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Beneath the Velvet Lie I

Chapter 4 Eyes That Burns

Word Count: 552    |    Released on: 23/05/2025

ces, especially not ones wrapped in red s

and ballroom, his

sked intentions. Yet, she stood out-not just for her beauty, though that was undeniable-but because she looked

ingling. She

tors when he saw them.

he could feel his eyes on her-the infamous Cassian Wolfe-his reputation preceding him like a shado

she'd imagined from headlines and Maya's br

ence drew a quiet reverence, like everyone around him was aware of

thing unspoken crackled i

ad learned to conceal far more than they revealed. He made his way toward

. She had practiced this-watched interviews, rehearsed

e time to

asked, arching a brow as

th like dark velvet. "Most of the

a smirk. "Is that a c

said. "I don't be

"But I've read about you. Cassian Wol

you

her hand. "

ls her hacker friend had created. The i

ing. His skin was warm, his presence disarming in a wa

t was a note in a melody he wasn't sure h

a flicker of warmth into her v

is expression unreadable, as if tryin

les danced, glasses clinked. But for a moment

dance?"

ion of a second too long, t

the mission. She reminded herself of Maya's scars. Of ev

about charm,

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Beneath the Velvet Lie I
Beneath the Velvet Lie I
“Leona Vale's sole ambition is to kill the man who devastated her sister's life. When a strange scandal at Wolfhart Dynamics puts her younger sister Maya in the hospital and mute, Leona trades her own identity for a new one-Reyna Lancaster, a constructed tech heiress with a constructed history and just enough charm to get inside billionaire Cassian Wolfhart's inner circle. But Cassian is not the careless killer Leona anticipated. He is dangerously smart, obsessively secretive, and governed by a past as tormented as hers. When he proposes to hire her as his personal assistant-immersing her in his daily world, his trust, and his secrets-Leona is forced to tread a razor-thin line between truth and lies. The closer she draws to him, the more her beliefs start to unravel. As Leona negotiates high-society soirees, backroom boardrooms, and whispered betrayals, she uncovers a web of corruption much greater than Cassian. What starts as a mission for revenge becomes a war between duty and desire. Cassian might be concealing the truth from her... but maybe he's the one man who can save her from the lies she's created. Where power, secrets, and manipulation come with high stakes in a universe controlled by the same, Beneath the Velvet Lie explores what happens when the mask falls, and love takes root where betrayal was meant to. Will Leona trade justice for the truth? Or will the man she set out to destroy become the very one to save her from herself?”
1 Chapter 1 The Headlines2 Chapter 2 Sister's Scars3 Chapter 3 The Invitation4 Chapter 4 Eyes That Burns5 Chapter 5 The First Lie6 Chapter 6 Server Room7 Chapter 7 Power Play8 Chapter 8 A Game of Fire and Ice9 Chapter 9 Close Quarters10 Chapter 10 Shadows of the Past11 Chapter 11 The Mask Cracks12 Chapter 12 Dinner With the Enemy13 Chapter 13 Kiss of Deceit14 Chapter 14 Ghosts in the Data15 Chapter 15 Cassian's Nightmares16 Chapter 16 Truth and Temptation17 Chapter 17 The Blackmail Letter18 Chapter 18 Lines Crossed19 Chapter 19 Confession Interrupted20 Chapter 20 The Trap Springs21 Chapter 21 Revealed22 Chapter 22 Wrath of the Billionaire23 Chapter 23 Shadows Closing In24 Chapter 24 The Hidden Ledger25 Chapter 25 Unraveling Threads26 Chapter 26 Cassian's Collapse27 Chapter 27 The Rossetti Revelation28 Chapter 28 Desperate Measures