Lahat ng Kabanata ng Beneath His Cold Vows: Kabanata 191 - Kabanata 200

Edward's POV She found me anyway. I'd chosen the back row intentionally. Furthest seat from the platform. Close to the exit. But her eyes swept the room as she walked down the center aisle, and when they reached me, they didn't stop. Didn't widen. Didn't falter. Just registered. Noted. Moved

Edward's POV The estate gates opened as I pulled through. I hadn't decided to come here. My hands had just turned the wheel. Away from the convention center. Away from the exhibition hall where Alicia had stood in front of sixty-three press outlets and proven she didn't need anything I'd ever giv

Alicia's POV The house smelled like cinnamon. Something was still in the oven. I stood in the doorway with my bag still on my shoulder. My mother looked up from the counter where she was arranging cookies on a plate. Her face lit up. "Alicia." She wiped her hands on a towel. Came over and pulle

Edward's POV Friday morning. I sat at my desk. Inbox open. Hawthorne debrief memo from Victor already seated at the top, timestamped 6:47 AM. Subject line: Re: Partnership Parameters – Revised Scope I hadn't opened it yet. Didn't need to. Victor's tone yesterday said everything. The meeting

Alicia's POV I woke up to the smell of coffee. Sunlight cut across the guest room, clean and bright through the sheer curtains—Morning. The apartment was warm and quiet in that easy weekend way, city noise softened, time stretching without urgency. I got up, my feet finding the cool hardwood. Pu