LOGINThe night she caught her boyfriend cheating shattered her completely. Elena swore she’d never trust love again until the one person she shouldn’t fall for walked into her life… her ex’s brother.
View MoreElena's POV "You don't get to stand there acting like some protector after terrorizing my life," I said, my voice shaking hard now as I stepped back from him, putting distance between us across the sitting room. Anger boiled up fresh and raw, washing over the shock of seeing him here, in this house, behind every single threat that had me looking over my shoulder for weeks. "Ivan's family is destroyed because of you. My studio violated. Police lying for you. This isn't love, Adrian. This is obsession. Sick obsession." Adrian's face tightened just a fraction, but he didn't back off, just stood there watching me with those dark eyes that used to make me feel safe but now only made my skin crawl. "Elena, you think I wanted it this way? Two years watching you build everything without me every dinner, every laugh with Lila, every new client I took it because I had no choice. But I couldn't stay away anymore." "No choice?" I laughed sharp and bitter, shaking my head as I paced to
Elena's POV That final text had been eating away at me all day: **"Date night's over. Now we talk. Via Convento 47. Midnight. Come alone."** Lila begged me not to go, kept saying we should call someone police, security, anybody but something about that message pulled at me hard. The absolute confidence that I'd show up alone. I needed to see this creep's face. Needed it over before Ivan woke up from his coma or God knows who came next. My Alfa's headlights barely cut through the coastal fog as I turned onto Via Convento, GPS signal dying completely halfway down. Number 47 appeared suddenly not a normal house but this massive compound with tall iron gates, stone walls that looked serious, floodlights sweeping slow across the gravel driveway. I slowed down, honestly shocked at the size of it. *Who the hell lives here?* Two guys in dark suits stood at the gate, hands near their belts like they carried. Not some random stalker. This was real money. Real control. One nodded at me as
Third Person POV Liam was waiting for Elena when she pulled up to the studio that morning, looking shaken in a way she'd never seen before. He met her at the door, clutching his phone so tight his knuckles looked white, his usual easygoing expression completely gone. "Elena, you need to sit down for this," he said, his voice low and unsteady. "It's Ivan. He's in the hospital serious car accident last night." The sketchbook slipped right out of Elena's hands and hit the concrete with this dull thud that echoed in the quiet parking lot. "What do you mean accident? How bad is it?" she asked, her throat suddenly dry as she stared at him, trying to process. Liam glanced down at his phone again, scrolling through a flood of messages from their shared contacts around town. "Happened around midnight on the coastal road. His car went off the edge, totaled completely. Doctors are saying internal injuries, broken ribs, and they're worried about coma risks. His family's at the hospital
Third Person POVElena woke bolt upright at 2:17 AM, heart slamming against her ribs as the landline shrieked through the mansion silence. She fumbled for the phone on her nightstand, squinting at the UNKNOWN CALLER flashing red. Nobody had her landline number anymore. Nobody. She hit talk anyway, voice thick from sleep. "Hello? Who is this?"Heavy breathing crackled through first, then a low voice distorted like someone talking through thick cloth. "Roses were just the beginning. You can't run forever." The line went dead before she could respond, leaving nothing but silence and her own ragged breathing.She sat there frozen for a long moment, staring at the dark ceiling as adrenaline burned through her drowsiness. Same voice from the cliffside rose, same deliberate threat. This wasn't some bored client playing games anymore. Someone was getting serious. She checked every door and window lock twice, reset the alarm system, but sleep wouldn't come back. By the time dawn finally bro
Elena's POV "ALEX" I screamed as my hand flew to my mouth while Marco grabbed my arm and yanked me back hard from the horrific scene exploding right across the street in front of my eyes. Alex lay crumpled and broken about twenty feet away with his body twisted at completely unnatural angles in
Adrian's POV The penthouse alert system screamed like a banshee with red lights pulsing across every wall screen as the main elevator emergency override kicked in cutting through our breakfast idyll like a machete. Elena froze with her fork halfway to her mouth those green eyes wide with sudden
Elena's POVOne month flew by in a beautiful blur of penthouse mornings and Adrian's steady presence weaving security into every corner of my new life. He stayed buried in work constantly battling those Viktor remnants through late-night strategy calls and dock fires that lit up his burner phone b
Adrian's POV I bolted from the study like a man on fire with my heart hammering against my ribs as that faint sob cut through the penthouse silence sharper than any blade. Every muscle in my body coiled tight because I was expecting the worst after Marcus's intel on Viktor but as I shoved the






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