Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The End of Trust
2. Chapter 2 New Beginnings
3. Chapter 3 Breaking Point
4. Chapter 4 The End of Love
5. Chapter 5 Love Really Can Disappear
6. Chapter 6 Professional Growth
7. Chapter 7 Truth and Choices
8. Chapter 8 Her Secret Admirer
9. Chapter 9 A Sudden Confession
10. Chapter 10 We're Divorced
11. Chapter 11 I'd Rather Die Than Go Back to You
12. Chapter 12 It's Time to Move Forward
13. Chapter 13 Career Ascendancy and Heartfelt Echoes
14. Chapter 14 Rising from the Ashes
15. Chapter 15 My First Independent Client Meeting
16. Chapter 16 Entangled Hearts
17. Chapter 17 Running into My Ex-Mother-in-Law
18. Chapter 18 False Accusation
19. Chapter 19 Drunk Encounters in the Elevator
20. Chapter 20 When Sunflowers Meet Storm Clouds
21. Chapter 21 Encounters and Revelations
22. Chapter 22 The Gathering Storm
23. Chapter 23 Sunflowers and Misunderstandings
24. Chapter 24 Trapped in the Elevator
25. Chapter 25 Inner Turbulence
26. Chapter 26 Too Late for Regret
27. Chapter 27 Who's the Mysterious Man?
28. Chapter 28 Girls' Night
29. Chapter 29 When Feelings Run Deep
30. Chapter 30 Inner Turbulence
31. Chapter 31 Professional Boundaries
32. Chapter 32 Unspoken Feelings
33. Chapter 33 A Night Together
34. Chapter 34 Dangerous Whispers
35. Chapter 35 I've Missed Him Too
36. Chapter 36 When Pride Meets Fall
37. Chapter 37 Dark Tides
38. Chapter 38 The Final Goodbye
39. Chapter 39 Unspoken Feelings
40. Chapter 40 Dark Intent
41. Chapter 41 The Dark Side of Love
42. Chapter 42 When Fury Meets Fear
43. Chapter 43 After the Storm
44. Chapter 44 Are You in Love?
45. Chapter 45 What Goes Around
46. Chapter 46 Don't Touch Me
47. Chapter 47 Healing Hearts
48. Chapter 48 Riding Lessons
49. Chapter 49 Retaliation
50. Chapter 50 The Answer Is Still No
51. Chapter 51 Mixed Signals
52. Chapter 52 The Wedding
53. Chapter 53 Thorns Among Roses
54. Chapter 54 Awkward Confrontation
55. Chapter 55 Moment of Clarity
56. Chapter 56 Uncontrollable Feelings
57. Chapter 57 Dangerous Boundaries
58. Chapter 58 The Taste of Yesterday
59. Chapter 59 Undercurrents
60. Chapter 60 Unexpected Tenderness
61. Chapter 61 Need for Comfort
62. Chapter 62 Beyond Office Hours
63. Chapter 63 Who Are You Really?
64. Chapter 64 A Drive with Destiny
65. Chapter 65 Deliberate Provocation
66. Chapter 66 Better to Disappear Forever
67. Chapter 67 Difficult Choices
68. Chapter 68 Strategic Compassion
69. Chapter 69 The Art of Negotiation
70. Chapter 70 Moment of Choice
71. Chapter 71 His Jacket, Her Heart
72. Chapter 72 Midnight Revelations
73. Chapter 73 His Unexpected Kiss
74. Chapter 74 Mom's Misunderstanding
75. Chapter 75 Unexpected Turns
76. Chapter 76 Pink Diamonds and Hidden Intentions
77. Chapter 77 Exquisite Acting Stirs My Heart
78. Chapter 78 Courtroom Confrontation
79. Chapter 79 Battlefield Courtroom
80. Chapter 80 Dangerous Chemistry
81. Chapter 81 Discovered My Former Father-in-Law's Affair
82. Chapter 82 Accidental Encounter, Deliberate Plans
83. Chapter 83 An Unexpected Night of Racing
84. Chapter 84 Playing Pretend (1)
85. Chapter 85 Playing Pretend (2)
86. Chapter 86 Playing Pretend (3)
87. Chapter 87 Playing Pretend (4)
88. Chapter 88 The Perfect Boyfriend Act
89. Chapter 89 The Taste of Intimacy
90. Chapter 90 Time to become Mrs. Blackwood
