LOGINSELENA POVThe moment I saw the smirk on Kelvin's face, I knew he was up to something.Same smile. Same manipulative, I have the upperhand smile he had always worn when he thought he was several steps ahead of everyone in the room. My fingers tightened beneath the table where no camera could reach them.Not today. Whatever game he had come here to play, he wasn't getting the satisfaction.Christopher looked between us with the grin of a man whose job had just gotten considerably more interesting. The audience was already leaning forward. This was exactly the kind of tension they had paid attention for."So," Christopher began, "I think everyone is curious." He turned to Kelvin. "Did you know your ex-wife was actually Lena Blackwood before the big reveal? And is that where the cheating allegations originated from?"The studio went quiet.Kelvin leaned back comfortably. His eyes found mine for just a second before sliding smoothly toward the camera. Professional. Calm. Completely manufa
SELENA POV"I swear if those people didn't pull me away, I would have removed every single strand of Miranda's hair."I burst out laughing.The car rolled smoothly through the city while Adriana sat beside me, arms crossed, still radiating pure indignation."I'm serious!" She turned to face me fully. "Did you hear what she called my niece? My future goddaughter? The absolute audacity of that woman…"I laughed harder. Her face was genuinely priceless. For someone so small she contained a truly alarming amount of fury.Then the energy shifted. The anger drained from her face and something quieter replaced it. She turned toward me."I'm sorry."My laughter settled. "What for?""I caused trouble." Her voice had dropped. "I know this movie is important and I shouldn't have reacted like that. It's just…" she bit her lip, "I couldn't stand there and listen to her say those things about you."This silly, wonderful girl.I reached over and poked her cheek. "Who said I'm mad?"Her eyes went wi
MIRANDA POVMy fingers tightened around my purse so hard my knuckles turned white.For a moment I couldn't even process what Liam was saying. All I could see was her. Selena. Standing there with that smile on her face like she hadn't spent the last several months dismantling everything I had carefully built around myself.My chest tightened painfully.A&B Productions wasn't just another company.. it was international, focus more on movie production, the kind of platform that opened doors across continents with a single successful project. I had wanted this opportunity for years. Even with everything I already have, everything I had sacrificed and clawed my way toward, I knew exactly what this film could do for my career.I had expected Lisa Roland in the lead role. Anyone but Selena. Anyone but the woman who seemed to move through this industry collecting everything effortlessly..the role, the fame, the public sympathy, the billionaire husband, while the rest of us bled for every inc
SELENA POVThe drive home was quiet.Not the painful kind. Not the suffocating type silence. This one felt different.. lighter, like air after heavy rain. Hopeful in a way that neither of us needed to name out loud.The rain had long stopped, leaving droplets clinging to the car windows as city lights blurred past in soft streaks of gold and white. Beside me, Alexander sat quietly. Neither of us spoke. Neither of us needed to. For the first time in what felt like a very long time, something had shifted, loosened inside him in a way I could feel without being able to fully explain. The chains. The guilt. The grief that had lived in his eyes like a permanent resident. Not gone. But lighter. Different.Enough for him to breathe.Enough for him to look at me and smile.I smiled back.When the car finally stopped in front of the house, my heart picked up pace. This was the last thing I had planned. The final push, the one I was hoping would do what the graveyard had started and take it th
SELENA POV"Alexander Blackwood."The voice cut through the room like something sharp and cold, and my entire body reacted before my mind caught up.It was him.The same man from Paris. The same voice from that anonymous call. The same presence that seemed capable, just by existing in a room, of pulling Alexander apart at the seams.I turned slowly.Alexander had gone completely still beside me. His jaw tight. His fists clenched so hard the veins rose visibly against his skin. His breathing had changed, shallow and uneven in a way I had never heard from him before. In all the time I had known this man, through everything we had been through together, I had never once seen him look the way he looked right now.Not angry. Not cold.Afraid."Richard Greystone," Alexander said.The name came out bitter. Broken at the edges.And suddenly everything I had been carrying as a half formed question clicked into place all at once. That day he came home shattered and couldn't explain why. The ni
ALEXANDER POVThe look in her eyes told me everything.Nervous. Searching my face for anger. For judgment.I had seen the pictures. The blogs were going crazy and the internet was eating it up. But I knew Selena, and I knew with absolute certainty she would never betray me.Adriana understood immediately. She stood from the couch quietly. "Excuse me," she muttered, and disappeared upstairs.The moment she was gone, Selena walked toward me."I swear the picture isn't what it looks like." The words came quickly. "It was taken at the wrong angle. It wasn't—""Did he touch you?"The question came out before I could stop it. Not because I doubted her. But that image had been stuck in my head since I saw it. Kelvin's hand on hers. His face too close. The thought alone made my jaw tighten.She looked briefly surprised. Then her gaze dropped."Yes." Quiet. Honest. "But it was unexpected, Alex….""Shhh."I chuckled softly and reached for her hand, pulling her closer."Wait." I looked down







