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THE BILLIONAIRE'S FORGOTTEN BRIDE

Chapter 5 The broken bond

Word Count: 954    |    Released on: 29/04/2025

thick and unmoving-almost like her thoughts. A chill pressed against the glass, but it was nothing compared

th stiff politeness. She'd walked through marbled halls wearing silk. And now, as

iza, one of the maids, stepped in w

red. "There's... coverage of you on th

ly, her brow fur

uickly left the room, as if the s

pped th

at some past gala. The headline read: Julian Crane's

d delicately around his arm. The world around them blurred in a sea of flashing camer

recognized

s voice played o

covering following a serious car accident. Known for their elusive but passionate relationship, the couple has long

ps parted

A gossip columnist with

She's been a mystery from the start, and now her return has sparked a media

used th

Private.

ow the wor

eally who

d secrets. There was no trace of the fear she felt now. No indication of the dista

saw a fa

he pages of a storybook

tablet. She didn't know which was worse: that pe

made her smile like that-was a hope she couldn't afford to carry.

ragging her down into the ques

he before

to survive being

her so deeply that s

roke her trance. Footsteps-meas

li

rfection, eyes flicking briefly to the pause

" he said, his v

ng the tablet down

n," she said. "The one they're sh

a smirk and a sigh. "Public image is rarely

was a

unified. Strong. Untouchable. T

?" she asked, c

lightly. "Complicat

real, Julian. I feel like a gh

uietly. "But you're

by the sincerity in his v

y, "but I know what it feels like to be unlove

tween them like a

ghtened, but he

"I made mistakes. I let my ambition d

, but all she saw was restrained

me I believed you. Maybe even loved you. Bu

y for the fir

ot telling me

admitted.

ted. "Then how c

et. But I'm not going to walk away from

scream. Cry. R

eft the room, leaving behind the

nce more at the woman on the screen-the woma

if she wanted to

ing to find ou

ing down the illusion

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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