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Mind-Link's Lie: Love's Cruel Deception

Chapter 5 

Word Count: 1000    |    Released on: 04/08/2025

by her hospital bed, his head slumped against his chest. He looked exhausted. The

f the old hope returned.

ly straightened up, his expression hardening into the familiar cold mask. H

om Chloe's purse during the fall. She placed them on th

vorce

to sit up, a sharp pain shooting through her ribs

n the floor and bent to pick them up. He saw the title

s gray eyes sharp and p

," she lied, her voice weak. "She's going throu

cuments I need to sign for the gallery. A new c

d in suspicion. He held the papers,

aid the document is real. He is terrified of losing

nce, useful. It told her ex

cretly craved. "I know I've been difficult lately. I was just... so hurt. But I

complex mix of relief and smug satisfaction. He had won. He had pushed her

lipped to the last page of the document she' d cleverly placed on top-a

is voice back to its usual cool, commanding tone. He pl

ked them safely into her bag. Her heart was pou

er, making his point. His social media was a curated stream of his life with Gi

a chilling resolve. He thought he was playing his same old game,

he went to her lawyer' s office. The divorce was

ut erasing herself from his life. She closed their joint accounts, cha

was wrong. His constant barrage of social media provocations was

bedroom. It was neat, tidy, but it felt... hollow. He opened her closet. Half of he

ep into his chest. He called her phone. I

eal panic. This wasn

ety. He lashed out at his employees, canceled meetings. He told

in his mind, just as he always did. "You're bein

nswer. The silen

he despised. They told him they hadn't seen her. He wen

cing, when a thought, cold and s

apers he had sign

e burst into the house and went straight to her art studio. It was empt

a profound sense of loss washing over hi

remembered a small, hidden safe she kept in her closet, a

nly one thing. A si

ed, and notorize

her elegant script

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