Reborn From Ashes: The Obsessive CEO's Claim

Chapter 7

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e instinct than necessity. The air on Long Island was cleaner, quieter than in the city, but she felt a strange tension, a subtle hum of activity that she couldn't place. A

deep within the Decker Capital buildi

o a screen displaying a satellite image of Aria's location. "Proceeding o

o Hayes. Over the secure line, Hayes's voice was dangerously calm.

thought she was running back to Ethan. The misund

No one goes in or out without my authorizat

iliar, tree-lined drive. The grand house, which had once represented a dream,

silent on the flagstone path leading to the back garden. She knew their routine. On a

heir cloying scent filling the air. Their vo

ist?" Seraphina was whining. "It's my-I mean, Aria's-engagem

"Of course, my sweet. This is

her voice turning petulant. "What does a girl from the Rust Belt kno

finalized and the families are linked, we'll find a way for Aria to... disa

irmation that nothing had changed. Any lingering

sed her face into a mask of placid calm

oon, Mother.

shock. They both spun around, their teacups rattlin

ere? I thought you were run

sk of disapproval. "You're tracking dirt all over my terrace.

se-flavored macarons from the tiered tray, and examined it for a moment. Then, with

taining the front of Sera

n, haven't you, Seraphina?" she said, her voice dripping with fal

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“My fiancé, Ethan, drove me to an abandoned warehouse, promising a private, romantic surprise proposal. Instead of a diamond ring, he handed me a spiked glass of champagne. As my knees buckled, my adoptive sister, Seraphina, stepped out of the shadows, linking arms with him. They laughed as they told me I was nothing but a convenient placeholder for their family merger. Ethan had always belonged to her. When I screamed for my brother Julian to save me, Ethan casually confessed he had orchestrated a truck accident to crush Julian to death because he knew too much. Surrounded by their hired thugs, I realized my entire life was a lie, and the only person who truly loved me was dead. In a final act of pure, agonizing hatred, I kicked over a metal drum of gasoline and sparked a lighter. The flames consumed the warehouse. Ethan abandoned Seraphina to save himself, and I dragged her into the inferno with me, burning to ashes together. Until my last breath, I couldn't understand how the family that raised me could be so monstrous. Opening my eyes again, I was back in my bedroom, exactly one week before the deadly surprise. My phone buzzed. It was Hayes Decker, the ruthless Wall Street billionaire whose obsessive marriage proposal I had once laughed off. This time, I answered the call. "Yes, I'll marry you. Come get me right now."”