جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 26

Massimo's POV ⬤ ─── ⬤ ─── ⬤⬤ ─── ⬤ ─── ⬤The last few hours have been a roller coaster of emotion for me. It took all of my willpower to break away from her embrace yesterday, and how am I supposed to continue like this? The time after that had me rethinking if this resolve of mine will even stand the test of time.I am so aware of how close she is even when I try to keep my distance from her. The nurse has informed me she is doing better and her pain has stopped.I try to focus on the plant I ordered. I have had a team of botanists putting it together since her birthday. I wonder if she will like it. If she will caress it the way she blessed the plant at the market that day with her gentle touch.The yacht rocks gently beneath my feet, cutting through the water slowly, leaving a white trail behind it. While somewhere behind me I hear a door open and close. The sea stretches endlessly before me. The afternoon sun reflects across the waves like

Elena’s POV ❧═══════༺❦༻═══════❧Despite every resolve I make to stay away, I find myself back in the plant room a few days later. It feels like stepping into a different world, one that I cannot easily refuse. The air is softer here, the light is different, plants have always and will always have this effect on me, something quiet and grounding that pulls at me even when everything else in my life feels unstable. For a brief moment, I almost forget where I am. I forget that I’m nothing but a captive.I hate him. I tell myself that repeatedly. It's insane that I even need a reminder for that. I spend the entire day trying not to think about him, which only guarantees that he fills every corner of my mind throughout the day. It is exhausting. I am torn in ways I do not fully understand, and there is still a part of me that cannot name the reason he brought me here or why he keeps me on this yacht like this, why he treats me as though my prese

Elena's POV ༒︎ ────────── ༒︎ ────────── ༒︎My sister? Which sister? The one I spent my early childhood with? This maniac is trying to involve my entire family.“You don’t know when to stop, do you?” My voice shakes. “You are just a power-drunk psycho who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Why are you doing this? Why me? You can get any girl you want, so why?”“I have already sent men to investigate whether she is involved,” he says, as if I have not spoken at all. “If I find any truth in what Ines has told me, be assured your sister will face a worse fate than anything I have dealt out so far.”No. The room begins to spin.“I do not take family betrayal lightly,” he adds.My breathing turns shallow. No. No, no, no.He cannot touch them. He cannot go near them. He cannot drag my family into this dark, violent world, into his sick drama. I have to stop him.“You will stay away from my family.” My voice breaks completely. “You will untie this