*Clatter—*
The heavy floral shears slipped from Nora's grasp and hit the hard floor.
All her composure, all her disguises, the peaceful life she had painstakingly built over the last two years—everything crumbled in an instant, like a sandcastle obliterated by a massive wave.
Terror. Despair. Utter disbelief.
Countless extreme emotions morphed into freezing seawater, pouring back into her nose and mouth, dragging her straight back to the night she plunged into the ocean. She felt that same suffocating agony of drowning all over again.
How could he be here?
She had erased her very existence in that icy stretch of sea.
She had hidden her name and identity for two whole years in this remote, forgotten town.
He controlled everything in the Metropolis. He was supposed to be in that glittering epicenter of power, continuing his reign as the untouchable head of the Hayes Group.
She thought two years was enough to finally escape that bloody cage.
But now, this living nightmare had ripped through the fragile peace she had built and was standing right in front of her.
Instinctively, she took a step back, her spine slamming hard into the wooden storage cabinet behind her.
The sharp pain brought back a sliver of her rationality.
She bit down on her lower lip so hard she tasted blood.
Forcing herself to look away, she refused to meet those bloodshot, demonic eyes.
Taking a deep breath, she hid her hands behind her back—hiding the twisted joints and scars—and met his gaze head-on.
“Sir.”

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Love I Begged For Was Never Real
Storyline is good..but author is wasting time on character's thoughts.why r u streching chapters it's really really boring and annoying.conversation between them childish.she is only saying him get out n what right do u have ..not telling him what he did to her not questioning him..demanding answer. And what happened to him why sudden change of heart care to explain author.....
For the past few chapters either she is sick or he is. It is slightly boring. Author pls let them talk about the issues , she is not at all scolding him.. every scoldings are playing in her mind only. We want some talk between them....
I am also thinking the same....
Has he mistaken Nora as Giselle?...
What happened to him🤔 did he forget everything?...
Hey can u also upload the book " woke up married to my cheating ex"....
Does he know the orphan girl is actually Nora?...
So is he trying to justify everything? At wat rite??? Wer were he wen she needed him the most.......
Haha finally going to see redemption...
I don’t think reborn will happen in this novel. It will be full of her blood only. Actually The title should be changed to only Nora’s suffering instead the love I begged was never real....