The Bait
Days passed in silence.
For the first time in a long while, Judith Radsford found herself waiting. And she hated waiting.
The mornings stretched endlessly, the same ritual replayed over and over—the careful pouring of coffee, the unread newspaper folded neatly on the table, the muted hum of the...
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Chapters
1. Not Her Prince Charming
2. The New Guy
3. The Name Radsford
4. Sleepless Reckonings
5. Rumor Mill And Reckless Joy
6. The Restaurant
7. Dimpled Lies
8. The Bitter Taste Of Envy
9. Her Fall
10. Rex Calls
11. Stares And Glares
12. Terms And Distractions
13. The Secret Between Us
14. No Feelings
15. Collateral Damage
16. The First Kiss
17. Looking For Ann
18. Second Best, Always
19. Her Cabin
20. To Where She Hides
21. Unexpected Visitor
22. On Her Terms
23. Red Lingerie
24. Tender Undoing
25. Before The Light Touched Her Face
26. Hollow Morning
27. What’s Left Of Her
28. What Hurts The Most
29. Because Loving You Ruined Me
30. Wrapped In Nothing But Hurt
31. Meeting Roxie
32. Meeting Peter Lee
33. A Country With Memories
34. Too Late To Undo
35. Lessons From A Quiet Monster
36. The Weight Of Survival
37. Unspoken Warnings
38. Two Heartbeats Later
39. A Thousand Pieces Of Quiet
40. Those Who Always Stayed
41. From Ruin To Rise
42. The Return
43. Ashes From The Past
44. Reunion And Hugs
45. The Resemblance
46. The Child She Couldn’t Bear
47. A Mother’s Shield
48. Terms Of Protection
49. Face To Face With The Past
50. The Woman In The Lobby
51. Judith’s Fear
52. Past In Designers
53. New Rhythm
54. A Glimpse Of Peace
55. In Vintage
56. Her Name In The Spotlight
57. Goddess Of The Runway
58. Face Of The Past
59. The Woman Called Annie Yin
60. Shadows Of The Yin
61. The Cracks Beneath The Surface
62. Family Picture
63. Cracked Porcelain
64. Threshold
65. The Eyes In The Mirror
66. Ink And Fury
67. The Broadcast
68. After Her
69. The One Left Behind
70. Beneath The Skyline
71. A Chance At The Truth
72. The Invitation
73. The Quiet Yes
74. Fit For A Rival
75. The Quiet Plot
76. Who She Forgot
77. Like A Prayer
78. The Fragile Mask
79. Fractured Grace
80. The Arrival Of The Queen
81. Echoes Of The Powerful
82. The Stranger In Her Skin
83. Chasing Shadows
84. The Blame In Her Hands
85. When Angels Burn
86. The One Who Choose Her
87. Hours Of Blood And Silence
88. No Tears Left
89. Something Cruel
90. King In The Shadows
91. The Silence That Screamed
92. The Silenced Storm
93. The Quiet Power Behind Her
94. Worth Saving
95. Borrowed Peace
96. The Day That Was Theirs
97. The Calm She Couldn’t Destroy
98. What Wasn’t Said
99. A Performance Of Pain
100. Cameras And Crocodile Tears
101. Blackout
102. The Performance
103. A Cold Reception
104. Respect Tinged With Envy
105. Reassurance
106. Fractured Lines
107. Between Titans
108. Between Rivals
109. Pieces Of Their Faces
110. The Fortress
111. Glass Rooms And Golden Smiles
112. Winner Takes It All
113. Whispers
114. After The Applause
115. The Line Crossed
116. The Name Only She Used
117. The Wall
118. Still Fighting
119. Morning Bickering
120. Breakfast And School Drive
121. Redirection
122. Silent Retrieval
123. Ghost Work
124. The Handoff
125. Caught In Her Lies
126. The Final Mistake
127. Retaliate
128. Calling Alfredo
129. Something Fractured
130. The Smile That Lied
131. Whispers In The Hall
132. The Dimmer Switch
133. Mirror On The Screen
134. The Result
135. Uninvited
136. A Window
137. Lost
138. Bloody
139. Bedtime Stories and Laughter
140. The Story Of Iro
141. Each Other
142. The Truth He Couldn’t Share
143. Better With Him
144. The Ride To Silence
145. Eyes In The Distance
146. To Trust
147. The Bouquet Of Death
148. The Boy’s Eyes
149. A Hunger She Couldn’t Name
150. The Taste Of Forgetting
151. The Valley Of Forgetting
152. The Morning After
153. The Veil Of Disgrace
154. The Envelope Of Ruin
155. Paranoia
156. Digging Shadows
157. The Orphan’s Silence
158. The Name That Remained
159. The Truth In The Silence
160. Forced Into The Spotlight
161. The Unwanted Spotlight
162. Resentment
163. The Hand That Pulled Her Up
164. Silent Tears
165. Tainted Moments
166. The Scent Of Salvation
167. The Interruption
168. The Scattered Mask
169. The Scattered House
170. A Heart Unveiled
171. A New Title
172. Shadows And Spotlights
173. The Ghost Returned
174. The Patriarch’s Shadow
175. The Bait
176. The Meeting
177. The Last Chance
178. Partners In The Dark
179. The Promise Of Escape
180. Warnings Unheard
181. Death Wishes And Deals
182. The Last Recruit
183. The Flowers Of Sleep
184. Hollow Echoes
185. Greed’s Mirror
186. The Hunt Begins
187. A Friend’s Reckoning
188. The Call
189. Whispers In Secret
190. Echoes At Pier Three
191. Towards The Drowned Shore
192. The Edge Of The Storm
193. She Finally Broke
194. Beneath The Ruin
195. After The Fire
196. The Survival
197. The Remains Of Regret
198. The Rain That Wouldn’t Stop
199. The Leaving Light
200. The Last Goodbye
201. The Ghost He Became
202. The Price For Her Betrayal
203. Epilogue — Home by the Sea
204. Epilogue II — Happy Ever After
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