Chapter 165: **"I Should Have Cleaned Out the Rot Long Ago"**
Elara's POV
I hung up the phone, my hand still trembling around it.
Grandmother had woken up. The news hit me like a shot of adrenaline straight to the chest, and for the first time in days, the unbearable tension coiled inside me finally had somewhere to breathe.
The study door was open. Jeffrey...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Price of a Heartbeat
2. Chapter 2 My own son wishes I were dead.
3. Chapter 3 I'll disappear on the day of the surgery.
4. Chapter 4 All for another woman
5. Chapter 5 She had gotten too greedy.
6. Chapter 6 I don't want you!
7. Chapter 7 Don't eat it then. Your choice.
8. Chapter 8 Maybe he knew and simply didn't care.
9. Chapter 9 Maybe he knew and simply didn't care.
10. Chapter 10 I was talking nonsense.
11. Chapter 11 He was still flesh of my flesh.
12. Chapter 12 You'd better remember your place.
13. Chapter 13 This would be the last time.
14. Chapter 14 Every sacrifice I'd made became a joke.
15. Chapter 15 From now on, I owed no one anything.
16. Chapter 16 Don't throw around words like divorce
17. Chapter 17 why the hell would you terrorize a four-year-old child?
18. Chapter 18 I really was a joke.
19. Chapter 18 I really was a joke.
20. Chapter 20 Don't talk to her!
21. Chapter 21 Vinetto
22. Chapter 22 You people deserve each other.
23. Chapter 23 He wasn't accepting my resignation
24. Chapter 24 I don't care. Just stop bothering me.
25. Chapter 25 She was mine.
26. Chapter 26 Had something happened?
27. Chapter 27 Save me... don't leave...
28. Chapter 28 I needed to take back my own life.
29. Chapter 29 None of your business.
30. Chapter 30 A little rebellion was to be expected.
31. Chapter 32 What Am I Even Hoping For?
32. Chapter 32 What Am I Even Hoping For?
33. Chapter 33: You're My Wife—Why Should I Let Go?
34. Chapter 34: The Illusion Shatters
35. Chapter 35: The Last Illusion
36. Chapter 36 The Artist's Verdict
37. Chapter 37: The Breaking Point
38. Chapter 38: The Plagiarist Unmasked
39. Chapter 39: The Teacher's Verdict
40. Chapter 40: Blocked
41. Chapter 41: From Now On, Whether She Lives or Dies Has Nothing to Do With Me
42. Chapter 42: No Escape
43. Chapter 43: The Monster I've Become
44. Chapter 44: The Outsider
45. Chapter 45: Breaking Point
46. Chapter 46: The Trap Tightens
47. Chapter 47: The Sedative
48. Chapter 48: The Rescue
49. Chapter 49: The Empty Room
50. Chapter 50: The Twisted Truth
51. Chapter 51: The Chase on the Pacific
52. Chapter 52: The Bullet That Shattered Everything
53. Chapter 53: Too Late for Regret
54. Chapter 54: The Line I Crossed
55. Chapter 55: The Last Thread
56. Chapter 56: Cold and Salty
57. Chapter 57: Debt and Distance
58. Chapter 58: The Trap
59. Chapter 59: The Trap Tightens
60. Chapter 60: The Airport
61. Chapter 61: The Photograph
62. Chapter 62: I Will Never Let Her Go Again
63. Chapter 63: The Chase
64. Chapter 64: I Am Your Husband
65. Chapter 65: I Can't Touch Her
66. Chapter 66: The Distance Between Us
67. Chapter 67: The Shadow That Follows
68. Chapter 68: Red Roses and Boundaries
69. Chapter 69: A Fake Among Fakes
70. Chapter 70: Boundaries and Declarations
71. Chapter 71: Damian — Ashes and Fury
