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Once My Wife

Chapter 5 The Unspoken Threat

Word Count: 880    |    Released on: 17/07/2025

every corner, and Bella felt it pressing in from all sides. Conversations stopped when she entered a room. Veronica's gaze clung to her like a shadow, cold and

orate sabotage anym

elope resting innocuously on her desk. No label. No sender. Just her name

nmistakable in her favorite yellow jacket, captured mid

a threat. Her daughter, her greatest secret, was no longer hidden. Someone knew. And the

wer with shaking hands. Panic threatened to overtake he

this far? Or was it someone else in the shadows of Reed International

on between them had grown taut, a string pulled too tightly, vibr

't wast

was a power outage in the executive wing the night you left. Just under six minutes. Long e

ity. "I didn't orchestrate a blackout, J

his screen and turned it toward her. "I found irregular wire transfers, large sums moved from di

"I walked away with nothing. You think I left because I w

u saw that night. Because the deeper I dig, the

her, You destroyed us-but she couldn't. Not now. Not with that photograph

. "It doesn't m

ast doesn't just stay buried,

cornered her in the hallway outside the boardroom. Grace was ele

"I hear your comeback here has been... eventful. Some of us were surprised

u have a point, Grace,

e careful. The Reed family doesn't like surpri

Her blood iced

she whispered, her v

just gossip. Rumors, really. But rumors have a way of becomi

ng Bella stunned and breathless. Grace knew. How much sh

ening, her ph

and steady, a tether to another life

stomach

ment. And she mentioned... a child. She didn'

Dean's sister. The most dangerous kind

ut it," she said, her v

me back to Boston. Let me help. I-" He hesitated, then s

Lila's photograph haunted her, and Jason's piercing questions gnawed at her every t

ing wa

er wasn'

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1 Chapter 1 The Ghost in the Glass Tower2 Chapter 2 The Unspoken Question3 Chapter 3 The Unveiling of Suspicion4 Chapter 4 The Game of Proximity5 Chapter 5 The Unspoken Threat6 Chapter 6 The Unraveling Threads7 Chapter 7 The Unsettling Alliance8 Chapter 8 The Shadow of George Reed9 Chapter 9 The Ghost of Memory10 Chapter 10 The Unveiled Truth11 Chapter 11 The Unholy Alliance12 Chapter 12 The Whispers of the Past13 Chapter 13 The Uncomfortable Truth14 Chapter 14 The Deepening Web15 Chapter 15 The Game of Cat and Mouse16 Chapter 16 The Digital Trap17 Chapter 17 The Bait Taken18 Chapter 18 The Old Flame's Embrace19 Chapter 19 The Poisoned Whispers20 Chapter 20 The Unseen Strings21 Chapter 21 The Ultimatum and the Guardian Angel22 Chapter 22 The Shadow of the Past23 Chapter 23 The Mother's Confession24 Chapter 24 The Unmasking of a Pawn25 Chapter 25 The Conflicted Confidante26 Chapter 26 The Reckoning of Loyalty27 Chapter 27 The Dinner with the Devil28 Chapter 28 The Race Against Time29 Chapter 29 The Unseen Battle30 Chapter 30 The Storm Breaks31 Chapter 31 The Unseen Strings and a Vanishing Shadow32 Chapter 32 The Phantom Limb of Power33 Chapter 33 The Chessboard Shifts: A Glimmer of Aris34 Chapter 34 Unmasking The Weaver35 Chapter 35 Exposed on the Pedestal36 Chapter 36 The Unraveling – A Queen Dethroned37 Chapter 37 Picking Up the Pieces – The Weight of Victory38 Chapter 38 A New Foundation39 Chapter 39 The Ripple Effect40 Chapter 40 The Subtle Threat41 Chapter 41 The Phantom Within42 Chapter 42 The Unseen Strings43 Chapter 43 The Ghost in the Machine44 Chapter 44 The Game's Mastermind45 Chapter 45 The Aftermath of the Countdown46 Chapter 46 The Unraveling Threads47 Chapter 47 Seeds of Doubt48 Chapter 48 A Vulnerable Confession49 Chapter 49 The Labyrinth of Power50 Chapter 50 The Betrayal Within51 Chapter 51 The Architect's Gaze52 Chapter 52 The Ghost of Obsession53 Chapter 53 The Serpent's Coil