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Burned by his lies

Chapter 5 Her Death

Word Count: 1164    |    Released on: 11/10/2025

a's

t I can hear comes from Adrian who is breathing softl

without causing him to wake up. It's a difficult task since his arm is wrapped around me p

e finally settles and I let out a deep breath and imme

t the door. I stare at myself in the mirror, taking in my swollen lips from his rough kis

ion but some aches are very vital to one's healing process. T

s in place. You've

eyes I pick up the phone and black jacket and make

t quickly come to a stop before rounding the corner as I not

otten?" I wonder out loud wh

r and fire alarm a few steps from me. I quickly gra

ngers and throw the extinguisher at the window at the end of the hall, smashing

they are distracted looking through it,

wards the stairs and sprint down. Halfway down, I hear Adrian's bo

ar

f his voice is filled with a

e noise and commotion

s voice bo

ing me. Adrenaline rushed through my body. My steps hit the stairs with forc

gh the window and yell

sure if I really want to

you?" I as

Dam

us as Adrian's voice shouts f

never." The d

speeds down the road a

happen

our death

k, my voice trembling and fea

h sends me flying to the door. The car stops and there's ano

bracelet," the driver says as

you goin

by morning. Adrian will find these

ounding in my ears. It feels like a deep

he speeds towards a tree but just before he reaches it, he jumps out and the car co

he car and it feels like the ol

The car is swallowed up by the fire and seconds later, ther

face. I lean back against the seat and cr

view, "It was necessary. You'll be a gh

e news and when he'll find my wedding ring.

way I wan

n is airing the news about my "death". Cameras flood the place where t

orn-Leighton suspected dead in a gha

ar. The officers rush after him but he suddenly stops. I can barely recognize the man on t

im something in a bag. My bracelet

took off. I watch the man I love fall to

tries to run towards the car again but the officer holds him back.

ation. Billionaire Adrian Leighton loses his wife i

e house, I watch as everything unfolds. The car, my bracelet, my funeral. A

," I whisper into

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“BLURB Zara Winterborn believed that marrying Adrian Leighhton was a dream come true and the best thing that had ever happened to her broken childhood. Instead, it tied her to a man whose love hid a dark truth that burned her to ashes. She overhears a phone call on their honeymoon that shatters her whole world. The love of her life is already married. Feeling betrayed and desperate after learning she's pregnant, she makes some unthinkable decisions. She fakes an abortion, fakes a miscarriage, and disappears from her old life. Five years later, she returns as a renowned architect. Not as Zara but Aria Sterling with a secret daughter. Adrian sees her at a gala and his regret transforms into obsession as he hires investigators to dig deeper. He will tear everything down, even his empire and his blood just to win her forgiveness again. But Adrian isn't the only one who becomes obsessed with her. Even Damien, the stranger who helped her disappear to punish her, has his own plans and wants to use Zara as a weapon for revenge. As secrets of stolen embryos, hidden mothers, children, unknown siblings, and bloodlines twisted by lies, come to light, Zara must choose. Does she stick with Damien and destroy Adrian forever or does she forgive Adrian and let him into their lives? She vanished before. Can she disappear again when things get tough?”