91. Chapter 91 Betrayal and Schemes: A Heart Trapped in Diamond
92. Chapter 92 Unexpected Confrontations
93. Chapter 93 Between His Bleeding Hand and My Racing Heart
94. Chapter 94 Beneath the Wound, A True Heart
95. Chapter 95 His Sudden Confession, Am I Being Used as a Substitute?
96. Chapter 96 The One I Had Been Waiting For All Along
97. Chapter 97 Avoiding Me?
98. Chapter 98 Are You Pregnant?
99. Chapter 99 Try With You
100. Chapter 100 I'd Rather Have a Kiss
101. Chapter 101 You Want Me to Feed You Your Pills?
102. Chapter 102 Cook Dinner Together
103. Chapter 103 A Dinner in Perfect Sync
104. Chapter 104 Blind Date (1)
105. Chapter 105 Blind Date (2)
106. Chapter 106 Slipping into Alex's Building
107. Chapter 107 No One Loves You Like I Do
108. Chapter 108 We Were Meant to Be Together
109. Chapter 109 Name Your Price and Leave
110. Chapter 110 Penalizing Kiss of Aggression
111. Chapter 111 Bleeding Heavily
112. Chapter 112 The Baby Didn't Make It
113. Chapter 113 I Will Sue Her
114. Chapter 114 Do You Like Children?
115. Chapter 115 Unexpected Encounter
116. Chapter 116 When Will You Come Home with Me?
117. Chapter 117 Kiss Me
118. Chapter 118 Touch Me Once, and I'll Call Security Immediately
119. Chapter 119 What Did You Ever See in Him?
120. Chapter 120 Let's Remarry
121. Chapter 121 When I Choose Someone, I Don't Change My Mind
122. Chapter 122 Discovered Affair
123. Chapter 123 A Suicide Note
124. Chapter 124 Weighing Evidence
125. Chapter 125 Do You Regret Your Divorce?
126. Chapter 126 An Unexpected Encounter at the Art Exhibition
127. Chapter 127 Mr. Kingston, You Wanted to See Me?
128. Chapter 128Receiving a Call from the Police Station
129. Chapter 129 Want Me to get You a Knife?
130. Chapter 130 Stop Trying to Act Familiar
131. Chapter 131 Some People Can't Change Their Nature
132. Chapter 132 Leave Right Now
133. Chapter 133 He Only Said He Loved Me
134. Chapter 134 Taking the Case
135. Chapter 135 The Doppelgänger of Another Woman?
136. Chapter 136 At Least I Hadn't Allowed Myself to Fall Completely
137. Chapter 137 Meeting the Victim
138. Chapter 138 Can They All Go to Prison?
139. Chapter 139 She's Mine
140. Chapter 140 Was I Simply a Ghost of His Past Love?
141. Chapter 141 So Busy that Practically Forgot about Him
142. Chapter 142 Twist of Fate in the Courtroom
143. Chapter 143 A Turning Point Outside the Courtroom
144. Chapter 144 My Cold Attitude towards Him
145. Chapter 145 She Never Loved Me
146. Chapter 146 Courthouse Showdown
147. Chapter 147 Wasn't It Just by Selling Yourself?
148. Chapter 148 You Nearly Killed Me
149. Chapter 149 When Did You Get Yourself Such a Cute Guy?
150. Chapter 150 Don't Be So Boy-Crazy
151. Chapter 151 Don't Harass Me Again
152. Chapter 152 Men Are Replaceable
153. Chapter 153 Anxiety from Afar
154. Chapter 154 Am I Just a Replacement for Someone You Couldn't Have?
155. Chapter 155 Go Change Your Clothes, I'll Wait for You
156. Chapter 156 Are You Insane?
157. Chapter 157 An Overbearing and Possessive Kiss
158. Chapter 158 Clothes Got Wet
159. Chapter 159 There Won't Be a Next Time
160. Chapter 160 I Don't Accept Lies
161. Chapter 161 You Simply Don't Have Feelings for Me
162. Chapter 162 Nothing More Than My Boss
163. Chapter 163 It's about Doing My Job Well, Nothing More
164. Chapter 164 Just One Drink
