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Taken By The Tycoon

Chapter 5 The Ties That Bind

Word Count: 1142    |    Released on: 01/01/2025

ring cloud. Lucas was staring at her intently, but she couldn't force herself to look him in the eyes. No

with unsaid words. Lucas hadn't said anything since reading Henry's note, and Gr

oice was soft and controlled, but it had an

like me to say," Grace sai

r, his aura fi

everything, Grace. All

he truth. She did owe him the truth. He had a right to

closing her eyes. "I do

slightly forward, his gaze s

. What's he threa

n you believe he is. He's not just some business partner-he was involved in everything. My father's financial mess, the shady

brows. "But you di

everything. It began as a business, but soon turned personal. He made me think I w

hin line. "So Henry's been bl

bt, to control me. To make me do things I never wanted to do. The worst part is... I helped him. "I didn't realize it at that

d I was capable of doing it myself. I felt I could save you

d that it would make Lucas see her as weak, as a victim. But worse, she was afraid

l of quiet conviction. "But I needed to hear it from you. I nee

ing she hadn't witnessed in a long time: trust. Not naïve, naive trust, but th

ty of his words began to se

was brief and cold, but

ace. I am well aware of your f

your family's dirty little secrets. If you don't come to me,

walls closing in again. Henry wasn't just play

rantically, her voice quiveri

ould move. "You don't need to go to him. Whatever he's t

t if she didn't confront Henry immediately, all she'd tried to hide would be re

her voice steady despite the horror she felt within. She nodded

s voice had a dangerous edge now. "I'v

d, her voice stopping in her throat. "I'm ref

ting against the reality of what Henry could do. And, just for a moment, G

no one could save her

tempting to contain his emotions. "If

you like

. She wanted to defend him and keep him out of it. But at this instant, she realized she could

to do this carefully. I can't trust him

shing in his eyes. "Then we'll

or, the prospect of what was soon to

before Henry revealed everything. But she wasn't convinced w

a black SUV arrived outside of the mansion. The doo

s he took in the sight of Lucas standing beside her

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1 Chapter 1 The Announcement2 Chapter 2 The Abduction3 Chapter 3 The Truth Unravels4 Chapter 4 Secrets and Lies5 Chapter 5 The Ties That Bind6 Chapter 6 The Edge of Truth7 Chapter 7 Fire and Shadows8 Chapter 8 Shadows Closing In9 Chapter 9 The Last Countdown10 Chapter 10 Race Against Time11 Chapter 11 The Shadows Deepen12 Chapter 12 Into the Inferno13 Chapter 13 The Third Strike14 Chapter 14 The Clockwork Trap15 Chapter 15 Fractured Ties16 Chapter 16 Beneath the Ashes17 Chapter 17 The Breaking Point18 Chapter 18 Shattered Seconds19 Chapter 19 The Domino Effect20 Chapter 20 Racing Shadows21 Chapter 21 The Blazing Heart22 Chapter 22 Against All Odds23 Chapter 23 Beyond the Bait24 Chapter 24 Countdown to Chaos25 Chapter 25 Sparks of Reckoning26 Chapter 26 Racing Against Shadows27 Chapter 27 When the Dust Settles28 Chapter 28 Breaking Point29 Chapter 29 Into the Abyss30 Chapter 30 The Edge of Despair31 Chapter 31 A Glimmer in the Dark32 Chapter 32 Inferno's Echo33 Chapter 33 A Signal of Betrayal34 Chapter 34 Through Fire and Ash35 Chapter 35 Under Siege36 Chapter 36 Reckoning37 Chapter 37 Into the Void38 Chapter 38 The Countdown39 Chapter 39 Edge of the Abyss40 Chapter 40 All or Nothing41 Chapter 41 The Promise42 Chapter 42 Against the Fall43 Chapter 43 Race Against Time44 Chapter 44 Bound by the Flame45 Chapter 45 The Last Stand46 Chapter 46 A Shadow Returns47 Chapter 47 The Ticking Shadow48 Chapter 48 A Second Chance to Fall49 Chapter 49 Breaking the Cycle50 Chapter 50 Beyond the Brink51 Chapter 51 Flames of Betrayal