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⚠️ Content Warning:
This chapter includes manipulation, revenge planning, and psychological confrontation involving a child.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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A month had passed since that miraculous reunion.
And in the eyes of the law, Mia Vale was now Liv Vale's daughter.
A symbolic gesture for the world.
A sacred bond for them.
No one else knew the truth—that Mia was Nia reborn, the twin sister Liv had lost and found again through fate's cruel mercy.
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A New Home, A Secret Mission
They moved back into the Vale family townhome—quietly, without fanfare.
Liv told the media she needed time to focus on her personal life, adjusting to motherhood and healing from the tragedies of the past. It wasn't a lie—but it wasn't the full truth either.
Behind closed doors, the real work had begun.
> "We'll find every lie," Liv told her. "We'll expose them slowly—piece by piece."
> "And we'll let them destroy themselves," Mia replied softly, the wisdom in her eyes far beyond her five years.
They poured over archived documents, Nia's old journals, internal emails Liv had discreetly accessed before her sudden withdrawal from the company.
And then they devised a trap.
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The Bait: A New Beginning
Liv requested a formal succession meeting with the board.
To the public, she made an announcement:
She was stepping back from company operations permanently to focus on her "daughter" and new life.
To Zavian and Kavian, she said something far more dangerous.
> "I'm giving you both something big—my final gift before I step down."
A mega project, she called it. Something so high-stakes, so monumental, that the company's future would rest on it.
Neither of them questioned her generosity.
They only questioned each other.
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The Game Begins
She told them she would personally supervise them through the entire project "so they could learn everything she knew before she left."
They agreed—greedily.
For weeks, she followed their every step.
At board meetings, she smiled.
At dinners, she listened.
At office tours, she observed silently.
> "You're being too kind, sis," Zavian joked one night.
"You sure you're not going to regret handing the reins over to us?"
> "I'm just tired," Liv said. "Tired of carrying everything alone."
He smirked.
But Mia, watching from a distance with her quiet eyes, whispered later:
> "He doesn't realize he's already lost."
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The Breakthrough
Then it happened.
Late one night, Liv was in Kavian's office under the pretense of reviewing project proposals. He stepped out for a call.
Liv's eyes caught the corner of a drawer carelessly left a box. .
Inside: a flash drive.
She copied the contents in seconds and left everything as it was.
Back home, she and Mia opened the files.
And what they found cracked the illusion wide open.
Forged legal papers.
Payment transfers to anonymous accounts.
Confidential messages between Zavian and Kavian—including names of those paid to "handle" things silently.
> "This is it," Liv whispered.
"This is what killed you, Nia."
Mia didn't speak. She just leaned her head against Liv's arm.
> "We're almost there," she said.
"Now… let's end it."
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[End of Chapter 9]
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> Healing takes time—just like Liv and Mia, you deserve peace too.