Semua Bab The Luna He Didn’t Choose : Bab 71 - Bab 80

Bella’s POVThe rest of the morning passed surprisingly well.Which honestly should have worried me.Nothing in my life stayed peaceful anymore.Not for very long.Still, I tried enjoying the moment.The bookstore felt warm and comfortable.Sunlight streamed through the large windows.Customers wandered through shelves quietly.Everything felt almost normal again.Almost.Across the room, Ethan was helpingan elderly woman reach a book.The sight made me smile immediately.Because this version of Ethanstill surprised me sometimes.The old Ethan would have paidsomeone else to help her instead.Now he was climbing shelves himself.Life was weird like that.People changed when they hurt enough.People changed when they loved enough.Unfortunately, Maya noticed my smile.Of course she did.She noticed everything these days.It was becoming genuinely concerning.“You’re staring again.”I nearly dropped my notebook.“I was not.”“You absolutely were.”“I literally wasn’t.”“You literally

Bella’s POVThe next few days felt strangely peaceful.Not perfect.Definitely not normal.But peaceful enough to notice.Nobody disappeared unexpectedly.Nobody uncovered shocking family secrets.Nobody showed up with mysterious evidence.Honestly, it felt suspicious.Life had trained me well.Whenever things became quiet,something dramatic usually followed.Still, I tried enjoying it.The bookstore remained busy every day.Customers came and went constantly.Maya continued creating unnecessary chaos.James remained permanently stressed.Sarah practically lived inside investigation files.And Ethan…Well.Ethan stayed close.Not in an overwhelming way.Not in a controlling way.Just close enough to remind methat he was still here.That he wasn’t leaving again.The realization warmed something inside me.More than I wanted to admit.Late Thursday afternoon,I found myself reorganizing books.A task I normally enjoyed.Today, however, somebody kept distracting me.His name started wi

Chapter 108 – FinallyBella’s POVThe next few days felt strangely peaceful.Not perfect.Definitely not normal.But peaceful enough to notice.Nobody disappeared unexpectedly.Nobody uncovered shocking family secrets.Nobody showed up with mysterious evidence.Honestly, it felt suspicious.Life had trained me well.Whenever things became quiet,something dramatic usually followed.Still, I tried enjoying it.The bookstore remained busy every day.Customers came and went constantly.Maya continued creating unnecessary chaos.James remained permanently stressed.Sarah practically lived inside investigation files.And Ethan…Well.Ethan stayed close.Not in an overwhelming way.Not in a controlling way.Just close enough to remind methat he was still here.That he wasn’t leaving again.The realization warmed something inside me.More than I wanted to admit.Late Thursday afternoon,I found myself reorganizing books.A task I normally enjoyed.Today, however, somebody kept distracting m

Bella’s POVThe kiss should have made everything better.It should have fixed something.Healed something.Given us a fresh start.Instead, twenty-four hours later, everything exploded.Literally.The bookstore alarm started screaming at 2:17 a.m.The sound ripped me out of sleep.For one terrifying second, I had no idea where I was.Then I heard shouting downstairs.Footsteps.Glass breaking.My heart stopped.I jumped out of bed immediately.“Ethan!”The bedroom door flew open.Ethan rushed inside.His face had gone completely pale.“Get dressed. Now.”Fear crashed through me instantly.“What happened?”“We need to leave.”The urgency in his voice terrified me.Downstairs, more shouting echoed.Then came the smell.Smoke.My stomach dropped.Smoke.“Oh my God.”The realization hit instantly.The bookstore.Someone had set the bookstore on fire.The world suddenly became chaos.Ethan grabbed my hand.“We have to go.”We ran downstairs.The first floor looked like a nightmare.Smoke f

Bella’s POVNobody spoke after Ethan mentioned his uncle.The rain outside tapped steadily against the windows, filling the silence that had settled over the room. James remained standing near the television, his eyes fixed on the frozen image of the masked figure, while Sarah looked like she was trying to fit together pieces of a puzzle that refused to make sense.Finally, Maya broke the silence.“So… are we just going to ignore the fact that every family gathering in the Wade family sounds like a crime documentary?”Ethan let out a tired breath that almost sounded like a laugh.“You have terrible timing.”“I’ve been told that before.”“I wonder why.”“Jealousy.”Even James smiled for a second before his expression became serious again.“Ethan,” he said, “tell us everything you know about your uncle.”Ethan leaned against the table and folded his arms.“There isn’t much to tell.”“Start anyway.”“He and my father were close when I was younger, but after my grandfather died, they bare