72. Chapter 72: Damian - The Mask Falls
73. Chapter 73: Shadows in Cairo
74. Chapter 74: The Net Tightens
75. Chapter 75: The Wager
76. Chapter 76: The Challenge
77. Chapter 77: The Price of Defiance
78. Chapter 78: He Destroyed My Life for a Liar
79. Chapter 79: Let You Go Where?
80. Chapter 80: "You're Mine — You'll Only Ever Be Mine"
81. Chapter 81: You'll Never Leave Me
82. Chapter 82: I Don't Need Your Forgiveness
83. Chapter 83: I Was Jealous Out of My Mind
84. Chapter 84: I Have Hands
85. Chapter 85: Mommy
86. Chapter 86: The Picture Stays
87. Chapter 87: It Only Matters Who's Beside You
88. Chapter 88: He Got the Woman, but Lost the Girl She Used to Be
89. Chapter 89: "You Haven't Forgiven Me"
90. Chapter 90: Wait for Me to Come Home
91. Chapter 91: Five Years Ago, It Was Me"
92. Chapter 92: This Is a Real Home
93. Chapter 93: Mommy, do you not like me anymore?
94. Chapter 94: I'm Not Going to Let Anything Happen to Him
95. Chapter 95: Leave the rest of the dirty work to me
96. Chapter 96: She Finally Looked Like a Montgomery
97. Chapter 97: Vivian twisted her body mid-fall, landing precisely in my arms.
98. Chapter 98: The Kiss in the Basement
99. Chapter 99: I Don't Care About Him
100. Chapter 100: I Don't Care About Him
101. Chapter 101: You're Mine
102. Chapter 102: Let Me Go
103. Chapter 103: I Will Never Let You Go
104. Chapter 104: I Don't Know
105. Chapter 105: Let Me Lose Everything
106. Chapter 106: He's a Gentleman With a Bottom Line
107. Chapter 107: You'd Better Know Your Place
108. Chapter 108: I Won't Beg You to Let Me Go
109. Chapter 109: You Go Find Damian
110. Chapter 110: Best Prepare Yourself
111. Chapter 111: She Didn't Believe It
112. Chapter 112: She Was a Pawn All Along
113. Chapter 113: Mommy, We're Here to See You
114. Chapter 114: He Was Just a Man
115. Chapter 115: Shut Your Mouth
116. Chapter 116 :You Honestly Think He'd Want You?
117. Chapter 117 :He Looked Just Like Damian
118. Chapter 118 : Don't Hide Things From Me
119. Chapter 119 : We Meet Again
120. Chapter 120 : The Only Thing That's Ending
121. Chapter 121: Hate Is Still a Kind of Love
122. Chapter 122: Keep Your Filthy Hands Off Her
123. Chapter 123: "I Did This for Elara"
124. Chapter 124: Other Things, I'll Handle
125. Chapter 125: The Last Drop
126. Chapter 126: You're Mine Forever
127. Chapter 127: Wait for Me
128. Chapter 128: Suspicion Is Enough
129. Chapter 129: I Love You
130. Chapter 130: He Was Out of His Mind
131. Chapter 131: Where is he
132. Chapter 132: He's Gone
133. Chapter 133: DNA Match Results
134. Chapter 134: Blood Debt
135. Chapter 135: The Only Light
136. Chapter 136: I Won't Let Anyone Declare Him Dead
137. Chapter 137: He Never Belonged to the Dead
138. Chapter 138: You Don't Deserve to Be His Mother
139. Chapter 139: He Said This Was What He Owed Me
140. Chapter 140: The Weight of His Legacy
141. Chapter 141: Accept Reality
142. Chapter 142: Forgetting even to push him away.
143. Chapter 143: You Would Never Have Left Me
144. Chapter 144: He's Not Coming Back
145. Chapter 145: You're So Poor — How Could You Afford This?
146. Chapter 146: I Have a Lover
147. Chapter 147: You're Still Alive
148. Chapter 148: You Can't Just Walk Away
149. Chapter 149: He Said Daddy Was Already Dead
