MasukLana's POV In my entire years of living, I never thought a day would come when I’d be forced to stand in a room full of flashing lights and lie to the world about a man.And practically one day who seems to be messing with my mental health and practically believes he has bought my life.I kept that smiling face from the moment I stepped out of my room.He didn't have to know something bothered me.If I need to pretend to get to the end of all this I would. I didn't trust anyone in that house.Especially him.So I have to pretend I'm good with everything for now.The air in the grand ballroom was thick, tasting of expensive lilies and the metallic tang of a hundred cameras. I thought the event was to be held in his office building or something.I guess I thought wrong.Pop. Pop. Pop. The flashes hit my eyes like physical blows, blinding me, forcing me to squint as the reporters’ voices rose in a hungry, chaotic roar.“Mrs. Que! Lana! Over here!”“How does it feel to be the luckiest
Lana's POV At this moment many things were running through my mind.I went back to the book.Something felt wrong.What if I was getting into a trap?The rusted key was for the basement. That was what the book said, right??But if she was the one who documented this, how did she get the book and keys out while she's locked up in the basement?“The basement isn't for wine, Lana. It’s for the things he couldn't break.”I reread the message again.I could swear I was getting more curious but I had to be careful.Who'd I tell?I swallowed hard, my throat felt like it was scrubbed off with sandpaper. I looked from the key to my laptop, then to the phone glowing on the duvet.He’s watching the network.Those words from that unknown number kept ringing in my head. Then my eyes darted to the corners of the ceiling.I didn't know what I was looking for. But I was searching for something.Maybe the tiny, unblinking eye of a camera. I needed something to give off that I was being watched ri
Lana's POV I felt every single blood in me drain from my face, as I stared at him.I felt my fingers stiffen around the journal and my feet were so fucking cold on the marble.I clamped my fingers around the book little that no matter how stiff they felt as they were behind my dress. Oh fuck! How was I going to hide this from him? Even the sharp edge of the USB drive was digging into my palm just to remind me of the fire I was playing with."I... I couldn't sleep," I stammered.My voice went extra tiny.Bitch you can't mess this up! I tried reminding myself. But Adrian didn't move. He remained at the door.Exuding power and a little polished cruelty.He looked like one of those Greek gods myths talked about.Luckily, he didn't turn on the lights. My mind was still racing. How I was going to hide this journal before he saw it? The moonlight was spilling through the windows and hit the silver piercings he wore, making them glint like a predator's eyes in the dark."So you decided
Lana's POV I hurriedly opened blue's message.I couldn't wait to tell her everything.That everything was a lie and all a plan.That he knew I'd sign that contract with him.Tears dropped down my eyes as I typed. Few minutes after I sent the message, my phone vibrated.Her call came in.“Lana, Lana calm down and explain to me what happened…. What truly happened”.“Blue I'm so stupid. I don't even know where to start from. I'm so stupid blue.” Fresh sobs fell out my mouth. “Then start talking. Tell me everything” she breathed out. “You don't have to remind me how stupid you are”.I laughed.I didn't if I was being insulted but I didn't know there was no lie in what she said.So I told her everything from the beginning. From the party down to the library and everything I found in it.And for the first time, Lana was quiet.Guess she couldn't believe it. Just like me. “So ... .so wh…wha…t are you going to do”.“I have no idea, truly,” I breathed out, the cold from the floor was grad
Lana's POV i was silent for a while.The silence in the room was so thick I could literally hear the drumming of my own heart against my ribs. I looked at the laptop in front of me, with the message, and then back at the man in front of me."You paid them," I whispered, in my cracked voice." So the hackers….. The viral leak. ….Was all you? So you didn't just find me in that bar, Adrian. You knew I'd be there."But he didn't flinch. He didn't even blink. Instead he stepped over the books on the floor, his Italian leather shoes crushed the books like they were nothing. Then stopped so close I could feel heat radiating from his chest."Lana," he said, his voice was a low, terrifying vibration. "I don't leave my desires to chance. I saw you a year ago at that gala. You looked golden. You seemed untouchable. And you were wasting your potential on a boy who didn't know how to keep you.""So you destroyed me?" I stepped back, my heels clicked sharply against the marble. "You let Mich
Adrian hadn't touched me since he’d dropped me into the leather seat. He quietly sat on the opposite side, with shadows of the passing streetlights moving over his sharp features. He was back to being the "Devil" He was back to being that composed and terrifying, and utterly unreachable man. But I didn't care. He could go silent for the whole day. He shouldn't feel like I'd forgotten about the way he'd spoken to me earlier this evening. What was the point?..... I could as well go silent on him. Because of him, my face is out there on the news again. Possibly being criticized by millions of writers and viewers. Immediately I used his discarded jacket and wrapped it tightly around my shoulders. I needed it. I'd been out in the cold for long. But it smelled like him. Making it harder makes it harder for me to still be mad at him. "You're quiet," Adrian's voice swept through the quiet car. He didn't turn his head as he spoke. He kept staring out of the window like I wa
Lana's POV I couldn’t stop staring at the note.8 pm.That was barely two hours away.“Open the other one!” she demanded.I reached for the navy-blue box, but this one was a little heavier.When I lifted the lid, I swear the room seemed to brighten.There was a jewelry case inside.Diamonds.Actua
Lana's POV The ride back home was quiet. I saw blue on a call, pacing back and forth in the living room, something serious had happened. God knew I couldn't take one more bad news. It was enough already! I mean… Can I just have a day out of all this? I sighed again, for like the millionth t
“I'll sign it.” I paused.“But under one condition”.His eyes narrowed…. Dangerous. Amused. Intrigued. He leaned forward slightly, then the stood up. His towering frame casting a shadow over me . Then a low chuckle rumbled in his chest. “You don't get to make conditions”. He reached out gripping
Lana's POV I felt like he had already known more than enough about what was going on in my life. I mean, I know we're now married, and he's the one helping out with everything, but it's still my life. And the fact remains that he's still a stranger to me. So I stepped away from him a little.







