Chapter 112: The Cost of Strictness
Chapter 112: The Cost of Strictness
ANNA SERRANO
Hermione was still there at the table, but she looked so unlike herself. Her small body was too still, too rigid. Her usual animated expressions were absent, replaced by a careful blankness that looked wrong on a five-year-old's face. She sat there ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One: The Imperfect Surprise
2. Chapter Two: The shattered anniversary
3. Chapter Three: The Poisoned Truth
4. Chapter Four: Web of Lies
5. Chapter Five: Cast out
6. Chapter Six: Breaking Point
7. Chapter Seven: Marked for Death 
8. Chapter Eight: A Lie For The World
9. Chapter Nine: The Offer
10. Chapter Ten: A Daughter Reborn
11. Chapter Eleven: The Beginning of the End
12. Chapter Twelve: The Hidden Daughter of the Serrano's
13. Chapter Thirteen: Unveiled
14. Chapter Fourteen: A Public Reckoning
15. Chapter Fifteen: Never Supposed to Return
16. Chapter Sixteen: Her World
17. Chapter Seventeen: When Karma Waits!
18. Chapter Eighteen: Who is She?
19. Chapter Nineteen: BelleNova
20. Chapter Twenty: Golden Demands
21. Chapter Twenty-one: In Her Shadow
22. Chapter Twenty-Two: A Crack in Her Armor
23. Chapter Twenty-Three: Fractures
24. Chapter Twenty-Four: The Face of my Enemy
25. Chapter Twenty-Five: Poisoned Obsession
26. Chapter Twenty-Six: Armor of Guilt
27. Chapter Twenty-Seven: An Old Friend, A New Strength
28. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Schemes and Squeals
29. Chapter Twenty-Nine: Foundations of Power
30. Chapter Thirty: Threads of Revenge
31. Chapter Thirty-One: Problem and Solution
32. Chapter Thirty-Two: The Face of Truth
33. Chapter Thirty-Three: Resemblance and Denial
34. Chapter Thirty-Four: The Call
35. Chapter Thirty-Five: The Vale's Indulgence
36. Chapter Thirty-Six: To The Club!
37. Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Wrong Kind of Escape
38. Chapter Thirty-Eight: Through My Eyes
39. Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Past Never Sleeps
40. Chapter Forty: Seeds of Doubt
41. Chapter Forty-One: The Aftermath
42. Chapter Forty-Two: Blind to the Truth
43. Chapter Forty-Three: Ties That Unravel
44. Chapter Forty-Four: A Failed Confrontation
45. Chapter Forty-Five: The Veiled Encounter
46. Chapter Forty-Six: The Search Beneath the Dirt
47. Chapter Forty-Seven: Tangled Grounds
48. Chapter Forty-Eight: Painted Perfection
49. Chapter Forty-Nine: The Game of Pretenses
50. Chapter Fifty: The Hidden Player
51. Chapter Fifty-One: Strings of Deception
52. Chapter Fifty-Two: Whispers and Lies
53. Chapter Fifty-Three: Selena's Humiliation
54. Chapter Fifty-Four: Old Grudges, The Game Begins
55. Chapter Fifty-Five: Voices that Dare Me
56. Chapter Fifty-Six: An Apology OR An Excuse
57. Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Rumor That Shouldn't Exist
58. Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Jealous Man in Denial
59. Chapter Fifty-Nine: DONOVAN-SERRANO SCANDAL
60. Chapter Sixty: Fool Me Twice
61. Chapter Sixty-One: The Scandal She Shouldn't Care About
62. Chapter Sixty-Two: Lies and Alibis
63. Chapter Sixty-Three: An Unexpected Encounter: Meeting Gerard
64. Chapter Sixty-Four: GERARD
65. Chapter Sixty-Five: The Kindness That Wasn't Enough
66. Chapter Sixty-Six: The Better Daughter-in-law
67. Chapter Sixty-Seven: Late Night Visitor
68. Chapter Sixty-Eight: Drunk Truths and Sober Lies
69. Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Fool Who Doesn't Know
70. Chapter Seventy: The Morning After
71. Chapter Seventy-One: Unraveling
72. Chapter Seventy-Two: The Confrontation
73. Chapter Seventy-Three: The Lion's Den
74. Chapter Seventy-Four: The Spider's Web
75. Chapter Seventy-Five: The Wrong Move
76. Chapter Seventy-Six: Checkmate
77. Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Panic
78. Chapter Seventy-Eight: Desperation's Last Move
79. Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Beggar at the Gate
80. Chapter Eighty: When Pride Dies
81. Chapter Eighty-One: The Trap She Sees Coming
82. Chapter Eighty-Two: On Her Knees
83. Chapter Eighty-Three: Answered Curses
84. Chapter Eighty-Four: What If Shes Mine
85. Chapter Eighty-Five: Father For A Day
86. Chapter Eighty-Six: Secrets and Ice Cream
87. Chapter Eighty-Seven: What Feels Right
88. Chapter Eighty-Eight: Pieces and Puzzles
89. Chapter EIGHTY-NINE: Something New
90. Chapter Ninety: Moving Forward
91. Chapter Ninety-One: The Date Begins
92. Chapter Ninety-Two: Looking Forward
93. Chapter Ninety-Three: A Gentleman
94. Chapter Ninety-Four: Whore
95. Chapter Ninety-Five: Drawing The Line
96. Chapter Ninety-Six: The Beach And The Revelation
97. Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Teacher's Words
98. Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Unveiling
99. Chapter Ninety-Nine: Ambush: The Unveiling Interrupted
100. Chapter One Hundred: Too Nice
101. Chapter One Hundred and One: Tension
102. Chapter 102: The Moment Before
103. Chapter 103: BelleNova is Anna Serrano
104. Chapter 104: The Unexpected
105. Chapter 105: Flowers
106. Chapter 106: Hermione is not okay.
107. Chapter 107: Flowers and Daggers
108. Chapter 108: Guilt...
109. Chapter 109: The Bathroom Brawl
110. Chapter 110: Sarcasm!
111. Chapter 111: Pride and Guilt
112. Chapter 112: The Cost of Strictness
113. Chapter 113: Leverage
114. Chapter 114: Leverage
115. Chapter 115: Nuclear Option
116. Chapter 116: Desperate Measures
117. Chapter 117: Losing Control
118. Chapter 118: Pregnancy Scheme
119. Chapter 119: Dreams and Deception
120. Chapter 120: Bittered Breakfast
121. Chapter 121: The Unwanted Drink
122. Chapter 122: Undeniable Resemblance
123. Chapter 123: The DNA Question
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