150. Chapter 150: You Don't Get to Talk About My Mommy
151. Chapter 151: I'll Make Them Pay With Their Lives
152. Chapter 152: No Elders, Only Rules
153. Chapter 153: I Would Never Mistake That Voice
154. Chapter 154: I Don't Know Why She Does This to Me
155. Chapter 155: Was That Man Elara's Husband?
156. Chapter 156: He Was Alive
157. Chapter 157: He's Still in This City
158. Chapter 158: He's Alive
159. Chapter 159: He Never Let Her Touch Him
160. Chapter 160: Call 911!
161. Chapter 161: My Soul Had Already Recognized Her
162. Chapter 162: I Am Your Most Trusted
163. Chapter 163: None of You Can Take Her From Me
164. Chapter 164: I Can't Close My Eyes
165. Chapter 165: **"I Should Have Cleaned Out the Rot Long Ago"**
166. Chapter 166: **"She Poisoned My Tea"**
167. Chapter 167: **"You Don't Get to Walk Away"**
168. Chapter 168: He's Still a Missing Person
169. Chapter 169: I'll See You in Court
170. Chapter 170: He's Not Dead
171. Chapter 171: Even Jesus Wouldn't Find Us
172. Chapter 172: *"Make It Look Like an Accident"*
173. Chapter 173: *"I Would Trade My Life for Hers"*
174. Chapter 174: *"He Had No Right to Touch Her"*
175. Chapter 175: Am I Always Second to Damian?
176. Chapter 176: I Would Never Even Consider It
177. Chapter 177: He Must Be Watching Me
178. Chapter 178: The Rules Have Changed
179. Chapter 179: She Still Recognized Me
180. Chapter 180: He Looked at Me Like a Stranger
181. Chapter 181: You Never Had His Heart
182. Chapter 182: I Remember Everything
183. Chapter 183: You're Nothing But an Organ Container
184. Chapter 184: You're Just a Woman
185. Chapter 185: He Doesn't Need Me Anymore
186. Chapter 186: Wait for Me, Elara
187. Chapter 187: Daddy Hasn't Forgotten You
188. Chapter 188: I Know Who You Are Better Than You Do
189. Chapter 189: I Was the One Who Put Her There
190. Chapter 190: This Is Killing Me Slower Than a Bullet Would
191. Chapter 191: I Don't Want to Guess Anymore
192. Chapter 192: I Don't Need to Step Out of One Man's Shadow Just to Hide in Another's
193. Chapter 192: I Don't Need to Step Out of One Man's Shadow Just to Hide in Another's
194. Chapter 194: *"The World Collapsed"*
195. Chapter 195: No Survivors
196. Chapter 196: Not Waiting for the FBI
197. Chapter 197: How many tears had she shed?
198. Chapter 198: I Will Go to Iceland
199. Chapter 199: I Will Find You
200. Chapter 200: The Storm's Aftermath
201. Chapter 201: Daddy
202. Chapter 202: None of This Has Anything to Do with Me Anymore
203. Chapter 203: The Stranger at the Table
204. Chapter 204: He Looks Like He's About to Shatter
205. Chapter 205: I Know
206. Chapter 206: I'm begging you — give me one more chance.
207. Chapter 207: The Real You
208. Chapter 208: Stay Away From My Wife
209. Chapter 209: You've Thought This Through?
210. Chapter 210: *Because We're Done**
211. Chapter 211: I Don't Accept This
212. Chapter 212: "You're a Madman"**
213. Chapter 213: "I Knew You Couldn't Bear to Let Me Go"
214. Chapter 214: We'll Go Back Together
215. Chapter 215: I told you
216. Chapter 216: Time to Play This Game Differently**
217. Chapter 217: I'm Here
218. Chapter 218: I Believe Him
219. Chapter 219: A Complete Joke
220. Chapter 220: I Do
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