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His Choice Wasn't Me
img img His Choice Wasn't Me img Chapter 5 One Life, One Choice
5 Chapters
Chapter 6 Ashes and Aftermath img
Chapter 7 Haunted by Memories img
Chapter 8 A Glimpse of the Past img
Chapter 9 Feeling Guilty img
Chapter 10 The Stranger img
Chapter 11 The Ghost in Her Eyes img
Chapter 12 From Loving to a Useless Boy img
Chapter 13 Mirror of a Memory img
Chapter 14 Turning a Son to a Maid img
Chapter 15 The Proof img
Chapter 16 The Mark img
Chapter 17 The Letter img
Chapter 18 The Vanished Boy img
Chapter 19 Threads of Guilt img
Chapter 20 If He's Still Alive... img
Chapter 21 Fractures at Home img
Chapter 22 I Don't Want Him Found img
Chapter 23 The Grandpa img
Chapter 24 Mum, Is That You img
Chapter 25 Mother's Love img
Chapter 26 Chaos img
Chapter 27 The Roadside Horror img
Chapter 28 Daniel's Return img
Chapter 29 Helping a Stranger img
Chapter 30 The Test Before the Turn img
Chapter 31 A Job Without Interview img
Chapter 32 New Beginning img
Chapter 33 New Heights img
Chapter 34 The Test of Fire img
Chapter 35 A New Wind at SkyView img
Chapter 36 The Blame img
Chapter 37 The Crown Seat img
Chapter 38 The Mysterious CEO img
Chapter 39 One Step Closer img
Chapter 40 The Woman Who Rules Empires img
Chapter 41 The Last Words img
Chapter 42 The Final Goodbye img
Chapter 43 The Will img
Chapter 44 The Empire img
Chapter 45 The Call Home img
Chapter 46 Homecoming img
Chapter 47 The Promise img
Chapter 48 The Ghost Returns img
Chapter 49 The Woman King img
Chapter 50 Truth Like a Crown img
Chapter 51 He Learned to Hide His Tears img
Chapter 52 She Saw Everything img
Chapter 53 Before the Summit img
Chapter 54 The Man at the Door img
Chapter 55 Time to Rise Again img
Chapter 56 The Past Came Knocking img
Chapter 57 Before the Court img
Chapter 58 Sarah Comes for Daniel img
Chapter 59 The Battle Ends img
Chapter 60 Coming Home img
Chapter 61 The Echo of Broken Crowns img
Chapter 62 Joggling Two Worlds img
Chapter 63 Shadows Closing In img
Chapter 64 Fractures and First Steps img
Chapter 65 Storms Returning img
Chapter 66 Breaking and Forming Lines img
Chapter 67 Shadows Tighten img
Chapter 68 The Counterstrike Begins img
Chapter 69 The Warrant img
Chapter 70 A Fresh Evidence img
Chapter 71 Journey Interrupted img
Chapter 72 The Threat img
Chapter 73 The Buried Truths img
Chapter 74 The Secret Meeting img
Chapter 75 Blood On The Highway img
Chapter 76 The Village of Echoes img
Chapter 77 The Return Deal img
Chapter 78 A House Divided img
Chapter 79 The First Blow img
Chapter 80 The Cracks img
Chapter 81 The Strike Back img
Chapter 82 The Warning img
Chapter 83 Fire on All Sides img
Chapter 84 Blood and Oaths img
Chapter 85 James's Redemption img
Chapter 86 When The Past Breaks The Door img
Chapter 87 The Abduction Attempt img
Chapter 88 The Court of Shadows img
Chapter 89 The Breaking News img
Chapter 90 Confessions and Consequences img
Chapter 91 The Collapse Begins img
Chapter 92 The Trial of Titans img
Chapter 93 The Judgment Day img
Chapter 94 Dangerous Proposal img
Chapter 95 The Aftermath img
Chapter 96 The Child Between Two Fires img
Chapter 97 Between Duty and Betrayal img
Chapter 98 Enemies on Stage img
Chapter 99 Silent Punishment img
Chapter 100 The Truth in Whispers img
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Chapter 5 One Life, One Choice

The next moment Sarah opened her eyes, she was in an unknown warehouse. The smell of oil and rust filled the air.

A single shaft of light fell from a broken window, cutting across the dusty floor.

Sarah stirred, her eyes heavy, only to find her mouth sealed with rough tape and her hands tied behind her.

The ropes dug into her skin until her fingers throbbed.

Panic rushed through her chest like fire.

Footsteps echoed, quick then slowly, until the sound of someone she knew sent her heart into a frenzy.

The sight of James came to light.

Her eyes widened, pleading, screaming through silence.

When he appeared at the entrance, his face changed instantly. The fury and control he often carried dissolved into raw fear.

His eyes fixed on her; on the ropes, the tape, and the bruises forming at her wrists. His jaw clenched as if each detail was cutting him from the inside.

"Sarah..." His whisper cracked the air. He stepped forward, only to stop when the sharp click of a gun halted him.

