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The Hidden Heiress: Tangled with Two Billionaire Kings

Chapter 4 Whispers of the Founder

Word Count: 1234    |    Released on: 13/08/2025

w like a polite but persistent knock. I sat cross-legged on my be

e to the Winter Garden C

and the whisper of recognition in my gut -

n corporate gossip columns and old financial reports. My father had

woman who knows

r Garden Café was small and understated, its glass windows fogged from the warmth inside. A bell

alread

poised elegantly in her hand. Her hair was silver, swept back into a chignon, a

as I approached. Not

. "That

Please. I don't play games,

from her, my pulse spiking

with an ease that felt almost deliberate. "I sat on the

between us like

wasn't an acciden

rpened. "No.

was the hum of the café and the so

an, your enemies, and the Sterling brothers will not. You are the founder's blood. Direct li

ists under the table.

e board has been waiting for the right moment to use you

I'm not part of their

te a smile. "The thing about bloodlines, my

Victor Kane's,

you why they're circling. The Founders' Gala is in three months. If you attend

hinner. "And i

r place," she said simply. "

er. It was too much, too fast - and yet, some deep,

it," I said finall

'd expected nothing les

-

emy, only the feel of the rain soaking into my coat

e dorm entrance,

the other holding a black umbrella. The rain didn't to

een busy,

ed. "Were you

you've been," he said evenly. "Serena Ma

d. "Why do

y. "Because she's

estion slipped out be

, not cold calculation, but something softer. "I don't want to see you che

ow what to

d rain clinging to him. "If you ever have ques

not A

se Adrian will tell you exa

the door for me and stepped aside

-

yond the glass, every light a reminder that some

a.m., my ph

p? – Adria

typed back: How di

security cameras, I can get a phon

better judg

s in his pockets, that infuriating grin in plac

ine,"

ing toward the glass doors. "Come on. There's

g me into their orbit. But there was something about Adrian's ease, the way

rom the academy. The windows fogged from the heat in

of a cheeseburger, "Serena

lfway to my mout

easily. "Damian's probably already filed it i

wn. "Why are you

said, his tone almost serious. "And Serena's good at making you feel

you w

eturned. "

ead. "You're

glinting. "That's w

-

endlessly beyond the window. Serena's war

me I didn't understand - a

ing to stay in

ounders' Gal

e was the key

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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