LOGINSelene's POV His lips crushed into mine again, but this time it was different. Less frantic and more deliberate. Like he wanted to memorize me piece by piece, etch me back into him with every slow drag of his mouth. I gasped softly, his tongue sliding against mine, and the sound made him groan in
Selene's POV The silence after his question stretched like a taut string between us. "Do you really have no idea of what I want?" The words still burned in the air, hovering, daring me to touch them. I stood there, my throat raw, trying to hold myself together while the ground beneath me felt su
Selene's POV I don’t mean to yell. I don’t even mean to speak.But the moment he throws that congratulation at me like a dagger dressed in politeness, something inside me just snaps. “You replaced me first,” I fire, voice cracking. “You were the one who announced your engagement to someone else. S
Dominic's POV I don’t even realize when I quickly tell Enzo to get the car ready. One moment, I’m staring at the city skyline, jaw tight, mind drowning in whiskey and memories I should’ve killed months ago. The next, we’re driving. Fast. Darkness swallows the roads ahead, headlights casting lo
Dominic's POV I always know when something is off the second Enzo walks in without being told. He knocks, but he doesn’t wait for permission. Just pushes the office door open, stiff in his movements like he’s carrying news that could alter the shape of a man. I’m seated behind my desk, sleeves r
“I have to go,” I breathed. He nodded once. “Go.” And so I did. *** When the plane landed in New York, it was like being dunked into chaos. The air was heavier, faster. My limbs ached from the weight of too many emotions carried in silence. I stepped off the terminal walkway and into Arri
My eyebrows rose. “Peace is for the content,” he said. “You’re not content, Selene. Neither is Dominic. You both walk like you’re carrying the ghosts of each other.” I didn’t know what to say to that so I said nothing. He poured a splash more into his own glass, then lifted the second one and
Selene's POV “Come join me. Have some drinks, dear daughter-in-law.” The words, said so casually, so purposefully, carved the room in half. Dominic halted on the second step of the staircase. I didn’t even have to see his face to feel the tension stiffen in his shoulders. “Grandfather,” Domi
“I’m trying,” I said. “You think it’s easy to come back and face all this?” “You don’t get points for showing up late,” he muttered. My hands trembled in my lap, and I forced them into stillness. We didn’t speak for the rest of the drive. The city blurred by, quiet lights and honking taxis a
Selene's POV “Are you here to flirt with a customer or do your job?” I asked. My voice came out sharper than I intended low but laced with something cold, biting. The kind of voice I didn’t even recognize in myself anymore. The saleslady’s flirty laughter died mid-giggle, and she blinked at me l







