All Chapters of Her return His reckoning : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

New York City hadn’t changed. It was still loud. Still full of people who never gave a damn about others. Luna stood outside the towering glass building that held Thorne Enterprises like her feet had been nailed to the sidewalk. She hadn’t been back in this city since the night everything fell apart. The night he humiliated her.Her fingers clenched the thin folder tucked under her arm. Emery’s medical records, a copy of the lab results and the doctor’s letter.She took a deep breath, lifted her chin, and stepped inside.The lobby was exactly how she remembered, white marble, high ceilings, cold lighting that made everyone look like they belonged in a Vogue shoot. She walked up to the front desk, her heart pounding in her chest.The receptionist looked up, her perfect smile faltering. “Can I help you?”“I need to see Atlas Thorne,” Luna said calmly, though nothing inside her felt calm.The woman blinked. “Do you have an appointment?”“No.”“I’m sorry, Mr. Thorne doesn’t take unschedu

The penthouse was nothing like Luna remembered.Three years ago, she had only seen it once, briefly, at night, when Atlas had smuggled her in through a private elevator to avoid the press. Back then, it had felt like stepping into a dream.Now, it felt like a trap. The elevator doors opened with a soft chime. Marble floors stretched out before them, polished to a shine. The ceilings were impossibly high. Cold steel. Every surface looked expensive enough to pay off her daughter's medical bills twice over.Emery’s hand was in hers, small and warm. She looked up, wide-eyed, but said nothing. Her face was still pale, lips chapped from the hospital air.“Welcome home,” Atlas said behind them.Luna turned. “This isn’t our home.”“It is now,” he replied, already walking ahead.She didn’t follow at first.She looked down at Emery and whispered, “It’s just for a little while, okay? Mommy’s with you.”Emery nodded quietly and leaned her head on Luna’s hip.They stepped inside.Everything about