His Safe Heaven 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 5

​The fluorescent lights of the Cole PR office hummed with a low, agonizing vibration that danced right along Vennessa’s nerve endings. It was past eight in the evening. The staff had gone home hours ago, leaving behind a graveyard of half-empty coffee mugs, sticky notes, and the heavy, invisible scent of impending ruin.​Vennessa sat at her father’s old mahogany desk, the heavy bound contract from Hayes Enterprises sitting squarely in the center of the blotter. It looked entirely out of place—too crisp, too expensive, too predatory for the faded room.​"Fifty thousand a month," Lily whispered, pacing the length of the rug. Lily is Vennessa’s creative director, her childhood best friend, and the only person who knew exactly how close the firm’s bank accounts were to absolute zero. "And two million at the end of the year? Vee, that doesn't just save the company. That secures your entire life. It pays off the medical liens left over from your dad. It’s... it’s a miracle. A twisted, terri

The flashes of the cameras were blinding, white-hot bursts that burned behind Vennessa’s eyelids.​Before her brain could fully process Ryan’s warning about page fourteen, she was pulled tightly against his side. The warmth of his hand resting firmly on her waist felt less like an embrace and more like a claim. She stiffened instinctively, but Ryan’s grip tightened, his thumb rubbing a slow, calculated circle against her hip through the fabric of her blazer. To anyone watching, it looked like a reassuring, deeply intimate gesture. To Vennessa, it felt like an iron shackle.​"Mr. Hayes! Look this way, please!" the photographer called out, the shutter clicking rapidly.​"Ryan, what are you doing?" Vennessa hissed through a frozen, practiced smile, her eyes watering from the light. "You said the announcement was tonight. I look like I’ve been running a marathon in a storm."​"You look beautiful," Ryan replied smoothly, his voice pitched perfectly for her ears alone while his face remaine