ANMELDENPOV: EdmondI left my grandfathers presence in anger. I am determined to find the boy without his help and prove to him that I don’t need him to get the job done. I searched everywhere I could think of, I visited hospitals, and any other organizations that care for kids with his kind of disabilities. But I couldn’t find him, I kept searching for him, involving street thugs and even the cops. But no luck, not even a clue.After searching for Jason all day, I finally gave up. I’ve searched everywhere I could think of, and yet he is nowhere to be found, I had no choice but to go back home and face my grandfather again. I stood there, the door swinging shut behind me with a force that echoed my furious heartbeat. Gramps was seated behind his immense oak desk, a picture of calm authority, as if my entrance hadn’t just shattered the delicate peace of his office. He looked up, an eyebrow arched, the hint of a smirk playing at the corners of his lips.“You have quite the nerve, Edmond,” he sa
POV: EdmondLooking at Selina on the hospital bed made me feel more guilty than I have ever felt in my life. She looked small under those white sheets. Pale. Fragile. Tubes attached to her arm. Machines blinking beside her. And yet, even in that condition, her first thought was not herself. It was Jason, her kid brother.When she asked for her kid brother, my heart dropped to my stomach. I had nothing to tell her. Nothing!Because in the chaos of fighting with my grandfather, in the rage of watching her being forced out of my house, in the madness of choosing between her and Alexia, I totally forgot about her brother. How could I have been so stupid and careless?She trusted me with her heart. She trusted me with her body. She trusted me to protect her, to protect Jason. And I failed before even trying. I couldn’t do anything when my grandfather forced her out of the house. I stood there while he made me choose Alexia over her. I watched Selina pack her pride and walk out with her hea
POV: EddieThe room around me blurred into a background hum as panic surged through me. I shot a glance at Sofia, who was biting her lip, dread painting her face. We were just at this party, surrounded by people who didn’t matter, and now everything spiraled out of control. “I’ve got to go,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper.I didn’t wait for her response. I barreled down the hallway, dodging family members, ignoring their whispers, their judgmental eyes, all of it fading to static noise that didn’t deserve my attention. My only focus was Selina.The cold air hit my face like a slap as I burst through the front door. I ran toward my car, the engine roaring to life under my trembling hands. “What the hell am I doing?” I mumbled. “I should’ve been there.” I shouldn’t have let Alexia get in my head. I shouldn’t have dealt with her at all. Everything was my fault—Selina could be in trouble because of me.The drive felt endless, every bump in the road sending jolts of worry coursing
POV: Eddie“Hey, Chris wait up...” Alexia called out to Chris, causing me to turn in his direction. My eyes widened in shock when I spotted him.“What are you doing here, man?I thought I asked you to...” I couldn’t finish my statement because everyone was now staring at our exchange, including Alexia and Gramps.“Speak up, Eddie love. Tell everyone how you were about to send your best friend after that traitor you call a girlfriend. You have no regard for Gramps, and that is why you sent him after that bitch after your grandfather sent her out of our family. I am your fiancée now, Eddie, and I’ll make sure that bitch does not return back to this family. I won’t let you go to her, and neither will you be caring for her needs because I won’t let you.” Alexia lets out proudly, making me realise that I should have listened to Selina when she asked me not to do deals with Alexia and Nicole. Now I’ve brought in the devil into our lives and she is tearing our family apart.How on earth did
POV: EddieI stood there, my heart racing as Selina’s figure shrank into the distance. I felt the weight of my grandfather’s goons blocking my escape, each one like a brick in a wall of dread closing in around me. “Selina... Please don’t go,” I called after her, but my voice was swallowed by the laughter echoing from Gramps and Alexia.“What is this, Gramps? Am I suddenly a prisoner in my own house?” I shot back, fury boiling beneath my skin.“First off, Eddie, it’s my house and not yours until you become chairman of the board,” he replied, his laughter taunting me, making this whole sick game seem like a joke to him.“Is this supposed to be funny?” I yelled, feeling the anger surge hotter. “You just ruined my life!”“That’s not true, sweetheart. Grandfather is just doing the right thing. You have me now, Edmond. You don’t need whores and golddiggers flocking around you,” Alexia chimed in, sliding her arms around me and leaning in for a kiss. I pushed her away, my disdain glaring in m
POV: SelinaEddie called his grandfather to break the news that he had found the girl he chose for him as his bride and Luna. His grandfather wanted to humiliate me in front of his real daughter-in-law. He hates me for daring to come into his grandson’s life, and he blames me for all the problems and misunderstandings his family has been having lately.He wants to break me and Alpha Eddie’s relationship so badly that he invited my family to come and witness it. My sister was called again, and she narrated a heroic tale of how she and her fiancé found the stolen necklace with me and how I was the daughter of a thief. She obviously hates me as always; it makes her so happy to humiliate me so much.Seeing me with Alpha Eddie and his sister Sofia must have infuriated her even more because she looks like she is about to burst with anger and jealousy. She made it seem like it was just recently, and it seems Eddie’s grandfather is confused about the necklace because of the fake one Eddie had







