INICIAR SESIÓNMassimo Pov My Father’s office felt smaller than usual. The air was thick with the smell of his expensive tobacco and the suffocating weight of family expectations. My father was pacing the floor. His face had a deep shade of purple as he shouted at the walls, at the ceiling, and mostly at me. I didn't give a fuck. “Why would you do that? What is your problem? I’m sick and tired of you two!” Father went on and on and on, his voice booming in the confined space. Beside him, Sandor sat with his arms crossed and a smug look on his face as he watched me get shredded.I wanted to punch him so badly.My mind barely registered what he was saying. The words were just white noise, like the hum of a distant engine. All I could think about was that imposter I met at the party. The way her skin felt cold. The way she didn't have that spark in her eyes. The scar on her wrist that didn't belong there. This could only mean one thing, the real Val was in grave danger.How would I find her? Where
Priya povI stared at the message so long that my eyes started to water. The screen was a bright, blurring rectangle in my trembling hands. Arman was here. He wasn't just a ghost in a grainy video anymore. He was a physical presence, a monster sitting in a chair, probably sipping coffee while he planned how to ruin my life again.“He’s at the café downtown, Priya. Tell your knight in shining armour to come say hello. Or I’ll come up there.”The words felt like a death sentence. My blood ran cold, and a familiar, suffocating panic began to claw at my throat. He knew where I was. He had tracked me to my own home, the one place I thought was safe because Karl was there. But now, my safety felt like a trap. I wasn't just worried about myself anymore, I was terrified for Karl. Arman is dangerous. I looked at the door, half-expecting it to burst open. I wanted to run, to hide in the closet, to vanish into the walls. My phone was still in my hand, a heavy, cursed object. I wanted to throw
Valeria pov I hadn't left the room I was in, I was sitting there, thinking of ways I'd escape without getting noticed. I still couldn't believe that this had happened to me.So much for trying to help, I should've just ignored the boy, but how could I? There's no way I'd be that heartless.Now, I have to pay the price for being a good person. I sighed heavily as I bit my bottom lip.Just as I was lost in thought, the door flew open, and Veronica walked in, fuming. She stopped only a few inches away from me as she looked down at me.“I did everything, everything, but he knew I wasn't you at first glance. How? We look exactly the same? Why does he not believe I'm you?” Veronica went on and on expressing her frustrations, but I didn't even know who she was talking about.She grabbed my face and forced me to look at her. “What is so special about you that he recognised I wasn't you? Do you know how cornered I was? He was literally following me around like a predator hunting his prey.”“
Priya pov I could feel my body getting covered in goosebumps. My heart was racing as if I were in a marathon. Karl's touches were so gentle, almost as if he were handling a delicate object. His lips moved from my mouth and I finally inhaled. His lips trailed to my neck, leaving soft and wet kisses all over. My body was shuddering in pleasure. Karl was turning me on in ways I never expected. I let out a breathless moan when his hand brushed over my folds. The bedroom was dim, lit only by the warm glow of the bedside lamp and. The sheets beneath us were cool against my heated skin, but Karl’s body was a furnace pressed to mine. We were tangled in the middle of his wide bed, legs intertwined, my thighs already trembling from the way he’d been kissing me senseless for what felt like forever. “Karl…” My voice came out shaky, barely above a whisper. My fingers dug into his shoulders, feeling the hard flex of muscle as he held himself above me just enough to keep his weight from cr
Massimo povI couldn't feel her touch. Even though our skin was meeting, there was no spark, no warmth, no familiar pull. This was not Val. My mind was spinning with impossible questions. How was this even possible? Has she been cloned? Was this some doppelganger from a nightmare?“You’re not Valeria,” I blurted out. The words felt heavy and sharp in the air.Antonio shot me a questioning look, his eyes widening in confusion. Sandor didn't even look surprised; he just rolled his eyes like I was telling a bad joke. But the woman standing in front of me, the one who was wearing Val’s face and claiming to be her, completely froze when I said that.I was still holding her hand, staring deeply into her eyes. I had noticed it even from a distance, but up close, it was undeniable. She wasn't my Val. Her steps were too calculated, and she looked far too poised. The way she spoke was calm, almost like she had practised every syllable.The real Valeria always did what she wanted to do. She
Priya pov “Karl, it's very late. You should get going.”“And leave you in this condition? Never.” His tone was very firm “I'm literally fine, I can breathe normally, and I don't feel like I'm gonna pass out anymore,” I insisted, though my voice still had that slight, pathetic nasal quality to it. I tried to sit up straighter, attempting to look like a woman who had her life together and not a woman who had just spent the last twenty minutes crying her heart out.Karl didn't even blink. He just reached over, grabbed a stray pillow from the floor, and propped it up behind my head. “You’re staying in bed, and I’m staying in that chair.”“Karl, you are wearing a towel,” I pointed out, my eyes inadvertently wandering down to his damp, muscular torso before I quickly snapped my gaze back up to his face. “You can’t stay in my bedroom in a towel. It’s… It’s a health hazard. For me. For my sanity.” I whispered the last sentences under my breath, but I think he heard it.He looked down at h
Valeria pov“So you just booked us a vacation without letting me know?” I asked with pouted lips as I waited for him to answer. “Yes Mrs Alessandro, you deserve the best, and I doubt you've ever been on vacation, so I reckon you keep mute and enjoy this.” I rolled my eyes at him in defeat. He smi
Massimo povVal was fast asleep as I sat at the edge of the bed. I stared at her for a hot minute before grabbing my phone. Karl had sent me a picture I had been waiting for. Immediately, my eyes fell on the picture, my face twisted into a frown as my fingers tightened around the phone. The anger
Valeria pov I was in Priya's room as we giggled and spoke about old stuff. Her pillow came flying on my face, and I laughed even louder. I dropped the pillow and looked at her properly. “Okay,” I said calmly, “talk to me. What’s really going on in that head of yours?” I realised the shift in her
Priya made her way upstairs to speak to Val. She had no idea that her friend was on a trip enjoying herself. As she walked through the hallway, she saw Karl come out of a room. She halted because they almost collided. Her heart leapt as she took a step back. Seeing Karl after that kiss always made







