《The Billionaire's Dangerous Obsession I Escaped But He Found》全部章節：第 21 章 - 第 25 章

Lily was waiting at the house when the SUV pulled up.She rushed out the front door before the vehicle had even stopped moving, her robe flapping around her legs, her hair unbrushed, her face pale with exhaustion and relief. When the doors opened and three small figures climbed out, she fell to her knees and gathered them in her arms."Don't you ever do that again," she sobbed, pressing kisses to their foreheads. "Do you understand? Never again. You scared me to death.""We were trying to find Mommy," Chloe said, her voice muffled against Lily's shoulder."I know, baby. I know. But you can't run off like that. It's not safe.""Nothing is safe anymore," Tristan said quietly.Lily pulled back and looked at her grandson at his dark, knowing eyes, at the calm that was too deep for a child his age. She didn't know what to say to him. She didn't know how to explain a world where children had to search for their missing mothers in the middle of the night."Let's go inside," she said finally.

The job hunt was the final piece of the puzzle.Sophia had spent the past three years working as a receptionist in Starlight Country, but that was not who she really was. Before she fled Nightvale, before Leonardo's torment had consumed her life, she had been a medical student. One of the best in her class. A young woman with a brilliant mind and a dream of becoming a surgeon.Circumstances had forced her to abandon that dream. Leonardo had forced her to abandon it. But she still had her degree. She still had her training. She still had the knowledge that had made her top of her class at Nightvale University's School of Medicine.It was time to use it.The hospital was called St. Catherine's Medical Center, and it was one of the largest in the city. A sprawling complex of glass and white stone, it employed hundreds of doctors and nurses and served thousands of patients every year. Sophia had chosen it deliberately. A hospital this size was always hiring. A hospital this size was too b

Across the city, Leonardo was not having a good night.The bar was one of Nightvale's most exclusive — a dark, moody establishment where the city's elite came to make deals and drown their sorrows in hundred-dollar whiskey. Leonardo sat in a private booth at the back, a glass of scotch in his hand, his expression cold and distant. He was supposed to be meeting with a potential business partner, but the man was late, and Leonardo's patience was wearing thin."Another drink, Mr. Ferri?"He nodded without looking at the server. His mind was elsewhere on a villa that was now empty, on a woman who had walked out of his cage, on a deal that had cost him more than he wanted to admit. His grandmother had outmaneuvered him. His father had betrayed him. And Sophia, his little shadow, was out there somewhere, probably thinking she was free.She wasn't free. She would never be free. But for now, he had to let her believe she was."Leonardo?"The voice was high and sweet and grating. He didn't nee