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Chapter 4 Innocent Yeah, Right.

Word Count: 1132    |    Released on: 12/04/2025

her with someone else-a man in a blue shirt with refined features. They laughed

right then-candy that belon

a sneer. "Green shirt, red hair...

gaze, unable to resist teasing. "What's gotten int

ook. "Paired with your blonde

outh fashion, old man. Somet

ex. A sudden cold gust blew past. Alex clutched his jacket, ad

rricane. Derek viciously tossed his c

ew minutes passed, and then something clicked. Alex whipped his head around,

too loudly, "that's the

hired you fo

ed their heads and a

o commit murder. Just as he was about to kick

ike the week before, she offered him a small sm

he'd heard Alex'

ut to approach her when the man in the blue shirt beat

he night she'd spent with him, she'd been all sharp edges a

en sweet routin

point, Derek frowned and closed the dista

anything but friendly. "Been thinking about y

eyes as she shot him a warning

ered towards him even as she snapped at Derek. Irritation coiled in Derek's chest, fu

anding next to Flora, the contrast was stark. Where Flora was sh

a grown man, yet it was the first thing that

e was soft, yet it made severa

t fire, while the other man stood bet

urning to the man beside her, she looped her arm through

ready to throw out a fe

as steel as she leaned in and hissed, "I'm telling you-run that mou

st the railing. Far from showing fear, he leaned back further, resti

passive. "That's

"You might fool everyone else with that innocent face, but not me. Y

unny, I almost didn't recognize you. This whole sickly loo

stband still on his arm. He must have forgo

a nearby trash bin before resuming his nonchalant postu

trash," Flora sneered. She never claimed to be good; i

e. On the contrary, he g

bed and do what perfect m

she saw Asher approaching from a distance. She'd ke

ing her intense gaze on the other man

do you think your precious man would do if he f

anding flat against Derek's chest. A ruthless glint flash

id little, he was genuinely startled by the

genuinely intended to kil

she hissed, "and I swear, I'll

s eyes were slightly red as he pulled her into a tight embrace, as

hispered, patting A

, swearing she'd kill me-next thing

ome," Flora said

hing their figures disappear into the elevator.

im, loving h

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“A forced marriage. A forgotten heiress. It's a game where survival means becoming Queen, not Pawn. Flora Grey – a young woman once abandoned by her father; she and her older brother drifted for over a decade in poverty. With her mother gone and her identity erased, the name "Flora" became a forgotten disgrace amidst the glittering elite. But when the family plunges into crisis, the callous father from her past coldly forces her to return, compelling her to marry Derek Blackwood – the nominal heir to the Arnold Group – as a final gambit to salvage the family fortune. However, what seemed like a mere transactional marriage was the beginning of a fateful game. Derek is far more complex than his indifferent facade suggests. And Flora? She is no longer the obedient doll, letting others pull her strings. Returning from the depths of society, carrying scars, resentment, and a fierce will to survive, Flora is determined never to let anyone control her again. She wants to live. She wants to protect her brother. And if she's been forced onto the chessboard, she intends to become the Queen-never content to remain a Pawn.”