165. Chapter 165 Are You Planning to Remarry Him?
166. Chapter 166 Driving Katherine Home
167. Chapter 167 We're No Longer Together
168. Chapter 168 I Will Miss You
169. Chapter 169 Watching Him Leave
170. Chapter 170 Don't Talk about Him
171. Chapter 171 Maybe He Got Tired of Her
172. Chapter 172 He Didn't Come with You?
173. Chapter 173 All Dead
174. Chapter 174 Silent Longing
175. Chapter 175 I Hope They're Happy Together
176. Chapter 176 Are You Really Willing to See Me Gone?
177. Chapter 177 Who Would be Visiting at This Hour?
178. Chapter 178 Are You Okay?
179. Chapter 179 He Doesn't Love You
180. Chapter 180 I Don't Need You There
181. Chapter 181 We Broke Up a Long Time Ago
182. Chapter 182 Staying Overnight
183. Chapter 183 He Likes You
184. Chapter 184 Why Don't You Take a Few More Days Off?
185. Chapter 185 I Have a Surprise for You
186. Chapter 186 Do You Like Me?
187. Chapter 187 Come Find Me at My Place Tonight
188. Chapter 188 You Two Were Perfectly Matched
189. Chapter 189 Going to See Him
190. Chapter 190 I Shouldn't Stay Long
191. Chapter 191 But I Want to Marry You
192. Chapter 192 What Just Happened Between us Was a Mistake
193. Chapter 193 I Can't Sleep
194. Chapter 194 If You're Lonely, Find a Man
195. Chapter 195 He's Learned to Care About Others
196. Chapter 196 Running into Phillip's Mather in the Johnson Mansion
197. Chapter 197 I Want You
198. Chapter 198 Don't Stop, Please
199. Chapter 199 He Likes You, Doesn't He?
200. Chapter 200 Couldn't Decide Between Phillip And Noah
201. Chapter 201 Could You Stay Here with Me for a While?
202. Chapter 202 There's Someone I Like
203. Chapter 203 Are you Jealous?
204. Chapter 204 Say You're Mine
205. Chapter 205 I'm Really Sorry
206. Chapter 206 Hidden Motives
207. Chapter 207 Planning on Marriage
208. Chapter 208 What a Pity
209. Chapter 209 An Anonymous Package
210. Chapter 210 Don't Be Stubborn About Breaking Up
211. Chapter 211 Then We Can't Even Be Friends
212. Chapter 212 Being This Cruel to Me
213. Chapter 213 Get Out Of My Way
214. Chapter 214 Get All Twisted Inside
215. Chapter 215 Don't You Miss Me At All?
216. Chapter 216 What Do You Want to Tell Me?
217. Chapter 217 I Like Children Too
218. Chapter 218 Who Are You?
219. Chapter 219 A Frightening Visitor
220. Chapter 220 Terrifying Visitor
221. Chapter 221 She's Been Kidnapped
222. Chapter 222 Finding Serena
223. Chapter 223 A Place Where We Can Be Together, Just The Two Of Us
224. Chapter 224 You Just Want To Possess Me
225. Chapter 225 Your Love Is The Last Thing I Want
226. Chapter 226 Defiance to the Death
227. Chapter 227 Open the Door Now
228. Chapter 228 Surviving the Abyss
229. Chapter 229 Sweet Dreams, My Love
230. Chapter 230 A Dangerous Game
231. Chapter 231 Escape from the Abyss
232. Chapter 232 I Don't Want You to Face Murder Charges Because of me
233. Chapter 233 Touch If You Want To
234. Chapter 234 I Want to Make Things Clear to Him with You
235. Chapter 235 Falling for Love
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Chapter 227 Open the Door Now
Serena Sinclair's POV:
I stared back at him, eyes wide with terror. My heart pounded so hard I thought it might burst from my chest as I realized with horrible clarity what would happen next if I didn't do something.
"I... I'm begging you," I whispered, the words tasting like ash in my mouth. I ca...
