All Chapters of From Lovers to Strangers: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Elena Emerton was a gorgeous doctor known for being cool, distant, and levelheaded. She is also the woman every man secretly longed for.Still, one look at the dark, closed-off Kyle Fenton, and she was hooked.Kyle, CEO of Fenton Corp, had lost his entire family six years ago. On the day of his engagement, his fiancée Allison Smyth's drunk father started a fire that killed them all.After that, Kyle and Allison became sworn enemies. Kyle shut everyone out, and nobody dared get close.Everyone figured Elena never stood a chance.Then Kyle proved them wrong.For three years, the cold, untouchable CEO had eyes for her and her alone.Until their wedding day.Right as they were about to exchange rings, a woman rushed Kyle with a knife.Elena moved on instinct, throwing herself in front of him.The blade sank into her chest, and she crumpled into Kyle's arms.As the woman was dragged away, she screamed, "Kyle Fenton, we're not done! How dare you get married?"That was when Elena

Kyle didn't even slow down as he passed Elena and headed upstairs.Elena almost laughed."I'm a surgeon, not a toxicologist. You've got the wrong doctor."Kyle stopped on the stairs and glanced at the bodyguards heading out."Guard the door. Don't let Elena leave."Then he carried Allison into the master bedroom—their wedding photo still hanging among the decorations.Elena stood frozen, completely numb.In the silent mansion, the wedding decorations felt like a cruel joke.Every sound from the bedroom upstairs carried through the house.Muffled. Tangled.Elena covered her ears, but it didn't help.The sounds cut straight through her.Then Kyle's breathless voice came from upstairs, over and over."Allie..."Elena went still.'Allie.'Not Ellie.'For three years, whenever they'd been together and he whispered that name in her ear, he'd never been calling her.No wonder he only called her 'Elena' when they weren't in bed—and when he wasn't dreaming.It felt like an in

Allison had vanished near the hospital, and Kyle was convinced Elena had taken her."You hate Allison more than anyone. Who else would it be?"Elena almost laughed. "Did you forget? The person who hates her most isn't me. It's you."Kyle's eyes turned vicious, showing a cruelty she'd never seen before."Looks like I've been too nice to you."He motioned to the bodyguards behind him.They grabbed Elena and dragged her to the beach.Then they shoved her head into the freezing water.She couldn't breathe.Just before she blacked out, they yanked her back up.Elena coughed hard, choking for air."Where is she?" Kyle's voice was ice-cold.Her lungs burned."I'll ask you again. Where's Allison?"Elena could barely breathe, let alone answer. She only glared at him with bloodshot eyes.A second later, they shoved her underwater again.Then again.They dragged her up just long enough to gasp before forcing her back under.Her mind started to blur as the air kept getting ripped

Kyle froze when he saw Elena hanging thirty feet in the air."Kyle. You made it."Allison pointed up at Elena."I cut halfway through the rope. She's got maybe twenty minutes before it snaps."Kyle's eyes went red."What the hell are you doing?"Allison ignored the question and pointed to the old wooden crates piled in the corner."If you hurry, you might be able to stack those high enough to reach her."Oh, and we're in the middle of nowhere. Even the fastest ambulance is at least thirty minutes out."Kyle clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked."You're insane!""I am insane."Allison laughed, her eyes wilder than ever.She walked toward the men and yanked open her collar."Don't you think I'm disgusting? Isn't this what you wanted? Me with another man's kid? Other men putting their hands on me?"Then go ahead. Watch."She pulled several pills from her pocket, swallowed them, then motioned for the men to do the same."If you leave, Elena dies."Kyle's expressi

Meanwhile, a news report played on the TV in Allison's room at the treatment center.An international flight had lost contact shortly after takeoff and crashed into the ocean.No survivors.Kyle turned off the TV and tossed the remote aside, his face blank.His eyes shifted to Allison, sitting silently on the bed."Why won't you get treatment?"Allison stared at the dark screen like she hadn't heard him."I don't need it."Kyle frowned, his voice firm."You're getting treatment, and you're having that baby."Allison finally looked at him and laughed bitterly."Have the baby?"Kyle, you got me pregnant by some random guy just to humiliate me. Wasn't that enough? Now you want me to have his kid and spend the rest of my life living with what those men did to me?"If you hate me that much, why not just kill me?""Kill you? That'd be too easy."Kyle's face darkened. He stepped forward and grabbed her wrist."You're staying alive. And you're paying for what your family did!"