Chapter 1034

Betrayed by Grayson, Chloe had every right to feel angry, hurt, and lost when the truth finally came out. She did her heart ached. But there was something else too, buried deep, something she could barely put into words.

It was like the invisible chains around her soul had finally fallen away.

"Mr. Connor," she said quietly, "will you tell me about my past?"

The sky was just starting to lighten, the first hints of dawn stretching across the city.

Connor spoke for four full hours.

He told her everything: how they'd first met, their three years together in Riverbrook, the wedding in Eldridge City. He talked about her real family, the twisted story of two girls switched at birth, and how each of their fates had unfolded. He described her days as a TV host at Riverbrook Station, her leap to creative director at QUEEN, the betrayals by Lucas and Linda, and how Linda had taken a bullet for her at the wedding and never gotten up again.

By the time the sun crept over the horizon, Chloe's entire life had been laid out in front of her-clear and vivid, like the world after a storm.

She sat there, completely stunned.

so pointless. To him, her life was nothing but a string of boring days, remarkable only because she

down, nearly broken, but every single time, she'd gotten back up. She wasn't just

else's story, a legend she couldn't possibly live up to. But somewhere

Her heart wouldn't settle.

my

gentle and sure. "That's your story, Chloe. All

eyes serious, full of things she couldn't quite say. "I'm sorry, she

aback, like he didn't know what to do with those words. Fora second, he just stared at her, and

her voice, every

too. For the first time, it felt

turned away, eyes shining, then

don't have to apologize," Connor said quietly. "If anyone's to blame, it's me. I'm the

something stir inside her as she met

a shaky breath. "Can I-can I hug

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