Shattered Love: Claimed By The Rival Boss

Chapter 7

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and suffocating, heavy with accusat

ian," she murmured, her voice laced with sorrowful resolve, "perhaps we should call the police. I

turn of the screw to force Elara into a confession. S

he shrieked, her voice rising hysterically. "You want the police in this house? You want the

asn't worried about justice or truth. She was terrifi

adow falling across her like a shroud. "Elara, this is your last chance," he said, his

and. He was offering her a plea ba

next. Juliana's false tears. Julian'

on of it. A version where she was the villain, and they were the wronge

seless. Pleadin

r voice quiet but ringing with a finality t

tched. Julian's pati

o had been hovering silently in the doorway. "Beaumont, check the s

ough Elara. The cameras. The

. they're not working. The ones in the living room and the main hall. They m

ned to ice in

cou

ought of everything. Juliana and Sharon. May

in Juliana's eyes before she

mixture of disappointment and disgust. "N

cked. They had built a cage of lies around h

epest, most suffocating part of that darkness, a tiny, wi

t the stake, she thought, I'

smile that made them all pause. In the face of th

ched into the pocket of her d

saic of glass, but it still l

ce soft and dangerously calm. "An item of such value has

hant expression

s thumb moved across the broken s

he phone

oed clearly from the speaker.

ell into a stunne

eyes holding his. And she spoke into

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Shattered Love: Claimed By The Rival Boss

Janie Romance

“For three years, Elara Vance sacrificed her promising art career to live in the shadows as Julian Carlisle's secret girlfriend. But while sitting in the ER with a severely sprained ankle, she watched the hospital TV announce Julian's grand engagement to the wealthy heiress, Juliana Kensington. When Elara dragged her injured foot back to the estate, Julian shamelessly demanded she stay on as his hidden mistress. After she slapped him and refused, Juliana and Elara's own mother teamed up to frame her for stealing a crystal shoe. Her mother publicly condemned her just to protect her own luxurious lifestyle in the Carlisle mansion. "Close the gates and enforce the house rules!" Julian slapped Elara across the face, ignoring her bleeding ankle, and ordered his guards to drag her into the dark basement to silence her. Elara felt a chilling despair as she looked at the man she had loved and the mother who gave birth to her. Why was her three years of devotion treated like garbage? Why was her own flesh and blood helping outsiders destroy her? As the guards dragged her away, Elara pulled out her shattered phone and dialed a number she hadn't touched in years. "Damian Kensington? You told me you owed me a favor. I'm calling it in." She used her last ounce of strength to summon the one man who could crush them all-Juliana's formidable older brother.”