Emilie’s POVThe penthouse felt like a cage tonight, its opulent walls closing in as I stood by the window, the city’s restless pulse mocking my own. Milo’s words from earlier, “There is no way out. You belong to me now”, echoed in my mind, each syllable a chain tightening around my heart. His touch, the way his fingers had lingered on my jaw, had ignited something dangerous, a spark I couldn’t extinguish. I hated myself for it. I was supposed to be a prisoner, a pawn traded for my father’s debts, not a woman who felt her pulse quicken at the sound of his voice.The memory of Andrew’s pain on the balcony last night twisted the knife deeper. “I never stopped loving you,” he’d said, his voice raw with desperation. I’d pushed him away, told him it was too late, but the truth was messier. I still cared for him, for the boy who’d once been my safe haven, but I was no longer that girl, and he was no longer that boy. We were both trapped in Milo’s world now, and every choice felt like a
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