Chapter 45 The Setup
~Ginny's POV~
I was still there, sitting on my bed for a long time after Ryan's message.
Not moving, not doing anything. Just sitting with the phone in my hands and the words on the screen and the slow, cold process of something clicking into place that I should have seen sooner.
*He's setting yo...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Cold Transaction
2. Chapter 2 The Contracted Bride
3. Chapter 3 The Empty Bed
4. Chapter 4 The Patriarch
5. Chapter 5 The Return 
6. Chapter 6 Thr Weight Of Silence
7. Chapter 7 Masks At Breakfast
8. Chapter 8 The Locket
9. Chapter 9 Richard's Game Begins
10. Chapter 10 Deleted
11. Chapter 11 Lucas Appears
12. Chapter 12 The Press Attacks
13. Chapter 13 Public Armor
14. Chapter 14 The Ghost of Ryan
15. Chapter 15 Ethan's Softness
16. Chapter 16 Erica Strikes
17. Chapter 17 The Other Woman
18. Chapter 18 The Mother's Ghost
19. Chapter 19 Lucas Turns Up the Heat
20. Chapter 20 The Pregnancy Test
21. Chapter 21 The Dinner Performance
22. Chapter 22 Cracks in the Armor
23. Chapter 23 What the Camera Saw
24. Chapter 24 Holly's Voice
25. Chapter 25 The Doctor's Warning
26. Chapter 26 Lucas's Slow Move
27. Chapter 27 Ethan's Jealousy
28. Chapter 28 Missing
29. Chapter 29 Someone Knows
30. Chapter 30 Richard's Threat Upgrades
31. Chapter 31 On The Floor
32. Chapter 32 The Lie She Tells Herself
33. Chapter 33 Erica's Move
34. Chapter 34 Reluctant Ally
35. Chapter 35 Ethan Sees The Photo
36. Chapter 36 The Confrontation That Isn't
37. Chapter 37 Holly's Crisis
38. Chapter 38 The Thing Neither Says
39. Chapter 39 The Audio
40. Chapter 40 Silas's Announcement
41. Chapter 41 Counting Days
42. Chapter 42 Coming Clean (Halfway)
43. Chapter 43 Almost
44. Chapter 44 Lucas Gets Closer
45. Chapter 45 The Setup
46. Chapter 46 Tbe Pattern
47. Chapter 47 Clara
48. Chapter 48 Ethan Comes Running
49. Chapter 49 The Almost Truth
50. Chapter 50 The Weight
51. Chapter 51 The Contract She Didn't Sign
52. Chapter 52 What Lucas Knows
53. Chapter 53 The Explanation He Owes Her
54. Chapter 54 The Morning After the Signing
55. Chapter 55 Holly's Worst Night
56. Chapter 56 By Her Bedside
57. Chapter 57 The Blood Test
58. Chapter 58 The Flight Home
59. Chapter 59 The Conversation
60. Chapter 60 Ethan's Lawyer Calls
61. Chapter 61 Richard Faces Ethan
62. Chapter 62 The Morning He Touches Her
63. Chapter 63 Lucas's Slow Poison
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