Semua Bab BOUND BY BETRAYAL, MARRIED TO THE COLD CEO: Bab 1 - Bab 5

It was already morning. The thick clouds from last night had cleared, leaving the sky bright and clean... almost too peaceful.I stretched slowly, feeling the stiffness leave my body bit by bit. A soft warmth settled inside me, not enough to make me whole, but enough to make me smile anyway. My hand drifted to my stomach. For a second, I felt the tiniest flutter, like the little life inside me could somehow feel my mood.Then a loud bang shook my door.“Open up!”I sighed. Aunt Juli.“I’m coming, just a minute,” I called, dragging myself off the bed.I opened the door and found her standing there, dressed neatly as always, face cold enough to freeze water. She looked past me into the room like even breathing near me annoyed her.“Good morning, Aunt Juli,” I said, still half yawning.She ignored it. “Get dressed. You’re leaving this morning.”Then she turned to walk away.For a second, I just stood there blinking.Was she serious?“Wait... what?” I hurried after her. “I know I said I’d

I was trapped in my own head, feeling lost and shattered.But that didn’t mean I was going to break. Marco might have let me down, but I refused to let him ruin me too. I had to find a way out, no matter how ugly it got.The sky above looked swollen with rain, thick clouds pressing low like they were waiting to burst. I let out a long breath, hard enough for loose strands of hair to blow across my face.I raked my hair rough and looked around the unfamiliar street, trying to think straight. That was when I remembered it.The necklace.Marco bought it for me on our first date. Real diamonds, expensive enough to make anyone stare twice. Even now, tucked away in my bag, it still carried the weight of that night—his smile, the way he clasped it around my neck, how stupidly loved I had felt.My chest tightened.It was the last thing I wanted to part with. But memories could not feed me, and love sure as hell could not shelter me. If I wanted to survive, something had to go.I opened my bag