Chapter 77: The Price of Defiance
Elara's POV
The moment Lucas's name was spoken, the entire hall fell silent.
Jack's expression shifted. He instinctively took two steps back. In the presence of true academic authority, his half-baked expertise meant nothing.
Professor Lucas frowned as he made his way to the display platform, sur...
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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
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