Semua Bab IN LOVE WITH MY FATHER'S DANGEROUS FRIEND: Bab 11 - Bab 16

Solyn woke up choking. Not from hands but from memory. Her body jerked upright so violently that pain shot through her shoulder, but she barely felt it. She clawed at her own throat, gasping, lungs burning as if air had become something she had to fight for. The room was dark., almost appearing safe and silent.But her heart didn’t believe any of it. She sat there for a long moment, trembling, sweat cooling against her skin, tears sliding down her cheeks without permission. The nightmare still clung to her. The lorry coming towards her. The horn blaring nonstop. The sound of metal meeting flesh. That sickening moment when Allen looked at her and smiled, as if death itself was just another way to hurt her.She pressed a hand to her mouth to stop herself from screaming.The door opened almost immediately. Calian stepped in like he had been standing outside the entire time, waiting for the sound of her panic. He didn’t ask if she was okay. He just crossed the room in two quiet strides.“

Calian didn’t wait for morning. He stood near the window of his bedroom, phone in hand, watching the security lights sweep across the garden like slow-moving eyes. The mansion was silent, but his mind wasn’t. It kept replaying the club. The gunshot, Solyn’s scream, Allen’s smile.And the bail record Noah had sent, which was sealed.Calian dialed.Nelson picked up on the second ring. “Calian.”“You need to answer something,” Calian said.Nelson’s tone sharpened immediately. “What is it?”“Did you ever introduce Solyn to any of your former enemies?” Nelson scoffed. “What kind of question is that?”“Answer it.”“No,” Nelson snapped. “Of course not.”Calian’s eyes narrowed. “Think harder.”“I don’t need to,” Nelson shot back. “I would never put my daughter near anyone dangerous.”Calian’s voice turned colder. “She was attacked twice.”Nelson went quiet for a moment. Then his voice dropped. “Did you find him?”“Yes.”Nelson’s breath caught. “Who?”“Allen Cook.”The silence on the line thi

Solyn had stopped arguing on every topic. She felt exhausted trying to prove she wasn't week. So, she decided to be calculated. If Calian wanted obedience, she would give him obedience so flawless it unsettled him.She followed every rule. Ate when food was served. Stayed within the boundaries of the mansion. Attended her workshop without complaint. No wandering. No late-night pacing. No questions about investigations.She watched the relief flicker in his eyes the first day that she didn’t push back. That was when she knew control comforted him.She would be the easiest responsibility he had ever managed. But when she sat alone in her room that night, the quiet pressed against her ribs. Eda’s face surfaced first. Then the metro, the hospital stall and lastly, it was Allen’s smile right before the lorry swallowed him.Her stomach tightened and she wanted to puke in disgust. Dots started to connect and none of it felt random anymore. The fear had edges now and every line in that shape