All Chapters of The Desire A Tale Of Luna's Longing: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

VIN’S POVZen and Zara were chasing her across the garden as though she were something rare and magical that had slipped into their world by accident.The palace lawn stretched wide and immaculate beneath the pale winter sun, marble statues standing silent witness to the children’s laughter. The fountains hummed softly in the background, and the faint scent of roses drifted upward toward the balcony where I stood.She moved like she belonged to none of it.White fabric flowed around her legs, catching the breeze in gentle waves. The shawl wrapped around her shoulders fluttered slightly each time she turned, as though reluctant to let her go. Something small was clasped in her hand, and she guarded it with playful determination.She let the children believe they were close.Close enough to win.But never quite enough.Every time Zen stretched his arm or Zara leapt forward with a delighted shriek, she would twist away at the last second, laughter spilling from her lips — light, unrestra

VIN’S POV“Champ, cheer up. No one is going to make you marry at gunpoint here.” My brother said, patting my back with a light chuckle, as if the entire situation was some harmless joke.If only it felt like one.His words barely registered in my mind. Instead, they echoed in the hollow chamber inside my chest where irritation and exhaustion had already begun to settle.“Let me know when to meet them. I want to finish this as soon as possible.”My voice came out colder than I intended, but I did not bother softening it. Rising from my seat, I straightened my coat, already planning my escape from the suffocating atmosphere of the room.Somehow the laughter around me—those cheerful voices, the giggling ladies surrounding my grandfather, the casual happiness floating in the air—only made the pounding in my head worse.Temporary happiness.That is what it all was.Fragile.Pointless.“Today?”The word made me halt mid-step.I slowly turned back toward my brother, my brows knitting togethe

VIN’S POV“I got it the first time,” she said softly, though her voice held a quiet persistence that refused to back down. “I asked you… do you not want to get married at all, or do you just not want to marry me?”She asked it gracefully, almost too calmly for the storm she was stirring inside him.“How does it matter?” he shot back, his teeth grinding together so hard his jaw ached.The thin thread of patience he had been clinging to was slowly snapping.This girl… this stubborn, infuriating girl… was pushing him straight toward the edge of his temper.“I don’t want to get married to anyone.” He closed his eyes as he said it, as if the words themselves exhausted him.“Why?”The question came immediately.He opened his eyes.The calmness on her face irritated him even more.“Because I don’t want to,” he replied, his tone clipped with annoyance.For a split second, he was also surprised.No one usually questioned him this much.But she did not stop.“Give me one strong reason why you d

“Sister… I think I cannot breathe.”Cara clutched her chest dramatically, her fingers pressing against the fabric of her dress as if the air in the room had suddenly vanished.For a moment, everyone looked at her in alarm.Vincenzo, however, simply rolled his eyes.“Stop being dramatic all the time, Mom,” he said with visible annoyance.But Aria, unlike him, did not dismiss it so easily. She quickly reached for the glass of water placed on the side table and hurried toward Cara.Vincenzo leaned back slightly in his seat, convinced this was yet another one of his mother’s overly theatrical reactions.She had a habit of turning every small emotion into a grand performance.But this time… it was not an act.Cara truly felt breathless.The news she had just heard had struck her heart like lightning — overwhelming, unbelievable, and too beautiful for her to process at o

VIN’S POV“So… this is how you run the company now?” I barked, my voice slicing through the room like a blade.Waldo flinched slightly, though he tried to hide it behind his usual careless expression.“No, dude. It just happened.”A lie.A very weak one.And I had spent my entire life surrounded by liars.I could read deception like an open book.My eyes narrowed.“You have no shame, do you?”My tone dropped lower, colder.“We are not in college anymore, Waldo. This is not some cheap dorm room where you can do whatever the hell you want.”I stepped closer, my gaze hard.“The reputation of this company is in your hands. Hundreds of employees depend on the decisions made in this building. And what are you doing?” I gestured toward the door where the girl had just left.“Playing games in your office.”