INICIAR SESIÓN"“We shouldn't be having this conversation, Mr. Turner,” I said. “Why not?” I hesitated. “You're my ex-fiancé's father.” For a moment, neither of us spoke. Then Mr. Turner met my gaze with the same calm confidence that always made it difficult to guess what he was thinking. “No one needs to know why you're here, Catherine.” “That sounds like you're asking me to keep a secret.” “Maybe I am.” I studied him carefully. “And what exactly are you offering?” “A chance to start again.” *** Catherine thought ending her engagement would finally close one painful chapter of her life. She was wrong. Just when she is determined to leave her former fiancé and everything connected to his family behind, an unexpected problem brings her face-to-face with Mr. Turner—the last person she expected to become involved in her future. He is powerful, composed, and impossible to intimidate. He is also her former fiancé's father. Catherine knows accepting his help could create problems for everyone involved. Her former fiancé would never understand. Their families would immediately start asking questions. And Mr. Turner clearly has reasons of his own for keeping their growing connection private. Still, he understands Catherine in ways she never expected. When others question her decisions, he supports them. When her carefully rebuilt future begins to unravel, he offers a solution. And when secrets from her failed engagement begin surfacing, Catherine realizes Mr. Turner may know far more about his son's actions than he has ever admitted. Soon, what began as an unexpected alliance becomes something neither of them can easily explain. But Mr. Turner is still hiding one important truth. And Catherine must decide whether the man connected to one of the most painful chapters of her past can really become part of her new beginning."
Ver másCATHERINE Silence.Absolute silence.That was the first thing I noticed. No voice constantly screaming at me that I was going to lose everything, no weight crushing my chest. Just… silence.I reveled in it.But it didn’t last, like every other thing in my life. It broke down steadily, falling apart like sand in water. And then his voice broke through.“Catherine!”On edge, concern. Rage. Something else. Ronald.“Catherine, can you hear me?”Too loud.Another set of voices. Male. Marcus.“She’s still breathing. Let’s get out of here. Now.”I tried to force my eyes open but they refused to cooperate. The scent of gunpowder still hung low in the stale air, reminding me of what I had just done.That’s right.I killed him. Adrian.My throat tightened, bile crawling up, and the next thing I felt were strong hands, wrapping around my waist.The world felt heavy, the voices blurred into something distant, stretched thin like they were underwater.“Careful-”“Don’t drop her-”“Move!”My body
CATHERINE My focus snapped back. I stepped back, hands on my gun. The guards reacted immediately, their weapons cocking and ready, aimed at me. Marcus’s rough growl cut through the tension as he stepped in front of me, his entire frame covering my line of sight, ready to strike.Still, Adrian’s voice filtered through. “There’s no need for violence.” His voice sounded too amused. It made my skin crawl.Then my breath caught as a realization set in.I stepped out from Marcus’s frame. “Where is he?”Adrian’s eyes gleamed. “Safe,” he simply said. “For now. It all depends on you if you and your little friends walk out of here intact or in a body bag.”A shiver ran through my spine, my sweaty palms curled into a fist, fingers digging into them.“What do you want? You’ve been terrorizing me and everyone I love for god knows how long,” my throat tightened. “Why?”His brows furrowed slightly. “The weather today is terrible.”I frowned.“Let’s talk inside.” He said, gesturing to the door. “Yo
CATHERINEThe sun was already dipping, making everything look softer than it actually was. Except the men in front of me. Their eyes moved like predators, sharp, calculating, their bodies were made for battle and I almost wondered what Marcus must have go told them.One of them met my gaze, his eyes narrowing on me.My pulse jumped as I tore my eyes away, clearing my throat. “We need to leave in the next minute.” I said to Marcus who was giving out instructions.He turned to me, his lips turning into a straight line. “Rumor is, that location you gave me, is the home of one of the five families in New York. The Rain family.” My brow furrowed. “I thought they were all dead.”He shrugged. “The property belongs to them. Doesn’t mean they’re the ones occupying it.” His gaze moved past me. “Doesn’t also mean some of them are willing to find out.”My gaze flicked back. A few of the men were staring right at us. Their eyes prickled my skin. I turned back to Marcus.“What does that mean?”“I
CATHERINE I must have forgotten how to breathe, or the air was too thick. Either way, my lungs stopped working, my ears rang, drowning out everything.A muffled sound echoed from above me.My head felt heavy, but I looked up anyway. His lips were moving, talking? No. His brows were knotted, his eyes wide , fear seeping out. The veins in his neck were bulging. Shouting.My gaze flickered to the ground. I was closer to it than it should have been. When did my knees give out?My grandmother’s words refused to stop replaying in my head.Your father isn’t dead.The cold that settled in my bones wasn’t from the harsh crashing of waves or the fact that we were close to the sea. It was from the realization that the worst of them all was still here… lurking in the shadows.A hand clamped down hard on my shoulder.I turned to meet Marcus’s wild eyes dragging over me like he was searching for injuries. His voice broke through the ringing this time, barely. “Catherine,” he barked, shaking me g
I stared blankly at the stranger's hand stretched out before me but made no move to take it. Then, slowly, I dragged my gaze back to his eyes.His blue orbs waited patiently, like he already knew how this would end and I wasn’t mistaken, there was a twinkle of excitement in them.My eyes narrowed o
CATHERINEThe silence was shattered instantly by the sound of the gunshot and for a split second, I didn’t understand what just happened. The crack echoed down the street, ringing in my ears as something sharp whizzed past me and struck wood behind my head.It was too close, way too close.My entir
CATHERINE I stumbled into the house with my heart pounding against my chest. My brain was on auto pilot as I packed our things, my hands moving with swiftness.“I thought you'd decided to skip town.” My head snapped back, to the doorway. My grandmother stood there with her arms crossed and her ey
CATHERINEI was dragged out of consciousness by a steady rattling, low chatter and a sense of ambiguity. My eyes fluttered open as I sat straight. pain flaring down my neck from the awkward position beside Ellie’s bed. I barely registered it. I pushed the ache away, blinking to clear the haze of sl












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