Farewell to Love: The CEO's Desperate Chase novel Chapter 289

She remembered Tyler had told her Emilia would be coming tonight, and that he’d even saved the seat next to him for her.

But no one—absolutely no one—had ever told her that Serena was Emilia.

Suddenly, Vivienne jolted, icy realization washing over her. She recalled how she’d threatened Serena before, trying to convince her to team up against Emilia…

If what she was seeing now was real, then—

No. Impossible. There was no way Serena and Emilia could be the same person.

Vivienne whipped her head around, eyes darting to Tyler.

He stood rigidly, staring up at Emilia on stage from across the room.

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

How could it be Emilia?

How could he possibly not recognize her?

He’d known her since they were young. She’d been by his side for seven years, through countless days and nights, sharing whispered conversations in the dark. He knew every inch of her—she had always been right there. There was no way he could miss her.

But vivid, unbidden memories flashed through his mind: that first time he met Serena, she’d been wrapped in a long coat, Christian steadying her as they slipped backstage.

Her first performance as Serena.

That frail figure—the Masked Woman—standing beneath the spotlight, dressed in the Burning Rose costume. The pale light revealed bruises blooming across her skin, dark and brutal, so severe she looked close to death.

He heard it again, echoing in his mind—the cry that day in the hospital, after Emilia tumbled down the stairs. She’d called out to him, her voice trembling from the end of the corridor—“Tye.”

His right hand trembled. Another memory surfaced: after that first livestream, he’d pulled her aside into the woods. She’d barely been able to stand, so weak that Christian had to carry her away in the end.

Tyler could barely stay upright now; his face was rigid, lips pressed into a hard, bloodless line.

To strangers, he appeared almost expressionless, but anyone who truly knew him would recognize the storm raging inside.

How had he failed to recognize Emilia?

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