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Chapter 14 Isabelle Chen 17:28,Nov 09,2026 My past is a blank slate, erased by a brain tumor and a desperate act of self-preservation. Kayla, the woman who faked her death to escape a manipulative billionaire guardian, is gone. In her place, I built a quiet, loving life with a new family, safe from the shadows I can't recall. But a chance encounter shatters my fragile peace. A stranger calls me by a forgotten name, his eyes filled with a pain that hints at a history I don't possess. He speaks of Donovan Reed, a man I'm told was my guardian, a man who allegedly faked a terminal illness and drove me to ruin. As fragments of a brutal truth begin to surface, I'm forced to confront the possibility that my amnesia isn't a blessing, but a ticking time bomb. Who was I before? What horrors did I escape? And can I truly protect my new life when the past, embodied by a man whose gaze chills me to the bone, is determined to reclaim what it lost?
