Chapter 33: A Glimpse of Fate
Five years.
Five years had passed. Time had a way of softening grief, but it didn’t erase it. Not when the memories were etched in bone, wrapped around a heartbeat, and living proof stared back with familiar eyes every morning.
Tiania Freeman stood on the balcony of her penthouse suite in downtown New Marlines, the city skyline painted gold by the setting sun. The glass in her hand trembled slightly, the chill of her sparkling water forgotten. Below, the streets buzzed with life, horns, chatter, and movement. Everything felt the same, but she wasn’t.
Not anymore.
She was no longer the woman who had disappeared in the night with heartbreak in her chest and a letter on the bedside table. She was no longer the ghost of a marriage torn apart by manipulation and silence, from a scheming woman.
Now, she was the CEO of Thamaris Holdings. Tiania had even changed her last name to Thamaris.
