All Chapters of AFTER FIVE YEARS, HE FOUND ME: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

ADRIANA’S POVThe hospital room smelled of antiseptic and exhaustion. My heart hammered painfully as Doctor Cassian flipped through Luca’s chart with a grave expression that made my stomach twist. Rain pattered against the window, blurring the city lights outside into streaks of neon. “Miss Rossi,” he said quietly, his voice steady but heavy with urgency. “We’ve stabilized Luca for now with the latest round of medication, but his hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is progressing faster than we anticipated. As you know the genetic markers point strongly to inheritance from the paternal side. We really need his biological father involved. Genetic confirmation from him could open doors to targeted therapies, possibly even identify compatible options if we reach the point of considering a transplant evaluation. Without that connection, we’re fighting with one hand tied behind our backs.” I clutched the edge of Luca’s bed rail, my knuckles turning white. The words landed like stones in still wa

ALESSANDRO’S POVI stood motionless in the middle of the bloodstained VIP room, the echo of the gunshot still ringing faintly in my ears. The smell of gunpowder mixed with spilled whiskey and cheap perfume clung to everything. My eyes locked on Adriana where she pressed herself against the far wall like a cornered animal. Five years of hunting, five years of rage, and here she finally was. Right in front of me, breathing the same I breathed. “Do you have any idea how long I have waited for this?” I said, my voice low and rough. “How many nights I dreamed of finding you again just so I could make you feel even a fraction of what you did to me?” She did not move. Her hands trembled visibly at her sides, fingers twisting into the hem of that cheap black dress that barely covered her. The uniform hugged her body in all the wrong ways, cheap fabric stretched tight over curves I once worshipped in secret. Dark chocolate hair that used to fall like silk down her back now sat in a messy bun