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Chapter 4 Whispers of the Founder

Word Count: 1234    |    Released on: 13/08/2025

w like a polite but persistent knock. I sat cross-legged on my be

e to the Winter Garden C

and the whisper of recognition in my gut -

n corporate gossip columns and old financial reports. My father had

woman who knows

r Garden Café was small and understated, its glass windows fogged from the warmth inside. A bell

alread

poised elegantly in her hand. Her hair was silver, swept back into a chignon, a

as I approached. Not

. "That

Please. I don't play games,

from her, my pulse spiking

with an ease that felt almost deliberate. "I sat on the

between us like

wasn't an acciden

rpened. "No.

was the hum of the café and the so

an, your enemies, and the Sterling brothers will not. You are the founder's blood. Direct li

ists under the table.

e board has been waiting for the right moment to use you

I'm not part of their

te a smile. "The thing about bloodlines, my

Victor Kane's,

you why they're circling. The Founders' Gala is in three months. If you attend

hinner. "And i

r place," she said simply. "

er. It was too much, too fast - and yet, some deep,

it," I said finall

'd expected nothing les

-

emy, only the feel of the rain soaking into my coat

e dorm entrance,

the other holding a black umbrella. The rain didn't to

een busy,

ed. "Were you

you've been," he said evenly. "Serena Ma

d. "Why do

y. "Because she's

estion slipped out be

, not cold calculation, but something softer. "I don't want to see you che

ow what to

d rain clinging to him. "If you ever have ques

not A

se Adrian will tell you exa

the door for me and stepped aside

-

yond the glass, every light a reminder that some

a.m., my ph

p? – Adria

typed back: How di

security cameras, I can get a phon

better judg

s in his pockets, that infuriating grin in plac

ine,"

ing toward the glass doors. "Come on. There's

g me into their orbit. But there was something about Adrian's ease, the way

rom the academy. The windows fogged from the heat in

of a cheeseburger, "Serena

lfway to my mout

easily. "Damian's probably already filed it i

wn. "Why are you

said, his tone almost serious. "And Serena's good at making you feel

you w

eturned. "

ead. "You're

glinting. "That's w

-

endlessly beyond the window. Serena's war

me I didn't understand - a

ing to stay in

ounders' Gal

e was the key

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Contents

Chapter 1 Vanishing Act Chapter 2 Collision Course Chapter 3 City Shadows Chapter 4 Whispers of the Founder Chapter 5 Shadows and Champagne Chapter 6 Velvet Lies
Chapter 7 The Dance Beneath the Diamonds
Chapter 8 Weekend at the Sterling Estate
Chapter 9 Snowbound Hearts
Chapter 10 The Night the Line Blurred
Chapter 11 Breaking the Ice
Chapter 12 The Almost Kiss
Chapter 13 Adrian's Reckless Promise
Chapter 14 A Kiss in the Quiet
Chapter 15 Adrian's Accusation
Chapter 16 A City Made for Two
Chapter 17 Adrian's Midnight Recklessness
Chapter 18 Fractures at Dawn
Chapter 19 A Gala of Secrets
Chapter 20 Brothers at War
Chapter 21 Torn Between Fire and Ice
Chapter 22 A Dangerous Promise
Chapter 23 The Ice Cracks
Chapter 24 When Brothers Collide
Chapter 25 Running from Fire and Ice
Chapter 26 Shattered Choices
Chapter 27 Whispers of Forever
Chapter 28 Stolen Moments
Chapter 29 Between His Arms and His Eyes
Chapter 30 In His Arms Tonight
Chapter 31 The Morning After
Chapter 32 A Heart in Two Hands
Chapter 33 The Weight of His Silence
Chapter 34 Fire Against Forever
Chapter 35 The Silent Claim
Chapter 36 Kiss Me Into Tomorrow
Chapter 37 When Fire Finds the Dawn
Chapter 38 Stolen Hours
Chapter 39 A Forever Written in Silence
Chapter 40 A Fire That Waits
Chapter 41 Where Forever Waits
Chapter 42 The Weight of Choosing
Chapter 43 The Fire I Cannot Refuse
Chapter 44 A Forever That Fights Back
Chapter 45 The Fire That Refuses to Fade
Chapter 46 The Weight of a Heart
Chapter 47 The Shape of Forever
Chapter 48 Between Fire and Forever
Chapter 49 The Heart's Betrayal
Chapter 50 A Night of Fire
Chapter 51 The Morning After Fire ‎
Chapter 52 The Silence Between Us
Chapter 53 A Choice Too Heavy
Chapter 54 What the Silence Holds
Chapter 55 When Forever and Fire Collide
Chapter 56 What Forever Demands
Chapter 57 The Weight of Two Worlds
Chapter 58 The Echo of Every Choice
Chapter 59 The Truth Between Shadows
Chapter 60 Between Fire and Forever
Chapter 61 The Silence That Hurts
Chapter 62 The Breaking Point of Silence
Chapter 63 The Weight of Every Breath
Chapter 64 The Day the World Saw
Chapter 65 Whispers Turn to Storms
Chapter 66 The Weight of Their Worlds
Chapter 67 Into the Fire of the World
Chapter 68 When the Cameras Found Me
Chapter 69 The World Divides
Chapter 70 Under the Same Spotlight
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