Masuk“Look at me, baby. You’re safe now.” Three men stood before me. One watched me with quiet concern. Another studied me as though he could see through every lie I told myself. The third… God help me, he was the one whose words made me question everything I thought I knew. Three of them. Powerful. Mysterious. Impossible to understand. And somehow, they had become the center of my world. It all began on the night I lost everything. The night I got fired. The night my boyfriend left me for my best friend. The night I came dangerously close to giving up on life. But before my world fell apart, I had been kind to a stranger. Shared my umbrella with him in the rain. Offered him a smile when I barely had one left for myself. That man? He remembered. He found me at my lowest and offered me something I never expected: a place in his world, alongside the two men he trusted most. Three men. One unexpected arrangement. And a life governed by rules I had yet to understand. They gave me a home. A fresh start. A chance to rebuild the life I thought I had lost. Now I wake up in silk sheets. I don’t work. I don’t pay bills. But nothing in their world comes without a price. And Daddy doesn’t like it when I cry. He believes tears are a sign that I’ve forgotten just how strong I can be.
Lihat lebih banyakIVY’S POVThe morning of the launch arrived not with the frantic alarm of a woman in hiding, but with the soft, persistent glow of a sunrise that felt like it belonged specifically to me.Standing in front of the full-length mirror in my new dressing room, I smoothed out the fabric of my tailored ivory suit. It was a sharp, commanding look, softened only by the silk camisole underneath a perfect representation of the woman I had become. I wasn't just Ivy the survivor anymore. Today, I was Ivy the founder.My house, now fully lived-in, felt vibrant. There were fresh lilies on the console table and the faint scent of the espresso Kai had insisted on making for me before he headed out to "handle the logistics" of the event. Every corner of this home was a testament to the peace I had fought for."You look like a queen, child."I turned to see Nana leaning against the doorframe. She looked elegant in a deep plum dress I’d had delivered to her cottage. She still refused to move in, but sh
IVY’S POVA week had bled away with the kind of frantic energy that usually precedes a storm. But this wasn’t a storm of danger; it was a storm of creation. Between signing the final lease papers for the brownstone in townwatching the massive down payment leave my account with a mixture of terror and triumph and packing the life I had built inside Kai’s mansion and my old house into cardboard boxes, I barely had time to breathe.Standing in the center of my new foyer, the air smelled of fresh white paint, expensive floor wax, and the faint, lingering scent of the cedar trees surrounding the property. It was quiet. A different kind of quiet than Kai’s. His house sounded like history and power; mine sounded like a blank page."It’s too big," a voice grumbled from behind me.I turned to see Nana standing by the marble kitchen island, her arms folded tightly over her chest. She was squinting at the high-tech appliances as if they were alien artifacts."It’s not too big, Nana. It’s exa
IVY’S POVThe drive back from the city was painted in the soft, amber hues of a setting sun. Through the windshield, the horizon looked like a canvas of bruised purples and burning golds, a stark contrast to the sterile grey skyscraper I had spent the morning navigating. Inside the cabin of the car, the atmosphere was thick with a contentment I hadn’t known was possible for someone like me.For years, my life had been a series of tactical moves and guarded breaths. Every person I met was a potential threat or a chess piece; every room I entered, I looked for the exits first. But now, leaning my head against the cool glass of the window, watching the familiar silhouettes of the trees lining the highway, I felt... settled. It was a terrifying word. Settled meant vulnerable. Settled meant I had something to lose.But as I looked at Kai, those fears felt like echoes of a different life.Kai had insisted on driving back together. He’d even gone so far as to hire a driver to bring his ow
IVY’S POVThe glow from the photo on the easel seemed to linger in my mind even after Kai led me out of the studio. The house was quiet now, the chaotic energy of Ella’s laughter and Nana’s sharp observations still vibrating in the air like the hum of a struck tuning fork. We walked down the hallway toward the master suite, but my feet felt heavy. Not with sadness, but with the weight of a realization I’d been avoiding since I first stepped through these gates.Kai was already unbuttoning his shirt, the movement fluid and relaxed. He looked like a man who had finally conquered a difficult peak. He had won over Nana; he had charmed Ella; he had integrated my world into his fortress.“Tonight was perfect,” he said, his voice low and satisfied. He turned to me, his eyes softening. “Nana is formidable. I think I’ve finally been vetted by the highest authority.”I sat on the edge of the vast, silk-covered bed, tracing the intricate pattern of the duvet. “She loves you, Kai. She wouldn’t
IVY’S POVMorning came quietly.Not gently, but quietly. The kind of quiet that made you aware of another body beside you before you even opened your eyes.I lay still for a moment, listening to Kai’s breathing. Slow. Steady. Real. His arm was draped over my waist like it had always belonged there,
IVY’S POVSleep crept up on me without asking.It didn’t arrive gently or with permission. It slid in through the cracks between thoughts, heavy and warm, dragging my eyelids down while my mind still wandered restlessly. I could feel myself slipping, sinking, but I was too tired to fight it. The st
IVY’S POVThe phone stayed in my hand long after the call ended.The screen went dark but my fingers did not move. My ears were ringing like the words were still being said over and over again. We caught the bastard. Come to the dock now.My chest felt hollow. Not tight. Not heavy. Just empty. Like
KAI’S POVIt was two in the afternoon. I had not slept again. I sat in the same chair and kept my eyes on her. I told myself I was monitoring her. That was only half true. The other half was something I did not want to admit out loud. Not yet.She was resting. Her breathing was even. Her face looke






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