From Lies To Love

Chapter Two: The Truth Hurts I sat in the dim living room, my body trembling, my chest so heavy it felt like I couldn’t breathe. Tears kept falling, no matter how hard I tried to stop them. I thought I was strong. I thought I could handle anything. But nothing had ever hurt like this. Adrian. The man I loved. The man I trusted. The man I had built my life around. Had been lying to me all along. I went to his office today to surprise him, to remind him that we were still a team. That after everything, we were still us. But I was wrong. The name Sophia wouldn’t leave my head. The way they called her Mrs. Brennan. The way everyone knew her—but no one ever told me. I had given up everything for Adrian. I sold my father’s land, the last piece of his legacy, so Adrian could build his company. I stood by him, supported him, believed in him. I thought we were building something together. But now… I realized I was building a dream alone. The front door opened, snapping me back to rea

: Chapter Four The sun rose too fast, dragging me into a day I wasn’t ready for. My eyes were swollen from crying, my heart hollow from the pain Adrian had caused. His smile at her, the way he kissed her hand, his voice declaring his love for Sophia—it all played in my head, over and over, like a cruel joke I couldn’t escape. I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the divorce lawyer’s number on my phone. My fingers trembled as I pressed the call button. A polite voice answered. The assistant scheduled my appointment for the afternoon. It was done. I was filing for divorce. I should have felt relief. Instead, a crushing sadness settled over me. I had given everything to this marriage. I had fought for Adrian, sacrificed so much of myself—only for him to destroy me without looking back. He wasn’t worth my tears anymore. But still, they fell. I gripped the steering wheel, listening to the rain hit the windshield. The city blurred past me as I drove, my mind tangled in too many th

Chapter Six: The Unwanted Encounter I took a deep breath as I sat in my car, staring at the lawyer's building ahead. Today was the day. I had made up my mind. Nothing, absolutely nothing, would stop me from walking into that office, signing those papers, and ending everything with Adrian. Not the pain, not the humiliation, not the past. I was done. I had to be. Adrian had pushed me too far, and now it was my turn to push back. I didn't care how messy it was going to get, how much my heart would shatter in the process. I had made a promise to myself: I would be free. My palms dug deeper into the skin of the wheel as my eyes fixed on the road ahead. Familiar streets now seemed to mesh together as my mind started running riots of memories of Adrian's lies, his deception. I couldn't afford distraction with thoughts of him-not when I was so near the point of finally assuming my life. A weird, peculiar kind of determination was building up in my head, a fire I hadn't felt for a long

Chapter Eight: A DealLily's POVThe air was thick in the car as I followed Simeon. He didn't say much, his expression unreadable as his hands gripped the steering wheel. I wasn't quite sure what made me follow him. Perhaps it was the curiosity, the allure of answers, or that strange pull toward him.Simeon had dropped a bomb on me back at the lawyer's office. Adrian's lies and betrayals had already wrecked my trust in humanity, and now here I was, driving behind a man who seemed to hold pieces of a puzzle I wasn't even sure I wanted to solve.My breath caught as his sleek black car turned into a gated estate. The iron gates alone looked to cost more than my car. They slowly creaked open, allowing a glimpse of the sprawling mansion beyond them. The house-or rather, the palace-was a masterpiece in modern architecture: towering glass windows, cascading fountains, and perfectly manicured gardens.I parked behind him, getting out of my car a little apprehensively. The cold night air bit a

Chapter Ten: The Mafia Lord's Double LifeLily's POVThe moment we passed those heavy-duty gates, it was like I stepped into a completely different world-an even more treacherous one. Hard-faced guys with black suits seemed to block each street; others casually grasped arms that were big weapons, which, to me, seemed simply a part of the accessories to carry. Then my tummy twisted, like something started wrong inside me.From the moment Simeon had stepped out of the car, the whole ambiance had changed. All heads turned toward him. The men—they looked like bad news—were already going into bows, some right down almost to their ankles, as if he was some sort of king or something."Welcome, sir," one of them greeted in a deep, respectful tone, his head down.Simeon didn't even acknowledge them. He walked past them with this calm, calculated air, his black suit pristine and commanding in his movements. I followed him hesitantly, legs feeling weak beneath me.What the hell was this?I stuck