The leader of the men, tall and lean with eyes hard as stone, raised his weapon calmly. "Not so fast."

Another figure shifted nearby.

It was Tiana. She sat on a crate, one sleeve stained dark at the cuff. Her body slumped, but her eyes flickered alive.

When she glanced at one of the men, quick and sharp, Sarah's stomach dropped. She recognized that look. It was nothing close to fear. At that moment, she knew this was another of Tiana's plans.

The leader tapped the side of his pistol, his voice like gravel. "One life. One choice. You can only save one. Choose."

The words were heavy, and final.

The silence that followed squeezed the air out of the room. James's chest rose fast, his eyes darting from Sarah to Tiana, then back again, as though searching for a map out of a maze with no exit.

Sarah fought against the ropes, her wrists burning, her chest heaving. She tried to speak through the tape, but all that came was a muffled cry.

Her eyes screamed louder, wanting to tell him to choose her. To remember their son waiting for them at home. To remember everything they've been through together.

James looked at her, torn, his face twisted with grief. But when his eyes shifted to Tiana, his expression softened.

Tiana's voice broke the silence, low and trembling, yet deliberate. "Save Sarah," she whispered, her palms open as if surrendering. "She's your wife. Let me go. Please."

Her words fell with a sweetness too polished.

Sarah's chest constricted. Even in this moment, Tiana was performing, scripting her martyrdom.

One of the men sneered. He flicked open a knife, dragging it cruelly along Tiana's arm. Blood seeped through the fabric.

She gasped, but her cry was swallowed quickly, her face folding into a sorrow that felt rehearsed.

The leader stepped closer, his gun pressing hard against Tiana's temple. "Make your decision," he said coldly. "Now."

The pressure in the room became unbearable. Sarah's lungs felt crushed. She fought harder against the ropes, her teeth gnashing against the tape.

Her body shook with the desperate need to make her voice heard.

James's face crumbled. He ran a hand over his head, his voice barely holding together. "Take me instead. Take my life if it will save them."

The leader chuckled darkly. "You want to die for them? Easy words. But that is not the game. One must go free. The other does not. Choose."

Sarah shook her head violently, her muffled cries tearing out of her throat. She wanted to scream at him not to throw himself away, not like this.

But the tape silenced everything except her tears.

James's breathing grew heavier, sweat sliding down his temple. He shut his eyes briefly, opened them again, but the fog didn't clear.

He looked at Tiana one last time.

Her hands, stained at the cuff, reached for him. Her eyes glistened with a rehearsed mix of fear and devotion. "Don't look at me with regret," she whispered. "If you let me die, I won't hate you. I'll love you even in death. However, if you save me, I'll never regret it. I'll stand with you forever."

The words struck him with the weight of old promises. His lips trembled.

"James," Sarah mouthed furiously, straining against the ropes. Her body shook with rage and despair.

Every fiber of her being screamed his name.

The leader snapped impatiently. "Now! Choose, or I end them both."

Time seemed to slow. The men around them leaned forward, their faces hungry for the outcome. The air reeked of sweat, iron, and fear.

James's chest heaved, his eyes hollowing with each second. He turned toward Sarah. For one fleeting heartbeat, there was love in his eyes; love that reached out across the silence, love that pleaded for forgiveness.

It was obvious he was going to choose Sarah. And Sarah's fast breathing began to slow. She felt relieved.

But then, like a match striking steel, his voice came brittle and final. "Tiana."

The name cut sharper than any blade.

Sarah's body went still, as if the ropes had stolen even her heartbeat. The sound of that name on his lips drained the fight from her.

The men moved instantly. They pulled Tiana roughly to her feet. James caught her in his arms, holding her like a shield, like something precious.

Her sobs poured out, wet and broken, as she buried herself in his chest.

He wrapped himself around her, his body trembling as though protecting her could undo the choice he had made.

Sarah's eyes burned, her vision blurred with tears that would not stop. She screamed behind the tape, her muffled cries echoing like the wail of a dying soul.

The men cleared a path to the door. James held Tiana tightly, guiding her forward, his steps slow but unrelenting.

He looked back once, just once, at Sarah. His eyes carried a grief so deep it hollowed her completely. His lips moved as if to speak, but no sound reached her.

James could only mutter inside him. "I hope you understand, Sarah. Tiana is pregnant. She's carrying my child."

Sarah's body shook violently, her wrists bleeding against the ropes. She wanted to collapse, but fury and heartbreak kept her upright.

The leader's voice barked from behind. "Move!"

James turned back towards the exit. Tiana clung tightly to him, whispering something Sarah couldn't hear. His shoulders slumped as though each step crushed him further into the ground.

The warehouse light stretched their shadows long across the floor, two figures locked together while the woman left behind bled silently in the dark.

Then, without warning, the night split open.

The moment they stepped out, many feet away from the exit door, Tiana still holding unto James like a lifeline, the warehouse exploded, covered in flames.

And Sarah's screams and cries inside, filled the night.

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