MasukElara POVThe bottle shook in my hand. Not because I was nervous. Because I was angry. Furious. After everything, I had done to protect that child, after all the money spent on doctors, treatments, specialists and care. she had the audacity to hide medication from us. And somehow expected nobody to notice. I stared at Celyne. Her face had gone completely pale. Interesting. Very interesting. That wasn’t the face of an innocent person. That was the face of someone caught. “What is that?” she asked quietly. I laughed. “What is it?” “Give it back.” The moment those words left her mouth, I knew I was right. Whatever this medicine was, she desperately didn’t want anyone seeing it. “Not until you explain.” “There is nothing to explain.” “Really?” I held the bottle high
Celyne pov Three weeks. Three whole weeks had passed since the accident. Three weeks since I woke up in that hospital bed. Three weeks since someone tried to destroy everything. Yet somehow life had returned to normal. Or at least everyone pretended it had. The investigation had gone nowhere. No suspects. No answers. No justice. Just silence. Sometimes I wondered if they had truly searched at all. Because I knew what I felt that day. I knew I hadn’t simply fallen. Someone had touched me. Someone had pushed me. Someone wanted me gone. The thought still sent chills through me. Yet every day the mansion carried on as if nothing had happened. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Meetings. Preparations. Check ups. Smiles. The same ro
Elara povThe moment I received Clara’s message, I knew this wasn’t something she would discuss over the phone. Clara was many things. Patient. Careful. Manipulative. But reckless wasn’t one of them. If she wanted to meet in person, then whatever she had discovered was important. Very important. I sat inside the corner booth of a small café across town, hidden from curious eyes. My fingers tapped impatiently against the table. Five minutes later, Clara finally arrived. A pair of sunglasses covered her eyes despite the cloudy weather. She slid into the seat opposite mine and removed them. “You look terrible,” she said. I glared at her. “You didn’t ask me here to discuss my appeara
Alexander povThe footage ended. Yet I remained staring at the screen. Something about it didn’t sit right with me. I replayed it again. And again. And again. The hallway appeared on the screen. Celyne walking alone. Slowly. Carefully. One hand resting against the wall. Then someone appeared. The camera angle wasn’t clear enough to show a face. But it showed enough. A brief interaction. A movement. Then Celyne falling. My jaw tightened. It wasn’t an accident. Someone was there. Someone had been close enough to touch her. Close enough to push her.
Elara PovFear.It was a feeling I hated.A feeling that made my stomach twist and my thoughts spiral out of control.And right now, fear was all I could feel.Celyne was awake.The words kept replaying in my head over and over again.Awake.Alive.Breathing.Everything that was supposed to happen had gone wrong.I paced across my room, running a hand through my hair.How could this have happened?I had been careful.At least I thought I had.Yet somehow Celyne survived.Not only that, Alexander had practically lost his mind when she fell.The image wouldn’t leave me alone.The way he had rushed toward her.The panic in his eyes.The way he carried her in his arms.As if losing her would destroy him.My chest tightened.No.No.No.That couldn’t happen.Alexander was mine.He was supposed to be mine.A knock sounded on the door.Before I could answer, it opened.Vivian stepped inside.One look at me and her brows furrowed.“Why do you look like you’ve seen a ghost?”I remained silent.
Celyne povThe first thing I noticed when I woke up was the silence.Not the peaceful kind.The kind that made your chest feel heavy.The kind that reminded you that something had happened.Something bad.I slowly opened my eyes and stared at the white ceiling above me.Hospital.The smell confirmed it.The steady beeping of machines confirmed it even more.A sigh escaped my lips.The baby.My hand immediately moved to my stomach.The moment I felt it, relief washed through me.The baby was still there.Still fighting.Still holding on.Just like me.I closed my eyes again.Everything hurt.My body felt weak.My head felt heavy.And my memories were scattered like broken glass.The stairs.The blood.Alexander’s voice.Someone shouting.Then darkness.I swallowed hard.This was one of the reasons I never wanted to come back to the Hale mansion.Ever since I returned, nothing had felt right.At first, I thought it was my imagination.The missing pills.The strange looks.The feeling th
Celyne povThe dining room was probably full by now.Vivian.Elara.Alexander.The same faces.The same conversations.The same reminders.I couldn’t do it.Not tonight.For the first time since returning to the Hale mansion, I decided to skipped dinner.No excuses.No explanations.I simply stayed
Vivian povThe moment Celyne stepped through the front doors of the mansion, I had a feeling something was wrong somewhereAlexander wasn’t with her.Interesting.What could he be up to now.Hope is not doing one of this gamesAfter everything that happened lately, I had expected him to return with
Elara povThe moment I stepped out of the hospital, I knew I couldn’t stay another second.I didn’t wait for Alexander.I didn’t wait for Celyne.I didn’t wait for anyone.I was angry.No.Angry wasn’t even the right word.
Celyne pov The day of the checkup finally arrived.For days, I had dreaded it.For days, I had hoped something would happen and somehow cancel it.But life didn’t work that way.No matter how much I wanted to avoid it, the day came anyway.An







