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Chapters
The Wife who vanished
Chapter Two: The Ceremony and the Silence
Shadows in the Spotlight
Chapter Four: Terms of Collision
Chapter Five: Beneath the Surface
Chapter Six: Old Wounds, New Fire
Chapter Seven: The Charter
Chapter Eight: Fireline
Chapter Nine: The Fall
Chapter Ten: Rebuilding
Chapter Eleven: Embers of a New Beginning
Chapter Twelve: Tangled Hearts
Chapter Thirteen: Echoes from the Past
Chapter Fourteen: In Her Name
Chapter Fifteen: A Different Kind of Forever
Chapter Sixteen: Vows in Bloom
Chapter Seventeen: The Honeymoon
Chapter Eighteen: Homecoming
Chapter Nineteen: Lines Drawn
Chapter Twenty: Foundations
Chapter Twenty-One: A Wider Canvas
Chapter Twenty-Two: Crossroads
Chapter Twenty-Three: Cracks Beneath the Glass
Chapter Twenty-Four: Shadows over Funding
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Price of Visibility
Chapter Twenty-Six: Allies and Adversaries
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Glass Ceilings and Grounded Feet
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Return to Charleston
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Groundbreaking and Ghosts
Chapter Thirty: Foundations of the Future
Chapter Thirty-One: The Summit and the Shadow
Chapter Thirty-Two: The Offer and the Line
Chapter Thirty-Three: Sparks in the Silence
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Price of Applause
Chapter Thirty-Five: Cracks in the Glass
Chapter Thirty-Six: The Weight of Us
Chapter Thirty-Seven: Shadows and Sparks
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Pages Between Us
Chapter Thirty-Nine: What Trust Is Made Of
Chapter Forty: Kian’s Crossroads
Chapter Forty-One: The Wind Shifts
Chapter Forty-Two: A City of Firsts
Chapter Forty-Three: Collision Course
Chapter Forty-Four: Rising Voices
Chapter Forty-Five: Seeds in the Soil
Chapter Forty-Six: Threads of the Past
Chapter Forty-Seven: The Legacy We Choose
Chapter Forty-Eight: Storms and Stillness
Chapter Forty-Nine: Beneath the Surface
Chapter Fifty: Home is a Compass
Chapter Fifty-One: When the Soil is Ready
Chapter Fifty-Two: The Quiet Between Heartbeats
Chapter Fifty-Three: Names We Whisper
Chapter Fifty-Four: Echoes of Our Becoming
Chapter Fifty-Five: The Shape of Waiting
Chapter Fifty-Six: Signs of Arrival
Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Space Between Heartbeats
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Chapter Thirty-Four: The Price of Applause
Chapter Thirty-Four: The Price of Applause
The letter arrived in a heavy cream envelope embossed with gold.
Elena almost didn’t open it. It looked like another gala invitation—another black-tie event to celebrate people who were already celebrated enough.
**But when she unfolded the...