In spite of us
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MatureOngoing3h 56m
Last published Sat, Jul 4, 2026
SEQUEL to Ms. Beaumont
Three years ago, Annabelle Rivers made the hardest decision of her life-she walked away from Eleanor Beaumont.
No goodbye that fixed things.
No more chances.
Just distance...and silence.
Now, Annabelle has built something new in New York. A life that finally feels right. Alongside Lucy and Juliet, she's carved a future far removed from the chaos she left behind-working in child protective services, fighting every day to give vulnerable children the safety she once struggled to find herself.
Eleanor? She became a ghost Annabelle learnt not to chase.
Until she isn't.
When a high-profile case lands on Annabelle's desk, it pulls her into a world of power, money, and secrets-one that requires the involvement of a private security firm known for handling things quietly.
Beau & co.
Professional. Untouchable. Controlled.
Run by Eleanor Beaumont herself.
Neither of them knew the other would be there.
Neither of them were prepared for what it would feel like to stand in the same room again.
Three years hasn't softened anything-it's sharpened it.
Because the truth is, they're not the same people they used to be.
Annabelle is stronger, harder, no longer the girl who needs saving.
And Eleanor...is even more dangerous in the way she carries herself now.
Forced to work together to protect a child caught in the middle of something far bigger than anyone expected, they find themselves walking a line between past and present-between what they were, and what they could become again.
But some things don't stay buried.
Some choices don't stay in the past.
And when secrets start to unravel, one question lingers between them:
Was walking away the thing that saved them...or the thing that broke them for good?
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