Chapter 67 Elodie’s POV I bit down on my lip hard enough to taste copper and forced myself to look away. Away from Dante’s cold stare. Away from Levi’s raised eyebrows and that knowing smirk. I gently pushed against Johnny’s arm, and he let go immediately, still oblivious to what
Chapter 66 Dante’s POV The smell hit me before I even tasted it. Wrong. Just… wrong. I paused, the cup halfway to my lips, and frowned. Then I took a small sip anyway, just to be sure. The second the coffee touched my tongue, I set it down. “Have her
Chapter 65 Elodie’s POV I looked at Johnny, silently asking if we should go after Yale. If we should try to fix this. Johnny shook his head firmly. A clear message: Let him go. I understood why, even if it hurt to watch talent walk away. But I also knew
Chapter 64 Elodie’s POV~ Tommy was scared of Liora. I remembered why. The last time Tommy had hugged me at school, Liora had gotten so jealous she’d scolded the poor girl. Ever since then, Tilly had kept her distance, always watching Liora warily. Even now, she kept glancing nervously toward
Chapter 63 Elodie’s POV Maybe he just hadn’t bothered yet. Maybe because we weren’t officially divorced, he figured there was no point in clearing out my things and upsetting Nonna. Or maybe… and this thought hurt more that he just didn’t care enough either way. I pulled myself out of
Chapter 62 Elodie’s POV~ Since Liora was mostly fine now, I probably didn’t need to stay the night. The thought should’ve brought relief, but instead it just felt empty. The porridge was still simmering downstairs. I sat in Liora’s room for a little longer, watching her sleep, before I finally
Chapter 61 Elodie’s POV When Dante had called me earlier, I’d assumed he was already home. But now, listening to Liora ask where he was, I realized he hadn’t been here at all. The hotel where the banquet was held was actually closer to the estate than my apartment. And
Chapter 60 Elodie’s POV “It’s nothing,” I said, shaking my head and forcing a smile. By the time I looked back, Sienna had already returned to where Dante stood, and they’d all turned their attention away from me. Like I’d never existed in the first place. I went back to
Chapter 59 Elodie’s POV Johnny knew me too well. He’d watched me throw myself into my work over the years, seen me stay up nights coding, building, creating things just to see if I could. Just to prove to myself that I was capable of something. And he’d watched me
Chapter 58 Elodie’s POV CUAP had become something of a legend in the tech world. Professional teams had tried for years to reverse-engineer it, to crack its architecture and figure out how it worked. None of them had succeeded. It had become this untouchable thing, brilliant and mysterious and it
Chapter 57 Elodie’s POV “It’s fine,” I said quietly, pulling my hand back and cradling my wrist. I hadn’t known it was a custom piece. Hadn’t known it was one of a kind. But now that I did, the disappointment settled in my chest like a stone. I looked around
Chapter 56 Elodie’s POV~ The pharmacy was too far away to run to. The streets were empty, not a single car, not a single person who might help. And then I smelled Blood. Heavy and metallic, filling the small space between us. He was hurt. Something in my chest loosened
Chapter 55 Elodie’s POV The second Liora buckled herself into the backseat, her phone was out. I watched her in the rearview mirror, her little fingers flying across the screen as she typed out a message. Her face was pinched with worry, the same expression she’d had since Dante walked
Chapter 54 Elodie’s POV I’d lived here for almost seven years. Seven years of waking up in these rooms, walking these hallways, trying to make this cold, massive place feel like home. But as I drove through those gates after only three weeks away, it felt like I’d been gone
Chapter 53 Elodie’s POV “Liora p> The line went dead. She’d hung up on me. I sat there in my car, parked on the side of the road, staring at my phone screen. My throat felt tight. My eyes burned. She was angry. My baby girl was angry at me
Chapter 52 Elodie’s POV I set my phone down after Liora hung up and stared at the breakfast I’d made for myself. Toast. Eggs. Coffee. The same thing I’d been eating alone for days now. It tasted like nothing. I forced myself to eat anyway, then headed to the office.
Chapter 51 ELODIE’S POV~ I hadn’t eaten, and honestly, something warm sounded good right now. So I nodded. The moment I sat down, my stomach growled. Loud. York’s eyes went wide. “Wait, you didn’t eat dinner p> “No p> “God, I’m sorry. I didn’t even think, this is my fault
Chapter 50 Elodie’s POV “Sorry p> “My bad p> We both stepped back at the same time, the words tumbling out in that awkward way they do when you’re not really paying attention. I looked up. My stomach dropped. Harrison. One of Dante’s closest friends. Part of that inner circle
Chapter 49 Elodie’s POV~ “Here, take these p> York shoved the binoculars into my hands before I could protest, his face lit up like a kid on Christmas morning. “You have to see her, Elodie! Number 38! The red racing suit! She’s insane, gorgeous and wild and just… perfect p>
Chapter 48 Elodie’s POV~ I noticed Liora hadn’t picked up my call. It’d been ringing for too long, long enough for that familiar knot of worry to start tightening in my chest. She never ignored me. Not my baby girl. I tried to tell myself she was probably just busy,