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The Hidden Heiress: Tangled with Two Billionaire Kings

Chapter 3 City Shadows

Word Count: 1031    |    Released on: 13/08/2025

ring the night - thick cream cardstock, gold-embossed let

Event – Sterling To

is was the kind of stage Damian Sterling liked to set - hi

spread out beneath me like a glittering sea. The air was crisp, smel

n high tables and glowing heat lamps. The sound of champagne

g dark in his hand. Even at a distance, he radiated control - the kind t

ound me anyway. It was like

he said when

replied, trying to k

hing that answer. "I wanted to see how

nd

way that felt like desire, but ass

fecting the art of blending in, of being unremarkable. But he

d, another voice - wa

ep talking like that, she m

at his wrists. Where Damian was all precision and stillness, Adrian was movement - a

ed," Damian said wi

ow you the view from the south side. It's the only angle where

rpened. "She's fi

t was there - a silent push and pull, as if I were so

rom Damian and toward Adr

flicker of something else in his eyes

onversation fading behind us. The city stretched out end

aid, leaning on the railing, "that the people m

. "Is that how y

see my brother. I prefer

onder if "unpredictable" was ju

ure standing in the shadow near the rooftop exit.

or K

eath

but by the time he turn

g?" he asked, s

"Just thought I s

expression told me he d

-

ptying in slow waves. I left with the last gro

part of the city, the wet pavement gleaming under the streetlamps. I s

that same prickle along my spin

er my should

of footsteps echoed behind me

e quic

fast when yo

fr

catching the sharp line of his jaw. He looked perfectly composed, as i

be here," I sai

w step toward me. "And right now, the board needs

said. "And I

he thing about bloodlines, little he

my pulse hammering.

ady solved. "I could. But I think I'll stay close. Just to se

y, disappearing into the shadows as

-

the door and leaned agains

I'd been running from since I was fifteen. Power, leverage, bloodlines. And now

park, the city light

thing: I couldn't outrun

mean I had to

t

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1 Chapter 1 Vanishing Act2 Chapter 2 Collision Course3 Chapter 3 City Shadows4 Chapter 4 Whispers of the Founder5 Chapter 5 Shadows and Champagne6 Chapter 6 Velvet Lies7 Chapter 7 The Dance Beneath the Diamonds8 Chapter 8 Weekend at the Sterling Estate9 Chapter 9 Snowbound Hearts10 Chapter 10 The Night the Line Blurred11 Chapter 11 Breaking the Ice12 Chapter 12 The Almost Kiss13 Chapter 13 Adrian's Reckless Promise14 Chapter 14 A Kiss in the Quiet15 Chapter 15 Adrian's Accusation16 Chapter 16 A City Made for Two17 Chapter 17 Adrian's Midnight Recklessness18 Chapter 18 Fractures at Dawn19 Chapter 19 A Gala of Secrets20 Chapter 20 Brothers at War21 Chapter 21 Torn Between Fire and Ice22 Chapter 22 A Dangerous Promise23 Chapter 23 The Ice Cracks24 Chapter 24 When Brothers Collide25 Chapter 25 Running from Fire and Ice26 Chapter 26 Shattered Choices27 Chapter 27 Whispers of Forever28 Chapter 28 Stolen Moments29 Chapter 29 Between His Arms and His Eyes30 Chapter 30 In His Arms Tonight31 Chapter 31 The Morning After32 Chapter 32 A Heart in Two Hands33 Chapter 33 The Weight of His Silence34 Chapter 34 Fire Against Forever35 Chapter 35 The Silent Claim36 Chapter 36 Kiss Me Into Tomorrow37 Chapter 37 When Fire Finds the Dawn38 Chapter 38 Stolen Hours39 Chapter 39 A Forever Written in Silence40 Chapter 40 A Fire That Waits41 Chapter 41 Where Forever Waits42 Chapter 42 The Weight of Choosing43 Chapter 43 The Fire I Cannot Refuse44 Chapter 44 A Forever That Fights Back45 Chapter 45 The Fire That Refuses to Fade46 Chapter 46 The Weight of a Heart47 Chapter 47 The Shape of Forever48 Chapter 48 Between Fire and Forever49 Chapter 49 The Heart's Betrayal50 Chapter 50 A Night of Fire51 Chapter 51 The Morning After Fire ‎52 Chapter 52 The Silence Between Us53 Chapter 53 A Choice Too Heavy54 Chapter 54 What the Silence Holds55 Chapter 55 When Forever and Fire Collide56 Chapter 56 What Forever Demands57 Chapter 57 The Weight of Two Worlds58 Chapter 58 The Echo of Every Choice59 Chapter 59 The Truth Between Shadows60 Chapter 60 Between Fire and Forever61 Chapter 61 The Silence That Hurts62 Chapter 62 The Breaking Point of Silence63 Chapter 63 The Weight of Every Breath64 Chapter 64 The Day the World Saw65 Chapter 65 Whispers Turn to Storms66 Chapter 66 The Weight of Their Worlds67 Chapter 67 Into the Fire of the World68 Chapter 68 When the Cameras Found Me69 Chapter 69 The World Divides70 Chapter 70 Under the Same Spotlight