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The Bride's Double life

Chapter 5 The storm focus

Word Count: 1086    |    Released on: 10/06/2025

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e couldn't bear to read the messages that remained unanswered on the screen of her phone, which buzzed until the battery died. Her world had become a tightly packed ball of fear by morning. However, the show had to continue. At the theatre, her co

her dressing room. There was no card, just a velvet ribbon tied in a bow like a noose. When she touched the petals, her hands shook. His perfume wafted throu

ctive Alyssa Crane stood with her arms crossed in the theater's wings later that evening, her sharp eyes scanning every nook and cranny. Camille sat next to her and held a coffee cup in each hand as if the warmth alone c

just maybe, Camille was finally

d sister, a journalist who begins to suspect Camille of having a secon

imple: "The truth doesn't wait for comfort." So, when Camille didn't answer her calls, Margot thought it was just another victim of their bitter childhood. They

mething didn

eak from a whistleblower had dropped an encrypted file on her desk at The Examiner. Names, transactions, coded logs. Because she

ties to international finance. Despite this, Camille had never shown any interest in anything even remotely shady,

cuments sai

eries of emails between someone named "CRW" and a faceless diplomat linked to a recent UN bribery probe. Margot's stomac

a forced smile. "Well. You finally crawled out of your moral cave," Camille s

Minimalist. Cold. She wondered how muc

some questions," Mar

they were salvation?" Camille, no. This is different. Your name came up. Wire transfers

d too loudly. "

smile. "Tell me

icked up a crystal glass of something amber-col

no idea what you're looking at." Margot's stomach dropped. Sh

nce passed b

't black and white." "Sometimes you

at?" Margot snapped. "Esp

er a direct sta

bout power-it was about survival. From whom, then? Camille got up before she could say anything

t the fire insid

ing day to do her favor. What she uncovered unsettled her: Camille wasn't just laundering money. She was a link between two i

ecret broker. Possibly a pawn-

onal operatives, sanctioned entities, and whispered threats. Nothing made sense. Her s

elope was lying on the floor when she opened it. Inside

argot's hands shook. She was no longer just a journalist.

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The Bride's Double life
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“The Bride's Double Life Where vows collide with secrets, and love wears a mask... Camille Rowe is about to marry into the illustrious Ward family in the quiet elegance of Hollow Creek. To the townspeople, she's the perfect bride: elegant, devoted, reborn. However, beneath the lace and assurances is a woman fleeing a perilous past. In Brooklyn, she's known by another name-the seductive and secretive songstress at The Red Veil Bar, where the lights are low and the lies run deep. Unaware of the storm his bride carries beneath her veil, the groom, Ethan Ward, is a polished corporate heir with charm and legacy in his veins. But secrets don't stay buried forever, especially not in The Wedding Estate, where walls have ears and ghosts whisper names. When Jonas Blake, Camille's former lover and the only man who knew her truth, returns from the shadows, Camille's fragile new world trembles. Not only was their past sexy, but it was also dangerous. And incomplete. Margot Rowe, Camille's estranged sister, shows up unannounced and begins to cauterize the wounds that have not healed. Her motives? Murky. Who are her allies? Unclear. And lurking not far behind is Detective Alana Verge, a hard-nosed Brooklyn cop chasing a trail of crimes that lead straight to Camille's polished new life. As Mrs. Evelyn Ward, Ethan's shrewd and grieving mother, watches with cold suspicion, Dominic Crane-a stranger with cryptic warnings and connections to Camille's past-emerges from the crowd, speaking in riddles and truths she isn't ready to face. Only Avery Kent, Camille's fiercely loyal best friend, knows how far Camille has gone to escape her past-and how close she is to losing herself in the web she's spun. Everything unravels at the Ridgewell Train Station, where time once stopped for Camille-and may again. It's where destinies collide, where identities confront each other in the stark light of truth, and where love, vengeance, and redemption await their final curtain. In a world where every character wears a mask, Camille must decide which life is real-the one she escaped or the one she's trying to build. Will she run again... or finally stand and fight for the woman she's become?”
1 Chapter 1 Whispers before the vows2 Chapter 2 The cost of yes3 Chapter 3 Fractures in lace4 Chapter 4 Cracks in glass5 Chapter 5 The storm focus6 Chapter 6 Under the static7 Chapter 7 Underneath the badge8 Chapter 8 The fallout9 Chapter 9 Ashes of the name10 Chapter 10 The morning arrived like a judgement