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When the Hearts collide

Chapter 3 Secrets Wrapped In croissants

Word Count: 592    |    Released on: 09/04/2025

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pe between two fingers like it might catch fire. The words on the paper repl

you signed.

No return addr

secrets forever-not the kind his company had built itself on. But

ow there

ts or live in boardrooms full of lies. She painted on sidewalks,

ade everyt

bag of croissants and a head full of warnings.

under her, completely unaware of how beautiful she looked in that

rinned. "There he i

e bag. "Bearing

it. "Tell me one of them is choco

almond. And a bonus cinnamon,

ing into one with zero elegance.

that had nothing to do with food. She was chaos and calm in

of him knew

ernoon. She dragged him from one mural to t

t of a wall bursting with color. The mural was a face-a woman wi

voice soft. "Said the eyes would follow people

stomach

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gged financial irregularities while helping with data entry at Vale & Quinn. Sh

ad it.

otte

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ng at the mural like it was a

ouldn't

d hard and

in his penthouse, every s

drawer months ago. Dust clung to the edges. He flipped th

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ne L

orts. Her compl

rs. The ones that let Charles Quinn move money overseas, into

s hands

d her. He hadn'

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1 Chapter 1 The Girl who drew in the rain2 Chapter 2 Croissants and Skeletons3 Chapter 3 Secrets Wrapped In croissants4 Chapter 4 The Artist and the Ghost5 Chapter 5 A Sketchbook of Lies6 Chapter 6 Storms Don't Knock7 Chapter 7 Kisses Before Earthquakes8 Chapter 8 Shadows know Your Name9 Chapter 9 The Eye of Everything10 Chapter 10 The Fire Within the Flame11 Chapter 11 Running With the Flame12 Chapter 12 Smoke Doesn't Lie13 Chapter 13 Queen of Ashes,Heart of fire14 Chapter 14 Ghosts in His Silence15 Chapter 15 Whispers Beneath Applause16 Chapter 16 Champagne and Spies17 Chapter 17 The Trap in the Spotlight18 Chapter 18 The Truth Doesn't Bleed-It Burns19 Chapter 19 Ghosts Don't Knock-They Kick In Doors20 Chapter 20 Even Shadows Leave Footprints21 Chapter 21 Buried Heart22 Chapter 22 Truth Has a Pulse23 Chapter 23 Caged Flame24 Chapter 24 When the Dead Return25 Chapter 25 Between the Bullet and the Truth26 Chapter 26 The Truth Doesn't Wait27 Chapter 27 A Heart Built on Fire28 Chapter 28 The Burn Beneath the Skin 29 Chapter 29 Bloodlines and Betrayal30 Chapter 30 Shadows Know Your Name31 Chapter 31 The Fire Between Us32 Chapter 32 Eyes That Lied, Hands That Held On33 Chapter 33 Beneath the Surface34 Chapter 34 Falling Walls, Shifting Hearts 35 Chapter 35 The Edge of Us 36 Chapter 36 The Shatter Point37 Chapter 37 A Kiss Before the Storm38 Chapter 38 Into the Fire39 Chapter 39 Through Fire and Silence40 Chapter 40 Tethered by Truth41 Chapter 41 Shadows That Bleed42 Chapter 42 The Face Behind the Silence43 Chapter 43 The Echo Chamber44 Chapter 44 Ashes and Echoes45 Chapter 45 Smoke and Mirrors46 Chapter 46 The Reckoning47 Chapter 47 The Ghost in the Mirror48 Chapter 48 The Original Sin49 Chapter 49 The Mirror War