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THE MAN I WAS PAID TO FORGET

Chapter 2 THE VOICE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO

Word Count: 1481 | Released on: 05/11/2026

ldn't have even been there. Adrian Vale was supposed to be dead, buried five years ago. She spent all night digging through newspaper a

grandmother's letter waited beside her laptop. She'd read it so many times she co

graph knows what hap

, the police at her grandmother's door, and Mara holding her all night. For sixteen years, she believed the accid

o recognize faces. Her grandmother looked uncomfortable. Silas stood nearby, one hand re

GRAND HOTEL. The article was dated October 18, five years ago. Adrian was found dead in a restricte

randmother looked so much like Adrian, but she tried

nd a photo of Adrian. Put them side by s

g her jump. Same unfamiliar nu

" she said, skipp

you too," Silas r

games. The man in that ph

kno

five ye

of the offi

ding behind my grandm

the hotel

g the q

nswer I can give y

conve

rea

orehead. "Did you know my grandmothe

er surpr

w l

ral m

you tell m

didn'

ger slipping th

unbeli

bout things that cou

fore, Mr. Veyr. You wer

or the first time, Sila

in, his voice was

twisting the t

ure in her chest.

re you holdi

ate. "When I entered that ro

"You're saying you got

d I just b

se I say so. But you deserve

glass, lingering smoke. She remembered Silas standing over Adrian's body, cuff s

You didn't

ing, he handed her eno

ou pay me?

of reach of the

h peo

t expla

rse you

ame like you ha

, sil

ved someone was hunting for the original ownership records. She

nced at t

evid

. She refused to say

ld she t

did

off guard. "Then

ess to the Veyr records. She wanted

black car from last night was g

ndmother af

n you b

ever talked to me like my wea

itting across from Silas-probably refusing whatever fanc

e her

her never li

nything about my pa

ply right away.

ir acciden

private firm tied to the Veyr family. There

er her feet. "Why would your f

g to figur

slippery roads. The police told Mara the driver lost c

ays belie

grandmot

Mara-her protector-had

n't she

wanted to p

throat t

rotecting me. But I've s

ore than you th

you d

hung

and fired up her laptop again. She searched for the private investigation

father'

h her father's full name. A scann

LTING PARTNER, VE

ed with the

e neve

il pinged. The address was unfamiliar.

oked like an old hotel security report, dated October 17, five years a

nt completed. No furth

ad it

signature:

pay her to leave-he filed her absenc

t away. He answered

d me a secur

gnature'

t re

the not

went

e lost its usual calm.

e email

ce. Don't open attachm

ing to tell me

o find out w

not what

lly. That report isn'

ed at it

to record your departure

m felt

who

d a door open, someone talki

have a

nged on a dime.

archive's be

checking,"

e requested the original footage

came b

not leave y

ed. "You're givi

not to make yours

yone want tha

asured. "Because someon

ced at her

ound thre

e's at

t ope

r's voice: "Miss Voss? We have someth

phone pressed to her

as calm, alm

ws what happened

nvelope slid u

words written in handw

AS WHO

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“Five years ago, Elara Voss walked into a room and found a dead man at a billionaire's feet. Silas Veyr was standing beside the body, holding the murder weapon. The next morning, he paid her to forget everything she had seen. She took the money, signed the silence agreement and disappeared. Now she's back. After her grandmother's suspicious death, Elara discovers a photograph, a disturbing letter and a warning that could destroy everything she thought she knew about that night. The trail leads straight back to Silas Veyr-the dangerously handsome billionaire she swore never to see again. But Silas insists he didn't kill Adrian Vale. He claims he arrived after the murder and concealed evidence to protect someone he loved. Elara doesn't believe him. Unfortunately, she needs him. As an investigation into a deadly family conspiracy forces them into dangerous proximity, their hatred begins to blur into an attraction neither can afford. His controlled exterior hides a man haunted by guilt. Her determination to expose him threatens to uncover secrets powerful enough to get them both killed. But the deeper Elara digs, the more frightening the truth becomes. Someone has been watching her for five years. Someone murdered her grandmother to protect a secret. And the man she was paid to forget may be hiding the one truth that could destroy their growing love. Silas once paid Elara to remain silent. This time, he may have to risk everything to make her listen. Because some secrets can be buried. Some sins can be forgiven. But can a woman love the man who once made her silence worth a fortune?”