Semua Bab Beneath His Cold Vows: Bab 171 - Bab 180

My hands clenched at my sides. Lucy saw it. Smiled again. "I'm not trying to hurt you, Edward. I'm trying to help you see reality." She stopped in front of me, close enough that I could smell her perfume. French. “She’s launching soon." I didn’t react. “Victor mentioned it after the conference,”

Edward's POV The treadmill hummed beneath my feet. Mile six. The gym sat unused, just as it should. Just me and the mirrors lining the walls. Equipment gleaming. Temperature-controlled. Everything precisely maintained. My lungs burned. Cloth soaked through. I kept my eyes forward, watching nothi

Alicia's POV I filled the kettle. Set it on the stove. Turned the dial. The flame caught with a soft hiss. I leaned against the counter. Waited. The kitchen lamp threw a low glow across the tiles. Beyond the window, the city had settled into Saturday night: muted, distant, the kind of quiet tha

Hearing it out loud, in this room, under Vivienne’s hawk-like stare, with Lucy watching knowingly across from me and Grandma Eleanor puzzling over us, the words felt heavier than I’d anticipated. Real in a way it hadn't been when it was just papers in Philip's office. "It's mutual." The words came

Alicia's POV The automatic doors whooshed open and I stepped through before I could talk myself out of it. Warmth rolled over me first, tangible as the floor beneath my feet. Then the layered smell, fresh espresso slicing through vanilla and the musty sweetness of old paper. The kind of smell that