บททั้งหมดของ The Night Before I Knew Him: บทที่ 211 - บทที่ 216

♡Leila♡My fingers traced the cold marble walls as I walked slowly down the hallway, my eyes lifting to take in the towering paintings and gold-rimmed decorations.This place was insane.After eating, I’d planned to go look for Cain and demand answers. Actual answers. The kind he kept dodging like a professional liar. But the moment I stepped out of the bedroom, I got distracted by how unreal everything looked.The ceiling alone could’ve housed my entire apartment.If June were here, she’d be losing her mind. She had a thing for home décor. Would’ve taken a hundred pictures already, zooming in on every vase and chandelier.Thinking about June made my chest tighten.After the call with Lia—after lying through my teeth that I was fine and that I’d be back soon—I’d texted June that I went on a little vacation.A vacation.The word almost made me laugh.More like I’d been kidnapped into the unknown. Dropped into a world I didn’t understand… a world I now, disturbingly enough, wanted to un

Cain’s POVHer slap was still burning on my cheek.Not physically, but emotionally.It felt like a warning shot straight to my soul.Like she’d been sent to caution me for daring to jinx my own twin’s fate— for lying to her, for dragging her into my world, and pretending that I had any real control over what was unfolding.Her bravery was insane.She slapped me in front of my men. My soldiers.My crew.Even, in front of the housekeeper.No one had touched me like that in years and lived to breathe about it, and instead of snapping her neck.Instead of lashing out and asserting my authority as the kingpin of this city…I felt something else. Something far more dangerous.I was amused. And aroused.Wrong fucking time.What the fuck was wrong with me?I shouldn’t be aroused.That was twisted. That was wrong.It was crossing a line I didn’t even know I was standing near, but my body didn’t care about logic.My eyes betrayed me.They dropped to her chest while she was furious, trembling, l

♡Leila♡My eyes flutter open slowly as the door creaks.I mumble something incoherent, my head heavy, hearing footsteps approach.“Ma’am.”Mia’s voice comes softly at my side.I turn my face the other way, still dizzy, and then—“Tobias…” I whisper weakly as a familiar face leans closer.Then my eyes drift downward.The tattoos.It isn’t Tobias.It’s Cain.“Cain…” I correct quickly, turning my face away again.“Mia, leave us,” Cain’s voice comes out rough behind me.“But Master—” Mia tries politely, but he cuts her off.“Go. Prepare a bath for her.”Mia bows and leaves.The door shuts.I stay facing the wall, refusing to turn back.What was I even supposed to say to him? I literally stabbed him… and then fainted at the sight of blood. But it was his fault. It was literally—“Tobias, right?” Cain says after a moment. “You still miss him. No wonder you almost killed me back in that room.”I turn sharply.“I didn’t try to kill you. It was a mistake.”He laughs lightly, and I catch the di