All Chapters of THE ENEMY BOSS AND THE FORBIDDEN TWIN: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

The first thing I noticed when I came home was that Sophia had left the kitchen light on.She never did that.My sister could walk through a dark hallway without turning on a single light, but leaving one burning in an empty room was somehow unacceptable to her. She used to say our electricity bill was already high enough without us wasting it on rooms nobody was using.I dropped my keys into the little ceramic bowl beside the door and looked toward the kitchen.The light was still on.“Sophia?”No answer.I glanced at the clock above the living-room television.11:43 p.m.The house was unusually quiet for a Thursday night. Usually, by this time, Mother would be asleep upstairs, Father would still be in his study, and Sophia would be somewhere nearby pretending to work on wedding arrangements while actually scrolling through her phone.Three days.That was all the time left before her wedding.Three days before Sophia Veyra became Mrs. Lucien Moretti.The thought alone made something

The car smelled faintly of leather and the white roses someone had placed in the small compartment between the seats. I sat in the back with my veil folded across my lap, watching the city pass through the tinted window as we moved toward the church. People crossed busy streets with shopping bags in their hands, buses pushed through traffic, and roadside vendors called out to drivers who barely looked in their direction. Everything outside continued exactly as it always did, which felt almost insulting considering that my entire life had changed before breakfast.Across from me, Mother sat with both hands folded over her purse. She had barely spoken since we left the house.The Moretti man beside the driver had introduced himself as Cassian DeLuca. He had not said much after that. His dark suit was perfectly pressed, and the small earpiece tucked behind his right ear made it obvious that he was not there as a wedding guest. He was there to watch me.I noticed the way he checked the si

The gates disappeared behind us with a heavy metallic sound that seemed to travel through the entire car. I kept my attention on the estate ahead, refusing to let myself look back at the road we had just left behind. The Moretti property was larger than I had expected, surrounded by tall stone walls and thick trees that blocked most of the view from outside. Several buildings stood farther from the main house, each separated by carefully maintained paths and patches of dark green lawn. Security cameras were positioned along the walls, small enough to be overlooked by an ordinary visitor but obvious to anyone who knew where to look.I counted six before the car reached the front steps.There were probably more.The vehicle stopped beneath a wide stone entrance, and one of the guards came forward to open my door. I stepped out slowly, gathering the front of my dress so that the hem would not catch beneath my shoes. The wedding gown suddenly felt ridiculous against the cold, imposing str

I didn’t sleep.The message stayed on the bedside table long after I had read it, its words growing more unsettling each time I looked at them.If Lucien gives you the ring, do not trust what it opens.I couldn’t stop thinking about the symbol beneath the engraving. Sophia had drawn the same mark in one of her old notebooks. Back then, I assumed it was connected to one of her university projects. She often filled the corners of her pages with strange shapes whenever she was deep in thought.Now I wasn’t so sure.By three in the morning, I had searched every drawer in the bedroom, checked the wardrobe, inspected the balcony doors, and examined the ring beneath my phone’s light. Nothing had changed. The ring remained firmly on my finger, and the tiny symbol offered no clue about what it opened.Eventually, I lay down without changing out of my dress.Sleep came in short, restless stretches.When I woke again, sunlight streamed through the curtains.For several seconds, I forgot where I