جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 30

Kattie held out her phone with trembling hands, her face a mixture of shock and deep sympathy as she turned the screen toward Elara. “You have to see this.”Elara snatched the phone, her heart hammering so violently she feared it might explode from her chest.Her eyes widened in disbelief as she scrolled through the viral post.Bright photos of Jasmine and Kael glowed on the screen, accompanied by a flashy engagement announcement.A heavy lump lodged in her throat while waves of betrayal and confusion crashed over her.She looked up at Kattie, her expression a turbulent storm of hurt and incredulity.“This is so fucking crazy,” she breathed, her voice shaking as fresh tears threatened to spill. “Like, this is very much crazy.”Kattie tilted her head, her brows furrowing in gentle confusion as she searched Elara’s tear-streaked face. “How is this crazy? Is it bad that she’s engaged to a CEO?”Elara stared at her for a long moment, then sighed heavily.Exhaustion and pain carved deeper

"I think you should look," Elara said quietly, her eyes still fixed beyond the windshield. Lucas turned.Whatever he had been expecting when he followed the direction of her gaze, it was not this.A small crowd of photographers had gathered outside the entrance to his building, their cameras raised and ready, lenses pointed at the door like weapons loaded and waiting for a target. Lucas stared for a long moment, something unreadable moving across his face."Do you always get this kind of reception?" Elara asked, her voice carrying the particular flatness of someone trying to make light of something.He turned to look at her. "Even the president of this country doesn't pull that kind of crowd outside his front door," he said slowly, his eyes drifting back to the scene with a narrowed, calculating look. "Why are there paparazzi outside my house?"Elara stared at the gathering of photographers for a long moment. "Are you asking me?" She raised an eyebrow. "I'm just a visitor here."He

The kiss deepened with urgent need, tongues battling wildly as if trying to settle every argument they had ever had through passion alone.When they finally pulled apart gasping for air, her eyes sparkled behind her glasses with a mix of mischief and lust.“You seem fine now,” she whispered huskily, tilting her head with a teasing glint in her gaze.“Shut up,” he growled back, his dark eyes narrowing with intense hunger as his jaw tightened.She didn’t retreat even an inch.Instead her fingers traced slowly down his chest, her expression bold and challenging as she leaned in closer, voice dropping to a seductive murmur. “I’ve got one body count. Do you wanna make it two?”He stared at her for a long moment, his heart pounding like a wild fairy drum inside his chest, and an overwhelming lust making his expression fierce yet captivated. “Take off those glasses and loosen those hairs so I can find a reason to ruin you.”“Then do it yourself,” she challenged, lifting her chin defiantly, h

Elara spun around sharply at the sound of footsteps, her heart leaping into her throat.There, standing in the dim light just behind her, was Lucas.His face was a mask of raw pain and disbelief.She swallowed hard, the lump in her throat threatening to choke her as confusion and dread washed over her features...eyes widening, lips parting in a silent gasp."Lucas," she whispered, her voice trembling. "This is a long story. I swear to God, it's not what you think."He stepped closer, his jaw clenched so tightly she could see the muscle twitching.The betrayal in his eyes cut deeper than any words could. "Elara, I fucking trusted you. You told me yourself that he was inside the bush and told me about the seizure issues. But you guys had fucked, and you came crawling back to me."Elara's chest tightened, panic flooding her veins.She reached out instinctively, her hand hovering in the air between them. "Look, Lucas, I promise you it was never intentional. I just wanted to prove to Jasmi

Jasmine smiled as she walked toward Kael, her heels pressing into Lucas's floor like she owned every inch of it.There was nothing nervous in her posture, nothing flinching in her eyes.She moved like a woman who had been waiting a very long time for this moment and had finally decided that waiting was done.Kael looked at Lucas. It lasted only a second, but it carried everything.The disbelief, the fury being held back by the thinnest thread of restraint, the silent question of are you seeing this? Lucas stared back, jaw tight, saying nothing.Then Kael turned back to Jasmine, his voice so controlled it was almost frightening. "Jasmine," Kael said. "I'm going to ask you this one last time. What did you hear, and how long have you been listening?"Jasmine tilted her head, the smile never leaving. "Well, I'm going to say it anyway, because what is the point of hiding it now?"She unfolded her arms casually. "I have spent a great deal of time reading things from your room, Kael. I have