Chapter 61: Behave

Adrian’s POV***The phone was still in my hand.The live camera feed from the mansion was still on the screen. The open door. The blood on the floor. The empty corridor. My security man stood beside me, waiting for an order. Aria and Daniel stood in front of me, both of them looking at the phone like it held the answer to everything.Aria stretched out her hand.“Adrian, give it to me. Let me see.”I locked the screen and pulled the phone back.“No.”Her eyes widened. “What do you mean no? I saw your face. Something is wrong. Give it to me.”“It is nothing you need to see right now.”Daniel stepped closer. His voice was hard. “Adrian, what’s that? Show us.”I kept the phone down by my side. My fingers were tight around it. If Aria saw the open door and the blood, she would break again. She would ask more questions. She would demand answers I could not give without putting her in more danger.“It’s nothing,” I said. My voice came out calm even though my chest was tight. “Just some pro

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Chapter 62: The room that knew me

Aria’s POV***I slammed the door so hard the frame shook.Then I fell to the floor.My knees hit the old carpet and the pain did not even matter. Tears were already running down my face so fast I could not wipe them in time. My chest was rising and falling like I had been running for miles. I pressed both hands over my mouth so my father would not hear how ugly the sound of my crying was.I married a monster.The words I shouted downstairs were still in my throat. They burned. They felt true and wrong at the same time. I did not know which part hurt more.Adrian’s voice kept replaying in my head.*As your husband, I command you to stop.*Command.Like I was a servant. Like I was a child. Like my fear was an inconvenience he needed to shut down.I crawled to the bed and climbed onto it without turning on the light. The room was dark except for the weak moonlight coming through the curtain. This used to be my room. My safe place. The bed still smelled a little like the soap my mother u

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Chapter 63: Come alone

Aria’s POV***My fingers would not stop shaking.The phone screen glowed in the dark room like it was alive. The photo stayed open. The woman on the chair. Her head low. Her hair covering her face. The ropes on her wrists. The message under it burned into my eyes.‘She is still alive because of you. Come alone tomorrow or she dies. Tell no one.’I locked the screen. Then I opened it again. Then I locked it. My heart was hitting my ribs so hard it hurt. I pressed the phone against my chest and tried to breathe.Who was she?Why me?Why now?A soft knock touched my door. I jumped so hard the phone nearly fell.“Aria?”My father’s voice. Gentle. Worried.I wiped my face fast and shoved the phone under the pillow.“Come in,” I said. My voice sounded broken.The door opened. Dad stepped inside with the small lamp in his hand. The light made his tired face look older. He closed the door behind him and stood near the bed.“You have been crying,” he said.“I am fine.”“Do not lie to me.”I l

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Chapter 61: Behave

Chapter 62: The room that knew me

Chapter 63: Come alone