The Divorced Billionaire Heiress

and, blinking through her tears as she reached for the phone. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw on the screen an unknown

es drawn up to her chest, her arms wrapped around them tightly as if to hold herself together. Her sobs were quiet but relentless, each one cutting through t

. But that wasn't what broke her the most. No, what truly shattered her heart was the secret she had carried all these

e life she once had before she married him. She had run

antha muttered in her mind as her heart

enced, urged her to answer. With trembling hands,

was shaky, barely above a whisper

, and then a deep, familiar voice spoke, low and

sister, I have finally found you."

strong, steady, but now there was something else there too. A sadness, perhaps. A k

this years," she said, her voice thick with

," Samson replied, his tone soft but

ld see him in her mind, his tall, imposing figure, the way he always stood like he was ready to protect her f

fingers trembling as she clut

imagined he felt towards her would finally surface, that he would lash out and tell her all the thing

ble than she had ever heard it. "Sam... where are you? I go

d up in her

reaking as the sobs she had been holding back finally erupted. "I did

"stop. Just... stop. You don't have to apologize. Not to me. I j

, her voice small and broken

eavy with the weight of yea

you were safe, if you were alive. I thought..." His voice faltered, and for the first time, she heard the raw emotion he had be

wn her face. "I didn't want to hurt you all. I did

Why did you leave, Sam? Why didn't you come to me? I could have helped

I thought if Mathias knew who I really was, if he knew where I came from, he wouldn't love me anymore. He

aced in her chest as she waited for Samson's response. She could almos

low, almost disbelieving. "You left us all behind.

ispered. "I thought I was protecting him, prote

there was a sharp edge to his voice. "And where is he n

ad been avoiding crashed down on her. "He is... he is with her. H

e was filled with a quiet fury. "You gave up everything, Sam .... your

I know I made a mistake. I was so blinded by love, by the idea of what we could have, t

g through the darkness like a lifeline. "You haven't lo

o something for me. Pin me

can handle myself

.... "Samson was cut short when the