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THE BILLIONAIRE'S FORGOTTEN BRIDE

Chapter 3 The Mansion's Secret

Word Count: 872    |    Released on: 29/04/2025

ke a ghost searching for a

chandeliers that dangled like frozen waterfalls. The deeper she went, the more claustrophobic it felt. There

upposedly-were always served. A wardrobe full of designer clothes appeared in her dressing room. A nurse cam

ot when Juli

ulately dressed, with the same guarded express

right away: he n

her back when they passed in narrow halls. His eyes, however, told another

ing. His gaze would linger on her hands, her face, her throat-unt

eak something? Or run? But she couldn't bring herself to speak the

nly part of the mansion that wasn't kept pristine. Dust coated the corners

f books, faded photographs, and a grand piano covered in a thi

on stared back at her in its glossy black surface. She looked... older than she felt. Not i

sat a photo frame,

rned it over. He

wind in their hair. She was laughing, her head tilted back, eyes sparkli

the dress, not the beach, not

hadow moved i

Julian leaning against

sed to be in here

I didn't know. Th

oom before settling on the photo in her hand.

gain, her fingers tightening on

gently took it fr

not

he photo and pulled the cover back

it?" she asked. "About w

ul thing, Emma. And yours is still fractured.

oward him. "Do yo

fro

ung in the air

said, "I m

not what

"Love is... complicated. It

did I feel like I had to leave

flickering behind his calm mask. "Beca

oul

at followed wa

yond the French doors. Every room in this mansion was beautiful, yet felt like a cag

e entered the room. The way her skin bristled when he stood too close. The way her stom

n't fee

nything, she di

of glass cutting through fog. A flash of an argument. Her voice rising. His han

wake, drench

e hallway, she he

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1 Chapter 1 The Awakening2 Chapter 2 The Cold husband3 Chapter 3 The Mansion's Secret4 Chapter 4 The ruthless billionaire5 Chapter 5 The broken bond6 Chapter 6 Flashback and fragments7 Chapter 7 The Hidden Truth8 Chapter 8 The Secret Pregnancy9 Chapter 9 A Conversation With The Past10 Chapter 10 Julian's Dark Side11 Chapter 11 The Ex-fianceé12 Chapter 12 Cracks in the Ice13 Chapter 13 THE PHONE IN THE MIRROR CABINET14 Chapter 14 Whispers in the Dark15 Chapter 15 Cracks in his Amour16 Chapter 16 Shards of Yesterday17 Chapter 17 The Journal of E18 Chapter 18 The Sonogram19 Chapter 19 The Tender Shift20 Chapter 20 The Quiet Between Storms21 Chapter 21 A Voice so Familiar22 Chapter 22 Nowhere but Here23 Chapter 23 A World That Doesn't Know Her24 Chapter 24 The Locked Door25 Chapter 25 The Door Between Us26 Chapter 26 A Shattered Trust27 Chapter 27 The Warning28 Chapter 28 The First Move29 Chapter 29 The Crash Of Memory30 Chapter 30 A Second Child, A New Storm31 Chapter 31 The Truth He Hid32 Chapter 32 The Brother's Warning33 Chapter 33 Lillian's Threat34 Chapter 34 The Mask of Truth35 Chapter 35 Beneath Her Smile36 Chapter 36 The Fire Beneath The Rose Garden37 Chapter 37 The Things you were Never Meant to Know38 Chapter 38 The Detour39 Chapter 39 The Growing Distance40 Chapter 40 Hidden Ledgers41 Chapter 41 The Only Thing I ever Loved42 Chapter 42 The Vanishing Silence43 Chapter 43 Cracks in the Golden Image44 Chapter 44 A New Beginning45 Chapter 45 Echoes of Love46 Chapter 46 The Deal47 Chapter 47 Unraveling the Wreckage48 Chapter 48 A Glimpse of Her Heart49 Chapter 49 The Cracks in the Crown50 Chapter 50 Echoes of a Lost Heart51 Chapter 51 When the Heart Breaks52 Chapter 52 Crossroads of the Heart53 Chapter 53 The Reconnection54 Chapter 54 Cracks in the Glass55 Chapter 55 Shadows in the Silence56 Chapter 56 The Cabin in the Pines57 Chapter 57 The Crest and the Chains58 Chapter 58 Steel and Gunfire59 Chapter 59 The Floodgates Open60 Chapter 60 A Mother's Embrace and a Villain's Rage61 Chapter 61 Beneath the Surface62 Chapter 62 Smoke and Blood63 Chapter 63 Salting Wounds64 Chapter 64 The Flame Before the Storm65 Chapter 65 The Crest of Secrets66 Chapter 66 The Silent Witness67 Chapter 67 The Family Chain68 Chapter 68 The Backup Plan69 Chapter 69 The Ambush70 Chapter 70 A Queen's Gambit71 Chapter 71 Shadows Across the Seas72 Chapter 72 The Mask of Fire73 Chapter 73 The Unraveling74 Chapter 74 The Trap Beneath the Snow75 Chapter 75 The Lioness in Hiding76 Chapter 76 The Final Reckoning