Chapter 137 The man who stayed
~CLAIRE'S POV~
The smell of St. Jude's Hospital was a time machine.
Hygienic air, old coffee, and industrial cleaner. It smelled exactly like the day I lost the baby.
The day I sat in a waiting room alone, waiting for Richard to answer a phone call he never took.
I stopped in the middle of the ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The discovery
2. Chapter 2 The hospital cruelty
3. Chapter 3 Isolation
4. Chapter 4 The transformation
5. Chapter 5 The perfect storm
6. Chapter 6 The perfect storm 2
7. Chapter 7 The proposal 
8. Chapter 8 The Alexander Alliance
9. Chapter 9 Breaking the internet
10. Chapter 10 The reckoning
11. Chapter 11 Welcome home
12. Chapter 12 The trap
13. Chapter 13 Unraveling
14. Chapter 14 Ghost between us
15. Chapter 15 The chessboard
16. Chapter 16 Slippery loyalty
17. Chapter 17 Broken truth
18. Chapter 18 Mask off
19. Chapter 19 The office trap
20. Chapter 20 Richard torment
21. Chapter 21 Richard torment 2
22. Chapter 22 The first crack
23. Chapter 23 Promises
24. Chapter 24 Know your place
25. Chapter 25 Delusion men
26. Chapter 26 Keep it together
27. Chapter 27 A surprise visit
28. Chapter 28 Phase two
29. Chapter 29 Gold digger
30. Chapter 30 Auction
31. Chapter 31 Man whore
32. Chapter 32 Anger
33. Chapter 33 Territory
34. Chapter 34 Failure
35. Chapter 35 The perfect view
36. Chapter 36 Dealing with a problem
37. Chapter 37 Neighbor next door
38. Chapter 38 Thanks for caring
39. Chapter 39 Don't be a hero
40. Chapter 40 Making headlines
41. Chapter 41 Being watched
42. Chapter 42 Standing my ground
43. Chapter 43 In control
44. Chapter 44 Threesome
45. Chapter 45 Freaking night
46. Chapter 46 Half truth
47. Chapter 47 Beg
48. Chapter 48 Making things rich
49. Chapter 49 The TEXT
50. Chapter 50 Secret admirer
51. Chapter 51 Hell is Home
52. Chapter 52 Earning forgiveness
53. Chapter 53 Stranger from the past
54. Chapter 54 That fall that did not happen
55. Chapter 55 Delicate monster
56. Chapter 56 Pain & pleasure 1
57. Chapter 57 Pain & Pleasure 2
58. Chapter 58 Pain & Pleasure 3
59. Chapter 59 Half truth dinner
60. Chapter 60 Half truth dinner 2
61. Chapter 61 Beautiful mess
62. Chapter 62 Breakfast and Tension
63. Chapter 63 Somethings is changing
64. Chapter 64 No more pretending
65. Chapter 65 Unwelcome eyes
66. Chapter 66 Playing the game
67. Chapter 67 Paranoid
68. Chapter 68 Hell damn Tuesday
69. Chapter 69 Rage
70. Chapter 70 Justice serve
71. Chapter 71 Getting out of control
72. Chapter 72 Complicit
73. Chapter 73 The truth unreveiled
74. Chapter 74 The Owen revelation
75. Chapter 75 The Owen story
76. Chapter 76 The morning after
77. Chapter 77 Kill for you
78. Chapter 78 First time losing
79. Chapter 79 Proof and truth 1
80. Chapter 80 Proof and truth 2
81. Chapter 81 A drama for show
82. Chapter 82 Still fighting
83. Chapter 83 Claiming what his
84. Chapter 84 What you wanted
85. Chapter 85 Sued 1
86. Chapter 86 Sued 2
87. Chapter 87 Heartache
88. Chapter 88 Espionage
89. Chapter 89 Threaten what’s mine
90. Chapter 90 Enemy within friends
91. Chapter 91 Honesty
92. Chapter 92 Excuses
93. Chapter 93 The reconciliation
94. Chapter 94 Closer to home
95. Chapter 95 Survival mode
96. Chapter 96 Madam ceo
97. Chapter 97 Friend or foe
98. Chapter 98 War paint
99. Chapter 99 Trust no one
100. Chapter 100 Unwelcome guest
101. Chapter 101 Victory lap
102. Chapter 102 A liability
103. Chapter 103 Accelerated timeline
104. Chapter 104 The phone stop ringing
105. Chapter 105 DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
106. Chapter 106 Card decline
107. Chapter 107 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
108. Chapter 108 The other brother
109. Chapter 109 Silent treatment
110. Chapter 110 Sleeping with the enemy
111. Chapter 111 Possession
112. Chapter 112 Vultures
113. Chapter 113 Blood and water
114. Chapter 114 Leverage
115. Chapter 115 A stranger eyes
116. Chapter 116 The trojan horse
117. Chapter 117 A family reunion
118. Chapter 118 THE PRODIGAL SISTER
119. Chapter 119 The other man
120. Chapter 120 The package
121. Chapter 121 The victory lap
122. Chapter 122 Liquidated
123. Chapter 123 The clean up
124. Chapter 124 Target pratices
125. Chapter 125 The alliance of ash
126. Chapter 126 Sickening sweet
127. Chapter 127 Too late
128. Chapter 128 Two pink lines
129. Chapter 129 The puppet master
130. Chapter 130 The descent
131. Chapter 131 The hollow man
132. Chapter 132 The trigger
133. Chapter 133 The aftermath
134. Chapter 134 Blood ties
135. Chapter 135 The devil’s bargain
136. Chapter 136 Burnt notice
137. Chapter 137 The man who stayed
138. Chapter 138 The sin eater
139. Chapter 139 The maid daughter
140. Chapter 140 The smell of lies
141. Chapter 141 The seed of doubt
142. Chapter 142 The prodigal son
143. Chapter 143 The Queen of nothing
144. Chapter 144 Dirty hands
145. Chapter 145 The Art of lie
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