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From Scorned Wife 20

From Scorned Wife 20

Chapter Insight: What This Scene Reveals About the Story

This chapter uncovers emotional layers that quietly guide the story’s direction, revealing motivations beneath the surface. Their choices are shaped by deeper conflicts they struggle to express. Tension builds subtly, hinting at consequences that will echo beyond this scene. Emotional shifts here set the stage for how each character navigates challenges ahead.

Turning Points: Critical Moments That Shape the Chapter

This chapter introduces key shifts that alter the emotional tone and direction of the story. Confessions, confrontations, or hesitations act as catalysts, pushing characters to reassess themselves and each other. Small moments gain weight as they influence the broader arc.

Emotional Underflow: How Each Character Truly Feels Here

Behind every line lies an undercurrent of emotion the characters try to hide. Their internal struggles show through gestures and pauses, revealing truths they cannot fully voice. This chapter highlights how deeply their emotions shape their choices.

Shadows of the Past: Trauma & History Influencing This Chapter

Past experiences and old wounds influence every decision. Histories rise to the surface, adding weight to interactions and guiding present actions. Trauma and memory become driving forces in the unfolding drama.

Power Shifts: How Relationships Change in This Chapter

Emotional power shifts as characters confront uncomfortable truths. Vulnerability and strength move between them, reshaping relationships and forcing reconsideration of boundaries and roles.

Hidden Meanings: Symbolism Woven Into Key Scenes

Symbolic details enrich the chapter, mirroring internal struggles. Objects, settings, and gestures reveal deeper truths that words alone cannot express, tying personal conflict to the broader world.

Signals of What’s Coming: Foreshadowing in This Chapter

Subtle details foreshadow future conflicts and emotional revelations. Characters’ reactions hint at challenges ahead, planting seeds that will grow into significant turning points.

Lines That Hit Hard: Important Quotes & Why They Matter

Several lines carry emotional weight, revealing hidden fears, desires, and vulnerabilities. These quotes serve as anchors that stay with the reader and deepen the impact of the scene.

Chapter 20 

With that, Caspian turned to leave. 

Thalia was dumbfounded. This baby was her only leverage to keep him. 

If he didn’t even care about the child, what was the point of keeping it? 

Besides, the baby’s biological father wasn’t Caspian anyway. 

Caspian had just stepped out of his office when the private investigator called. 

“Mr. Kingsley, I’ve found the person you asked me to look for. Ms. Anderson was recently spotted near New York, but there was a man with her.” 

Hearing the word “man”, Caspian felt as if he’d been plunged into an icy abyss. 

Thalia’s words from moments ago echoed in his ears: Seraphina hasn’t come back for you because she’s already found someone else. 

Caspian’s body went stiff, his back ramrod straight. 

Had Seraphina really moved on? 

Had she really fallen in love with another man? But she had sworn she would only love him for the rest of her life. 

But Caspian had forgotten. What Seraphina had said was that if he didn’t cheat, she would love him for a lifetime. 

And he had been the first to break that promise. 

Caspian’s chest felt like it was being squeezed, and it was hard to breathe. 

So this was what heartbreak felt like. 

Is this how Seraphina felt every time he was with Thalia? 

No wonder she had been so desperate to leave. The pain was so unbearable. 

Caspian didn’t know how long he stood there. It wasn’t until a subordinate reminded him that the shareholders’ meeting was about to start that he finally composed himself. 

He told the private investigator, “Keep digging. Find out who that man is.” 

Caspian took a deep breath, steadying his emotions. 

He had made Seraphina fall in love with him once, he could do it again. 

It was only a matter of time. 

After entering the conference room, the Kingsley Corp. shareholders began to arrive. 

As the meeting was about to begin, only Spencer Hayes had yet to arrive. 

If it had been anyone else, Caspian wouldn’t have waited. But Spencer was different. 

Even if Spencer didn’t show up at all, they couldn’t leave without him. 

During the wait, the room buzzed with whispers. 

“Have you heard? The new major shareholder is a woman.” 

Lately, Caspian’s mind had been consumed with finding Seraphina, he’d paid little attention to other matters. 

But when he heard that the company’s new largest shareholder was a woman, he couldn’t help but frown. 

Traditionally, women managed the home while men handled business. 

What was Spencer thinking, letting a woman hold so many shares? 

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The murmuring continued. 

“Not only that, I heard this woman is Mr. Hayes’s fiancée.” 

“Fiancée? Isn’t there a rumor that Mr. Hayes is into men? Since when did he have a fiancée?” 

A shareholder whose family was also from New York, and who was well-informed, explained calmly. 

“Mr. Hayes does indeed have a fiancée, and she’s the heiress of the Beaumont family.” 

This piqued everyone’s curiosity. 

In all of New York, the only prominent family named Beaumont was the one whose power rivaled the Hayes’. 

‘But I heard the Beaumont heiress went missing long ago. So which Miss Beaumont is Mr. Hayes marrying?” 

Someone who was up-to-date on the Beaumont family’s affairs explained. 

Two weeks ago, the Beaumont family found their long-lost daughter. She not only inherited the Beaumont Group but is also marrying into the Hayes family,” 

At this, the shareholders all praised the perfect match, then turned their attention to Caspian. 

They teased, “Mr. Kingsley, we hear you and Miss Thalia Anderson are getting married soon, too. When can we expect to celebrate with you?” 

Caspian’s lips twitched as he denied it. 

Thalia Anderson and I have no relationship. You are all distinguished individuals, please don’t believe such rumors.” 

It was an open secret that Caspian had feelings for Thalia. The crowd chuckled. 

‘Mr. Kingsley, don’t be shy. I saw you leaving a hotel with the Anderson heiress just two months ago.” 

The room erupted in laughter. 

Caspian’s face grew increasingly dark. He pressed his lips together and said nothing. 

Someone tried to lighten the mood. 

‘Mr. Kingsley is just being modest. There’s no shame in liking a woman. But keeping it a secret forever isn’t really a solution, is it?” 

Whenever you and Miss Anderson get married, don’t forget to invite us.” 

Caspian’s face grew darker. Just as he was about to set them straight, the main doors swung open. 

Spencer Hayes entered, dressed in a black suit, with a woman on his arm. 

Closing Reflection

This chapter ends with shifting emotions and unresolved tension, hinting at deeper conflicts and unspoken truths. Choices made here will shape what follows, and the weight of this moment lingers as a quiet turning point.

Next Chapter Teaser

The next chapter will build on these consequences, drawing characters into challenges they can no longer avoid. Tension will rise, secrets will surface, and new revelations will reshape the path ahead.

Reader Engagement

This chapter raises questions about motivations, emotions, and relationships. Which moment mattered most? Who revealed more than they intended? How might events here reshape the bonds between characters?

World/Lore Connection

Beneath the emotions lies the broader world’s influence. Unseen rules, histories, and power structures shape choices and outcomes, adding weight to every action taken in this scene.

One-Line Ending

With this chapter complete, the story steps into a new phase filled with uncertainty, tension, and possibility.

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