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A tidal wave of hatred and regret crashed over him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stepped out of the shadows, his footsteps heavy with fury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The laughter in the living room died instantly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leah\u2019s triumphant smile froze the second she saw his face-pale, twisted with rage. Terror replaced her grin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStellan\u2026?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stellan didn\u2019t look at her. His cold gaze swept over Oceane first. She flinched, nearly dropping her wine glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet out.\u201d His voice was low, but it carried the weight of destruction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Oceane and the other friends scrambled out of the house.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now it was just Stellan and Leah, trembling in the empty living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStellan, what\u2019s wrong? Did you drink too much?\u201d Leah forced herself to stay calm, reaching out to steady him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stellan shoved her hand away so hard she stumbled and fell to the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He crouched down, grabbed her chin, and forced her to look up at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTell me.\u201d His voice was raw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe depression. Was it fake?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leah\u2019s pupils shrank. She tried to lie. \u201cNo, Stellan, let me explain-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe letter and the death certificate. You forged them, didn\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His grip tightened. Leah\u2019s tears streamed down her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people at the hospital who accused Ella-you paid them off, didn\u2019t you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the last time-when Ella was kidnapped and sent to that place for electroshock therapy-*that was you too, right?!*\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each question hit like a sledgehammer, shattering Leah\u2019s composure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She saw the murderous intent in his eyes and knew-it was over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The beautiful castle of lies she\u2019d built came crashing down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Under Stellan\u2019s relentless interrogation and brutal pressure, Leah\u2019s defenses crumbled completely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She confessed everything through sobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How she\u2019d deliberately gotten close to him from the start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How she\u2019d staged that \u201caccidental\u201d kiss and pushed Ella down the stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How she\u2019d faked depression to win sympathy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How she\u2019d framed Ella with fabricated evidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How she\u2019d orchestrated the fake threats against herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And finally, she\u2019d hired people to kidnap Ella and send her to that hellish treatment facility\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
She spilled it all, every filthy, calculated detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She cried and begged for mercy, saying she\u2019d only done it because she loved him too much, because Ella had been in\u00a0<\/p>\n
her way\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stellan listened, feeling nothing but nausea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He let go of her and looked down at the pathetic, tear-streaked mess on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All he felt was cold disgust.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLove?\u201d He let out a bitter laugh. \u201cYou think *you* know what love is?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stood up, pulled out his phone, and made a call. His voice was ice-cold, businesslike. \u201cSend someone over. I need this handled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Within minutes, several men in black suits entered the house silently,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stellan looked down at Leah, trembling on the floor, and delivered her sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeah Morningstar is mentally unstable. She suffers from severe, aggressive delusional disorder. Take her to Serenity Island Sanatorium. She is not to leave without my permission. Ever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo-! Stellan! I\u2019m sorry! Please! *Stellan-!*\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Leah\u2019s screams echoed through the house as they dragged her away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Everything she\u2019d schemed for-the mansion, the title of Mrs. Vance-gone in an instant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stellan seized every asset he\u2019d ever given her: property, jewelry, designer clothes. He left her with nothing but a hospital gown.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Serenity Island was no ordinary facility. It was a maximum-security psychiatric institution on a remote, desolate\u00a0<\/p>\n
island.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There, isolation, medication, and \u201ctreatment\u201d would break even the sanest person.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leah would spend the rest of her life there, paying for everything she\u2019d done-slowly descending into real madness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After dealing with Leah, Stellan threw every resource he had into finding Ella.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He searched hospital records. Tracked down every city she might have gone to. Offered massive rewards.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Ella had vanished without a trace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One year. Two years. Five years\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Time passed. Stellan\u2019s business empire grew. But he became quieter. Darker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He never got close to another woman. The position of Mrs. Vance remained empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lived in endless regret and self-punishment, numbing himself with work and alcohol.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was trapped in the moment he lost Ella.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And never escape it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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