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Chapter Fifty Four

Author: Meredith.O
last update publish date: 2026-06-01 23:42:57

Adrian's POV

The first time Elara called, I ignored it. The second time, I stared at the screen until it stopped ringing.

By the third call, I threw my phone onto the passenger seat and pressed harder on the accelerator.

Rain hammered against the windshield, blurring the city lights into streaks of gold and white.

I should have answered, I knew that.

Every instinct inside me wanted to, but anger is a dangerous thing especially when it comes from disappointment and right now, disappointment was
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  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty Six

    Elara's POVThe first thing I became aware of was the cold. Not the kind that comes from rain or air conditioning.This cold felt deeper. It settled beneath my skin and wrapped itself around my bones.For several long seconds, I didn't open my eyes, I simply listened. A faint humming sound, the steady rhythm of an engine, the occasional splash of tires moving through water... A vehicle.I was inside a vehicle. My eyes flew open immediately. Darkness greeted me, not complete darkness. Just enough to make everything difficult to see.My heart started racing. I tried moving and immediately realized my wrists weren't tied. That should have made me feel relieved, instead it terrified me.Because people who wanted hostages usually tied them up. People who didn't bother... Usually weren't afraid of them escaping.I pushed myself upright slowly. The movement made my head ache. A sharp pain pulsed behind my eyes.I lifted a trembling hand and touched the side of my head. There was a small bump

  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty Five

    Adrian's POVThe moment I received that photograph of Elara standing outside the hospital, every instinct inside me screamed that something was wrong.I started the car immediately.Rain pounded against the windshield as I drove through the city.The photograph kept replaying in my head.The angle, the timing, the message.Somebody was watching her, not randomly, not by chance but deliberately.My grip tightened around the steering wheel.And despite everything that had happened between us earlier, despite the disappointment and frustration still burning inside me, one thing remained painfully clear.If anything happened to Elara, I would never forgive myself.The first person who came to mind was Helen. I didn't like it. I didn't want it to be her.But she had appeared out of nowhere after years of silence.She knew things she shouldn't know and she always had terrible timing.Twenty minutes later, I was standing outside her penthouse apartment.The doorman recognized me as usual, im

  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty Four

    Adrian's POVThe first time Elara called, I ignored it. The second time, I stared at the screen until it stopped ringing.By the third call, I threw my phone onto the passenger seat and pressed harder on the accelerator.Rain hammered against the windshield, blurring the city lights into streaks of gold and white.I should have answered, I knew that.Every instinct inside me wanted to, but anger is a dangerous thing especially when it comes from disappointment and right now, disappointment was exactly what I felt.The hospital was already several minutes behind me, yet I could still hear her voice in my head."My real name isn't Elara."Then tell me who you are. Tell me why you're terrified. Tell me why some psychopath keeps calling you. Tell me why an old nun disappears during a blackout. Tell me something... anything.Instead, she gave me nothing.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. The problem wasn't that she had secrets. Everyone had secrets. Hell, my entire life was built

  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty Three

    Elara's POVMy scream echoed through the corridor so loudly that several nurses turned at once.The phone slipped from my trembling fingers and landed on the floor with a sharp crack.For a second, I couldn't breathe, couldn't move nor could I even think.All I could do was stare at the photograph lying on the screen.My father... My father.The face I had spent years trying not to forget. The same face I had spent even more years trying not to remember.A nurse rushed towards me immediately."Sister Elara!"I barely heard her.My knees gave way and I sank into the chair behind me before I could collapse completely.The photograph remained on the screen. It wasn't edited. It doesn't look fake. It was real, painfully real.The image showed a younger version of me standing beside my father under a large mango tree. I remembered that day.I remembered the dress I was wearing. I remembered the argument he had with someone later that evening. I remembered every details because three days a

  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty Two

    Elara's POV"My real name isn't Elara."The words left my mouth quietly, yet they seemed to echo throughout the entire room.Nobody spoke, including Adrian, Annette or even the frightened nurse standing near the doorway.The emergency lights flickered again, bathing the room in an eerie red glow before returning to dim white.Adrian stared at me as if waiting.I could see the questions in his eyes.The same questions I wasn't ready to answer, same ones I wasn't sure I even knew how to answer."Explain," he said finally, his voice wasn't loud but it was firm and dangerously calm.Slowly I lowered my gaze."I can't."The silence that followed felt worse than any argument.Adrian laughed once, a short bitter laugh."You can't?"I swallowed hard again."Not here.""Then where?"I didn't answer because there was no answer I could give him.At least not without dragging him into something I didn't fully understand myself and without exposing secrets I had spent years burying.I heard him ex

  • Capitulate Into Sinful Desires    Chapter Fifty One

    Elara’s POVDarkness swallowed the entire hospital in seconds.The sudden blackout sent frightened voices echoing through the hallway almost immediately. Nurses rushed past us while emergency alarms rang sharply overhead, the loud sound making my already racing heartbeat spiral even worse.Then another scream echoed from somewhere deeper inside the building.My breath caught instantly.“Oh my God…”The emergency backup lights flickered weakly above us, casting dim red light across the hallway. It made everything feel strange and unsettling, like something out of a nightmare.Patients’ voices filled the distance. I could hear footsteps, feel confusion and fear creeping inside of me.Beside me, Adrian’s entire expression hardened dangerously.“What the hell is going on?” he muttered.My fingers tightened around my phone automatically. The unknown number still glowed brightly across the screen, calling again.And somehow, deep inside me, I already knew.This wasn’t coincidence. The fear

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