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Chapter 56
Victor’s heart pounded in his chest as he listened to Anson’s words. The world around him seemed to fall away, the tension in the room thick enough to cut through. His eyes were fixed on the photo of Cyan, the woman who had been a ghost in his past, the one he never fully understood. The pieces of the puzzle were falling into place, but the truth, the weight of it, was almost too much to bear.
He could hardly breathe. “You’re telling me… Cyan… was sent by my family? She was the one who…” Victor trailed off, struggling to find the right words, the shock of the revelation crashing into him like a wave.
Anson watched him carefully, noting the tight grip Victor had on the photo, as if the image itself might slip away from him. “Yes. Cyan was brought in as part of a scheme to manipulate Mr. King. But when she found out she was being used, she left the Gienger family, and the rest… is history. She vanished. The Gienger family has no idea where she’s been all these years. But I found out she’s been hiding in Gate City.”
Victor’s mind raced. His family had always been full of secrets, but this… this was a betrayal on an entirely different scale. Cyan had been part of a game he never fully understood, and she had disappeared, possibly to escape it all. But now, the threads were weaving together, and Eden’s connection to Cyan wasn’t just a coincidence.
His voice was barely a whisper, his words more to himself than to Anson. “She wasn’t just some woman, was she? She was a pawn in something bigger.”
Anson nodded. “Exactly. And the reason Cyan disappeared isn’t just about her identity. It’s because of the people involved, the Gienger family’s manipulations, and Mr. King’s twisted way of doing business. Your family… they knew about her and still used her. They treated her as expendable.”
Victor clenched his jaw. The weight of guilt and anger settled deep within him, but something else lingered beneath it: regret. Regret for not knowing. Regret for not finding her sooner.
Anson shifted uncomfortably. He could see the storm brewing in Victor’s eyes, the fire that burned when something he cared about was threatened. “Victor, I know this is a lot to process, but we need to act fast. If Cyan has been hiding in Gate City all this time, she’s bound to know something about Eden—something that could either help you or ruin everything.”
Victor’s gaze hardened, a cold determination settling in his eyes. “I’ll find her. I’ll fix this. No one hurts Eden. Not while I’m breathing.”
Anson studied him for a moment, then let out a breath, relieved to see Victor’s resolve. “You need to be careful, though. Myra’s involved in all of this, and she’s been manipulating Eden from the shadows. If she knows about this connection, she won’t hesitate to use it to her advantage.”
Victor stood up abruptly, pacing back and forth. “I’ll take care of Myra. She’s playing a dangerous game, and I don’t have time for it. But Cyan… she’s the key. I have to know everything about her, and about what happened seven years ago.”
Anson sighed. “I’ll keep digging. But you need to be prepared. This won’t be easy. There’s a lot more to this story than we’ve uncovered so far.”
Victor nodded, his jaw set in grim determination. “I don’t care how hard it is. I’ll do whatever it takes to protect Eden—and to find the truth.”
Anson watched as Victor strode toward the door, the fire in his eyes unmistakable. It was clear to him now that nothing, not even the darkest secrets of the past, would stop Victor from uncovering the truth. And as for Eden… she was in the eye of the storm, whether she realized it or not.