24 Shattered25 Chapter 25 Broken Reflections26 Chapter 26 Cracks in the Empire27 Chapter 27 Shadows in the Mansion28 Chapter 28 A Web of Lies29 Chapter 29 Fractured Calm30 Chapter 30 The Man in the Shadows31 Chapter 31 The Mirror Doesn't Lie32 Chapter 32 The Storm in His Veins33 Chapter 33 I Choose Me34 Chapter 34 The Weight of Power35 Chapter 35 The Confrontation36 Chapter 36 Friend and Enemy37 Chapter 37 Missed Calls38 Chapter 38 No One Knows39 Chapter 39 Shadows Of Truth40 Chapter 40 Cracks In The Glass41 Chapter 41 Old Flames, New Tensions42 Chapter 42 Pushed to the Edge43 Chapter 43 A Breath of Light44 Chapter 44 Collision Course45 Chapter 45 Hope and Miracles46 Chapter 46 Fear of the Unknown47 Chapter 47 Trust48 Chapter 48 Echoes49 Chapter 49 Stay50 Chapter 50 Break Through51 Chapter 51 Bullet to the Heart52 Chapter 52 Lies in-between Lines53 Chapter 53 Before She's Gone54 Chapter 54 The Space Between Us55 Chapter 55 Proof and Silence56 Chapter 56 Collision Course57 Chapter 57 Space Apart58 Chapter 58 Burning Lines59 Chapter 59 Pawn in Their Game60 Chapter 60 The Knock at the Door61 Chapter 61 The Edge of Love62 Chapter 62 Hunting Shadows63 Chapter 63 Behind Closed Doors64 Chapter 64 Complications65 Chapter 65 Crushed Memory66 Chapter 66 Short Term67 Chapter 67 I can't remember68 Chapter 68 Haunted Promises69 Chapter 69 Echoes of Home70 Chapter 70 When the Heart Remembers Slowly71 Chapter 71 When Yesterday Knocks72 Chapter 72 The Weight of Control73 Chapter 73 Rooms That Remember74 Chapter 74 The Day the Silence Shattered75 Chapter 75 The Woman Who Wasn't Gone76 Chapter 76 The Morning After the Storm77 Chapter 77 Trying Again78 Chapter 78 Quiet Fire79 Chapter 79 Morning Whispers80 Chapter 80 The Weight of Shadows