Hannah’s POVI woke up and looked to the side, Rafael was sleeping facing my direction. I glanced at the window, the curtain was open and it was still dark. I shouldn't have fallen asleep, I should have left, but I'd leave at that moment, sneak out while he was still sleeping. But before getting up, I looked at him a little longer. It was such a waste that a man so gorgeous and hot was guaranteed trouble. I closed my eyes for a moment and images of us together simmered in my mind. He definitely knew how to use what he had, oh yes he did!But he was a psycho, no one would convince me otherwise, and I had to get out of here before he killed me and hid my body. I got up very slowly, trying not to make noise, and felt around for my clothes. I got dressed in the hallway and headed to the painting behind which I'd hidden the door key and pulled it out. But as soon as I put the key in the door, I felt weight pressing against my back, pinning me against the door."Where's my crazy girl going i
Jennifer’s POVMy life was over! I'd never show my face in public again. What a humiliation! I felt regret eating me up from the inside and shame burning on my face. I left that disaster of my uncle's party like a criminal, hidden and wrapped in my brother's suit jacket which, fortunately, fit me like a dress."What are you doing in my room?" I asked when I came back from the bathroom and saw Boris sitting on my bed."I came to help you. Again!" Boris stared at me and pointed to the glass on the nightstand. "Drink this, it'll get rid of your stomachache.""You have medicine that cures stomachaches and you decide to give it to me only two hours after this hell started?" I looked at him angrily."Little sis, take the medicine and sit here," he asked sweetly and I did as he said, sitting next to him on the bed. He put his arm around my shoulder. "I needed you to feel regret so you could see your mistake.""Regret? Boris, there are two things I deeply regret tonight. One of them was eating
Melissa’s POVI was still laughing at Domani's dumbfounded expression while thinking about where I should start telling my side of the story, but Fernando was quite impatient to know what I'd gotten myself into."Come on, Melissa, I'm waiting to hear why you broke our agreement. You promised me you'd stay nice and quiet here with Manu and your parents," Fernando asked in that calm way of someone talking about the weather, but I knew he was seething with nerves inside. It was always like this when I promised not to cause trouble and then did anyway."Prince," I got up from where I was sitting and went to sit beside him, "I was going to stay quiet here, but a small unforeseen issue came up, really small, but it causes huge confusion when it wants to.""What are you talking about?" He rubbed his eyes. "Or rather, who?""That little devil of an assistant of yours." I shrugged and he stared at me."Melissa, what does Hannah have to do with this?" A flicker of confusion crossed his features.
Melissa’s POVFlavian took me to his house, but before going back to the police station, he came in to hear the news from the party, since the others had already arrived. But before we went in, my cell phone rang. It was that reporter I knew who had owed me a favor for a long time, but I only collected on it at that time."Melissa Larson, you are a wonderful diva and I swear you now own my soul," the reporter said as soon as I answered, and I laughed."Such an exaggeration, Gil. How did it go?" I asked and heard his laughter on the other end of the line."It was much, much better than you promised me. I'm writing the article and my boss is going to publish it prominently on the website and on the front page of the newspaper. Before the rooster crows again in this city, the Domani Pharmaceutical event, which should have been just another blasé society night in this country, will be described in bombastic facts and photos as the scandal event of the year," he told me, and I already imagi
Rafael’s POVHannah was the most audacious woman I'd ever met. She was bold, irritating, had a tongue sharp enough to cut steel and made my blood boil, but not just with anger. When Melissa and the detective left, I should have thrown her out too, but I was stupid enough to look at her and see more than just that sexy little body in provocative clothes. I saw what she was bravely trying to hide: a beautiful woman who'd already been through something terrible in her life, and that made me stupidly justify all her aggression toward me.I told her to leave, that she didn't need a man like me, full of problems, who definitely wasn't gentle and still had a teenage daughter who'd probably make her life hell. She needed someone more delicate and sensitive, someone kinder. But she didn't leave, she wouldn't listen to me, and she asked to see, she wanted to know. And I was tired of controlling myself. I wanted this woman, I wanted her the moment she stopped in front of me at my office in the ba
Hannah’s POVI stood before Rafael, feeling rather awkward. Things had unfolded unexpectedly and everything had happened so fast. I still hadn't quite understood how it all went down, but I felt unsettled standing there in front of this man who seemed far too irritated.And then there was that one thing - despite everything coming to light and Melissa being safe, I still didn’t trust Rafael. I trusted him even less with the way he was looking at me, as if he was about to pounce."So, Hannah, this is your last chance to get out of here." He stared me down.His eyes looked fierce and I knew I should already be running, but my feet froze to the floor, my breathing became labored, and my heart raced. He would claim a victim tonight, and apparently it would be me. I was already prepared to say "goodbye, world," because even though my brain was screaming that I should run, my body wouldn't move.He took a step toward me, closing the distance between us to the point where I could feel his war