Chapter 11: The Serpent's Smile
Celeste’s POV
They think I’m gone.
Adrian with his stiff arrogance and Samora with her wide-eyed naïveté. They believe they’ve written me out of the story. That the gala was my curtain call, and I’m fading into irrelevance.
But they’ve forgotten something crucial.
I taught Adrian how to play this ga...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Drowning in Desperation
2. Chapter 2: The Spider's Web
3. Chapter 3: The Signing
4. Chapter 4: The Rules of the Cage
5. Chapter 5: Public Wife, Private Prison
6. Chapter 6: The Truth About Her Father
7. Chapter 7: More Truths
8. Chapter 8: Breaking the Leash
9. Chapter 9: SMOKE AND MIRRORS
10. Chapter 10: Poisoned Honey
11. Chapter 11: The Serpent's Smile
12. Chapter 12: Ashes on the Water
13. Chapter 13: Splinters in the Dark
14. Chapter 14: Home Front Sabotage
15. Chapter 15: Heartbeat
16. Chapter 16: The Slip
17. Chapter 17: Terms of a Devil Deal
18. Chapter 18: The Baby Shower
19. Chapter 19: The Obsession in Shadow
20. Chapter 20: The Performance of Loss
21. Chapter 21: Splinters of Silence
22. Chapter 22: Bound by Blood
23. Chapter 23: The Perfect Trap
24. Chapter 24: The Mirror Lies
25. Chapter 25: The Blackmail Alliance
26. Chapter 26:Threads of Care
27. Chapter 27: Stuck with Him
28. Chapter 28: Poisoned Cups
29. Chapter 29: Society Whispers
30. Chapter 30: Breaking Point
31. Chapter 31:The Deal Deepens
32. Chapter 32: A Fragile Peace
33. Chapter 33: Slipping Control
34. Chapter 34: Cracks in the Lie
35. Chapter 35: The Gift of Fear
36. Chapter 36: Shadows of Touch
37. Chapter 37: Fury Unleashed
38. Chapter 38: The Manipulator’s Smile
39. Chapter 39: A Dangerous Bond
40. Chapter 40: Paranoia Rising
41. Chapter 41: The Faint Divide
42. Chapter 42: Web of Lies
43. Chapter 43: – A Broken Reflection
44. Chapter 44: Lines Crossed
45. Chapter 45: The Blow Up
46. Chapter 46: The Silent War
47. Chapter 47: The Descent of Celeste
48. Chapter 48: Deadly Bargains
49. Chapter 49: The Vulnerable Night
50. Chapter 50: Ruins Of Trust
51. Chapter 51: The Storm Breaks
52. Chapter 52: Ashes Between Us
53. Chapter 53: Threads of Deception
54. Chapter 54: Chains of Protection
55. Chapter 55: Nathan’s Obsession
56. Chapter 56: – A Dangerous Tenderness
57. Chapter 57: The Double Betrayal
58. Chapter 58: The Growing Divide
59. Chapter 59: Adrian’s Awakening
60. Chapter 60: The Price of Lies
61. Chapter 61 – The Ticking Clock
62. Chapter 62: Caught in the Garden
63. Chapter 63: Cracks in the Mask
64. Chapter 64: Seeds of Paranoia
65. Chapter 65: The Puppet Strings
66. Chapter 66: A Fragile Peace
67. Chapter 67: Sabotage in the Shadows
68. Chapter 68: Dangerous Collusion
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