All Chapters of A Lie That Ruined Me : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

Chapter 1❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈ Natalie ❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈The moment I set foot into the school's campus, I was instantly reminded why I chose this life.Attention, admiration, envy and respect, followed me like a perfume; all soft, expensive and impossible to ignore.As I walked through the hallway of New Rome University campus, with my friends; Florentine and Mia, all eyes stared just a little longer than necessary, as our heels echoed against the marble floors.The students stopped talking mid sentences, eyes widened like they were in a cartoon, and the whole hallways seemed to shake like they were all trying to contain their excitement but failing epically.Whispers bloomed behind manicured hands, it wasn’t loud and it didn't need to be ‘cause power at New Rome was quiet.The sound of music echoed from the courtyard through the school as students vibed hard to it. Of course they will.. it's the first day of school anyways, the smiles on each of their faces were eno

Chapter 3┈◆┈┈◇┈┈•⊰⊱•┈◆┈◇┈┈ Leonardo ┈◆┈┈◇┈┈•⊰⊱•┈◆┈◇┈┈The elevator doors slid open and Andrei stepped out first then I followed. A bodyguard dressed in black waited outside, leading us down the silent corridor. He was a foot shorter than me, stiff and alert.We stopped in front of a large wooden door, before he could announce us in, I grabbed him. One Sharon twist, a clean crack and his body dropped with ceremony.Silence followed, except for the sounds of guns, clicking into positions from eer corner of the hall way. I didn't flinch.Typical Fabrizio. I smirked“Hmm-mmm, If I were you I wouldn't do that," Andrei said calmly to the guards as we stepped over the body and walked inside.A scent hit my nose immediately and I caught it; camphor. It was thick, intoxicating and deliberate, but I continued walking as more guards and guns aimed at me.At the center of the room was Fabrizio, facing his glass wall, overlooking the city in his electric wheelchair."Quanto tempo,

Chapter 5❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈ Natalie ❈─────≪ °❀° ≫─────❈They sent me home after the statement, not gently or kindly; just dismissed.By the time I reached my apartment building, my eyes were swollen and my throat burned from holding back tears. The only thing louder than the echo of my footsteps in the hallway was one terrifying thought: has Mama seen the news het?News travels fast in New Rome, exceptionally faster when it carries a scandal. My fingers trembled as I opened the door to my apartment, the moment I set my eyes on the interior my breathe stopped.My apartment was in ruins; drawers ripped out, cushions slashed open, plates shattered across the floor, my bookshelf overturned like someone had shoved it down in rage. It looked less like a break-in and more like a message.A warning.I stepped inside slowly, my shoes crunching against broken glass, that moment I knew they were going to come after me, and in fact they had already started.I exhaled sharply as