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THE CEO'S SECRET BRIDE

Chapter 5 The Truth in the Dark

Word Count: 992 | Released on: 11/06/2025

nt, I coul

n, and the darkness insi

run. But my feet weren't saying t

le already?" I

was sure someone could hear it. The door was open now,

t this far. But my legs were saying no again

ok inside. Just a quick lo

ore. It let out another low crack, like

r I started to see shapes of a chair and a small table. Something that looked

be Carson was just messing with me or may

my hand, feeling along the wall

and switc

ng ha

her step forward. My foot then hit someth

s I lifted it, it fel

I ope

picture o

ust like mine. Soft

cause I knew that face. I had se

his desk. The one he never talked about. T

in curiosity. Who was she? And why

walls, but they were covered in dust. This room wasn't just a

for a purpose and it was

n had been keeping i

on hiding you?" I asked, look

uch, a sound of Footsteps

s were shaking. I knew I

hurried to the door. I peeked into the hallway to see

saw a shadow at th

d my

son

at me im

Did he see

er, with his f

smile, trying to

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doing just no

to thin

mean?" I asked, trying

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that's why you're standing he

ll, nervous lau

calm, but there was a warni

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. "Then why are you hiding y

ght them forwa

nt, just looked at me. And the longer

e was quieter now. "D

whole body ha

lf to shake m

tood there, his eyes searching mine, a

ed, trying to turn it back on him. "You've been act

d you before. Some doors

akes me want to know more. If it's

s trying to control his patie

y m

thought maybe, just maybe, he

his head. "Not toni

im. "Seriousl

t me off, his voic

looking at me... it was different. It wasn't anger, and It wasn't

like that

getting any an

turned and walked back to my

door behind me, I kn

letting

Chapter End

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“I am ANNABEL DRAKE, a woman who has spent her entire life in the shadows of others. A forgotten girl child, and also an underestimated employee, in fact I am everything you can think of because I have been through a lot . It started after my father was imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. My family lost everything: our fortune, our home, and most painfully, our dignity. My mother fell ill under the weight of disgrace, and I became the sole provider, fighting every day just to keep us alive. When an unexpected job opportunity lands in my lap, I see it as an opening way out of poverty and struggle. Working as an executive assistant for Carson Clair, the almighty billionaire CEO of Sonclair Enterprises, isn't easy. He's rude, and unnecessarily leading over everyone in a bad manner, and I can tell you unapologetically that he's everything I despise in a man. But the paycheck is good, and I need it. Then, the unimaginable happens after a few months. Carson makes me an offer I can't refuse because it is such a juicy offer. It was a contract marriage. He needs a wife to secure a billion-dollar deal, and in exchange, he promises to clear my father's name, pay off my mother's medical bills, and set me up for life. It sounds like a dream... until I realize I'm falling for him. Just as I start to believe that maybe, just maybe, this arrangement could turn into something real, my world shatters again. I discovered a secret which was actually the truth and it changed everything. Carson isn't who I thought he was. And neither is the man I've been secretly confiding in... Fred Mark. One is lying. The other is using me. But the worst part? I don't know which one. And by the time I figure it out, it might already be too late.”