Absolutely. Here's your next dramatic chapter:
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📖 Episode 10 – The Girl in the Mirror
OWNED BY A COLD HEART
🔞 Drama | Romance | Secrets | Power
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🌧️ Rain – Outside the Café
Damian's words echoed in Liana's chest.
> "Then why does your name show up in the Easton archives?"
She stood still, the rain starting to fall in soft, cold drops around them.
"I don't know," she whispered. "I swear, I don't."
Damian tilted his head slightly. "But you want to know. Don't you?"
Her eyes lifted to his—wide, scared, searching.
"I want to know everything."
He studied her, then reached into his coat and held out a folded slip of paper.
"What is this?" she asked.
"A birth record. It's fake."
Liana's fingers trembled as she unfolded it.
Her name.
Her birth date.
But the parents section... blank.
"This is a copy of the record sealed by the Eastons' private legal team. Yours was redacted. Hidden."
She looked up, confused. "But… why would they hide me?"
Damian's voice was low. "That's the question we're both about to find out."
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🏛️ Easton Estate – Midnight
Celeste stood in the long gallery of oil paintings, staring at one of her grandfather.
Isobel approached, her voice sharp. "So now what? You're planning to dig up every skeleton in this family?"
Celeste didn't flinch. "You buried a sister."
"She was never meant to live our life. That's not cruelty, Celeste. That was protection."
Celeste turned, eyes blazing. "For her? Or for you?"
Isobel's face stayed still. "For you."
But Celeste didn't believe her.
She didn't speak again.
She simply walked away.
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🖥️ Damian's Penthouse – Early Morning
Damian stood at his floor-to-ceiling window, watching the rain cut across the skyline.
Liana sat behind him on the edge of the couch, still in borrowed dry clothes from the café's locker stash.
He finally spoke.
"There's something about you I can't explain."
She hugged her knees. "You're not the only one."
Damian turned slowly. "Then come with me. To the archives. I want you there when I confront Vanessa."
Liana blinked. "Your mother?"
"She knows something."
A pause.
Then she nodded. "Okay."
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💼 Voss Estate – Vault Room
Vanessa Voss was not surprised when her son walked in unannounced.
She was, however, intrigued by the girl trailing behind him.
"Well," she said, folding her hands. "You finally brought your shadow into the light."
Damian didn't waste time. "Tell her."
Vanessa looked at Liana. Really looked.
She stood. Walked closer. Touched Liana's cheek with a single cold finger, just beside the fading red mark from Celeste's slap.
"Do you know what you are, child?"
Liana stiffened. "I'm not a what."
Vanessa smiled faintly. "Spoken like Isobel. She never did like things she couldn't control."
"Tell me," Liana said, voice cracking. "Who am I?"
Vanessa walked to a drawer. Pulled out a thick envelope.
Inside — photographs. Letters. A lock of baby hair. A locket.
She placed it in Liana's hands.
"You're an Easton," Vanessa said. "The second daughter. Hidden. Erased."
Liana felt the air leave her lungs.
"Why?"
"Because your existence threatened everything. Power. Reputation. Marriage. Isobel made the decision. I helped her bury it."
Damian looked at her sharply. "Why would you help her?"
Vanessa's voice dropped.
"Because I knew one day, blood would seek blood. And I wanted it to happen… on my terms."
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🩸 Back at the Eastons' – Celeste's Bedroom
Celeste sat by the window when her phone buzzed.
A message from an unknown number.
> She knows. She's coming. Be ready.
Celeste stared at it.
Then smiled softly.
"Finally."
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🚘 Final Scene – In the Car
Liana sat in the passenger seat of Damian's black car, the city lights rushing past.
"Everything's changed," she whispered.
Damian didn't look at her. But his hand slowly reached out.
Rested over hers.
His voice was quiet. Steady.
"It was never just about bloodlines, Liana."
She looked over, heart pounding.
"What is it about, then?"
He met her gaze.
"You."
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✨ To Be Continued...
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