Chapter 166 Chapter 166: Fell down the stairs The next day, Elara sat in her designated chair at the shooting set. “Do you need anything, ma’am?” A crew member asked her, and Elara shook her head respectfully before thanking the man. After her commercial with Lara Jewels went viral, directed
Chapter 161 Catherine’s POV The air in the lecture hall felt like it had been sucked out by a vacuum the moment Lucy sat down. I kept my eyes locked on the professor, who was shuffling papers at the podium, but my peripheral vision was filled with the white of
Chapter 160 Catherine’s POV I stood in front of my full-length mirror, adjusting the collar of my shirt. Today was the first day of the new semester, a day that would give me freedom from this hell of a house. I checked my bag one last time, ensuring my notebooks
Chapter 159 Catherine’s POV I had been running for nearly an hour, pushing my pace until my legs felt like lead and my lungs burned with every breath. A jog was the only way to clear my head after the disaster in my bedroom with Julian. I needed to drown
Chapter 158 Julian’s POV The first thing I felt was the throbbing in my temples. It was a punishing ache that made even the act of opening my eyes feel like a task. My clothes felt damp and heavy against my skin, and the floor beneath me was hard. I
Chapter 157 Catherine’s POV I sat on my bed, processing the chaos of the day. I needed to talk to someone, so I picked up my phone and dialed Kiera’s number. “Hey,” Kiera answered on the second ring. “Are you dead? Or did Julian finally kidnap you p> “Sorry, Kiera,”
Chapter 156 Julian’s POV A knock came on my door. I straightened my shirt and moved toward it, already believing I knew who it was. A maid of course, here to inform me that Richard was calling for me. My mind was already rehearsing the lies I would give. However,
Chapter 155 Julian’s POV While driving back, I could feel the angry stare Catherine was giving me but whenever I turned to look at her, she would look away fast. The silence between us was annoying, it definitely wasn’t what I had expected. I expected us to get closer with
Chapter 154 Catherine’s POV Hearing him call me that name made me freeze for a second, while my throat bubbled up and down, until I remembered what he stood for. Without replying to his comment, I turned around, “let’s head back in, they are waiting p> I stepped back into
Chapter 153 Catherine’s POV I leaned back from the bed, ensuring Tessa was relatively calm for the moment, and stood up. My mind was already racing through a dozen different calculations. I looked at Julian, who was still hovering near the doorframe. Without saying a word to Ethan or Tessa,
Chapter 152 Catherine’s POV I didn’t stop to catch my breath as I reached the bottom of the stairs. I ignored the staff members who looked at me in surprise and shoved the heavy front doors open. The air was cold, but I barely felt it. My mind was consumed
Chapter 151 Catherine’s POV We walked into Kiera’s room. I moved fast to sit on the edge of the bed, allowing the adrenaline from Dante’s presence to settle. Kiera was pacing in front of me, her eyes bright with a look I knew all too well. She wasn’t going to
Chapter 150 Catherine’s POV I stood in the center of Dante’s room, the music still thrumming through the floorboards, but my mind was a chaotic mess of static. I looked up at him, at the way he stood there with such effortless confidence but every time I closed my eyes,
Chapter 149 Catherine’s POV “You look even prettier than what I saw last night p> Dante stood frozen for a beat too long, his eyes dragging over me from head to toe as if he were trying to reconcile the girl standing in his hallway with the one he’d seen
Chapter 148 Catherine’s POV I stood at the massive wrought-iron gates of the estate, feeling small and suddenly very uncertain. I had come here because I had to, driven by a gnawing sense of guilt towards Dante. He deserved an apology, or at the very least, a proper explanation that
Chapter 147 Julian’s POV I paced the length of my bedroom, my heart rate refusing to settle. Every time I reached the window, I looked down at the driveway, even though I knew she was already gone. What was she doing right now? Sitting across from him, laughing at his
Chapter 146 Julian’s POV I made my way down the staircase, my head throbbing in a steady pulse that felt like a hammer against my skull. I hadn’t slept for more than two hours. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt the sting of Catherine’s palm against my cheek
Chapter 145 Catherine’s POV My phone buzzed on the nightstand just as I was trying to wipe the last of the gala’s heavy makeup from my skin. It was Kiera. I picked up on the second ring, knowing exactly what kind of lecture was coming my way. “Catherine, oh my
Chapter 144 Catherine’s POV The drive back to the mansion was the loudest silence I had ever experienced. Gabriel’s hands were clamped onto the steering wheel at ten and two, his knuckles so white. He didn’t look at the mirrors, and he didn’t look at me. He just stared at
Chapter 143 Catherine’s POV The moment Julian left our presence, I turned to Dante’s and shot him a hard glare, shoving him back. My hands were trembling, and my chest felt like it was going to explode. I stared at him, my breath coming in short, jagged gasps. The shock