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
But now that she was gone, everything in me was wrong. It all felt wrong. I shouldn’t have left her in the car. Even with the child. He’d known this wouldn’t be easy. That Adrian wouldn’t stop. I gripped the wheel tighter until the leather groaned. I should’ve killed that bastard brother when I h
Dominic's POV I carried Aria out with blood on my hands. Not hers, never hers, but the men who’d thought they could touch her. She was weightless in my arms, her head buried against my chest, trusting, too trusting. The smell of iron still clung to my sleeves. Her tiny fingers curled against my s
Fifteen minutes. Maybe less. I didn’t look back. I couldn’t. I didn’t know what I’d do if I saw his silhouette behind me. The house faded behind the ne as I weaved through the road. My feet burned, cut by the road stones, but I kept going, stumbling with each step. Then headlights tucked between
Selene's POV For a second, I thought I was hallucinating. My body was already shaking from everything Adrian had done or almost done but seeing Lina walk through that door… it knocked the air out of me. Her hair was a mess, her face pale, eyes swollen. She looked nothing like the girl who used t







