Chapter 142 Julian’s POV I stood at the entrance of the event hall, the cold air hitting my face but doing nothing to lower the temperature of my blood. My chest felt tight. Every second I stood there, I felt like the floor was falling out from under me. I
Chapter 141 Julian’s POV I had been wandering around like a possessed man, my mind a chaotic mess of Richard’s threats and Lucy’s presence. All I wanted to do was find Catherine. I wanted to make sure she was okay wherever she was. That’s a lie. The truth is that…
Chapter 140 Catherine’s POV I was walking through the gardens but it felt like I was walking through an oven. My skin was prickling, and my vision blurring at the edges as the image of Julian’s lips pressed against Lucy’s kept on appearing in my mind. How could he do
Chapter 139 Julian’s POV My mind kept on wondering where Catherine was. My eyes had been roaming the hall for a while now and still, they caught no trace of her. I couldn’t even stop myself from thinking of her with that guy. He looked hot and from the way
Chapter 138 Julian’s POV The stage lights were blinding, glare at me in a way that made the sweat on my neck feel like ice. I could feel the eyes of every power-broker, socialite, and predator in the state drilling into me. “Put on a smile,” Lucy whispered, her voice
Chapter 137 Catherine’s POV “Awwn, you two look so good together,” Kiera said, making me stare hard at her. She let out a low laugh and winked at me. I bit my lip, shaking my head at her. She moved closer and held my hand. “Sorry, brother. Allow me to
Chapter 136 Catherine’s POV “He did what?” Kiera’s voice crackled through the phone, sharp enough to cut. “He’s given up, Kiera. He has decided to let his dad control him,” I whispered, sitting on the floor of my walk-in closet, still drying the tears off my eyes. “He told me
Chapter 135 Catherine’s POV I looked for Julian in his room but he wasn’t there. I checked outside, he wasn’t there either. The library was the only place I hadn’t checked yet. I found him there but he wasn’t reading. He was standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows, staring out at
Chapter 134 Catherine’s POV I had barely slept, the image of Julian sitting on the edge of my bed clashing with the reality of Lucy sleeping just a few doors away. I had spent the night rehearsing what I would say to her, how I would reclaim my space, but
Chapter 133 Julian’s POV “You look like you are going home to crash your dad’s head into the wall. You need to chill a bit, man. You are raging,” Ethan stood, moving to the door to block me. “You don’t understand what’s really happening and I don’t have all the
Chapter 132 Julian’s POV “I love her,” Ethan said, his voice gaining a bit of strength, though it was still shaky. “I really love her, Jules. And… I think I want to start a family with her. I look at her and I don’t see a ’problem’ to be solved.
Chapter 131 Julian’s POV. I swirled the ice in my glass, watching the way the amber liquid caught the glow of the overhead pendant lights. Ethan sat across from me, looking like a man who had been dragged through a hedge backward. He hadn’t shaved in three days, and the
Chapter 130 Catherine’s POV Another suffocating breakfast with the family, meaning Richard, who sat at the head of the table, his eyes fixed on his phone as if the rest of us didn’t exist. Julian wasn’t here. He left early, he mentioned going to meet Ethan about “something serious”, which
Chapter 129 Catherine’s POV I lay in bed, staring at the molding of the ceiling, my mind a chaotic carousel of the day’s events. Julisn and I weren’t able to figure out what Richard and Lucy talked about. Just as I felt the first pull of exhaustion, I got a
Chapter 128 Julian’s POV I balled my hand into a fist and knocked on the door of Richard’s study. “Who is it?” His tone was filled with joy. “It’s me,” I said, steadier voice. “Come in, Julian p> I pushed the door open and walked in. He didn’t look up.
Chapter 127 Catherine’s POV “She’s gone,” I whispered, the words feeling like shards of glass in my throat. “Julian, Richard let her leave? Something is wrong somewhere. You have to find out what Richard discussed with her p> Julian didn’t move. His jaw was set so tight I thought I
Chapter 126 Julian’s POV I felt a forceful tug on the sleeve of my blazer, and before I could protest, Catherine was pulling me toward the darkened corridor. We slipped inside the room, and Catherine didn’t waste a second. She turned on me. “What happened, Julian?” she whispered with a
Chapter 125 JULIAN’S POV I stood behind a sleek podium in the City Hall press room, the “Vaughn” crest gleaming beneath the harsh LED studio lights. Richard stood to my left, his hand resting on my shoulder in a grip that looked supportive to the cameras but felt like a
Chapter 124 Julian’s POV I was cinching my tie tight against my throat when my phone buzzed. I expected it to be Lucy again, calling to scream out her lungs and scold me for not keeping to my words but I was wrong. The screen lit up with Ethan’s name.
Chapter 123 Julian’s POV I was drifting in the space between sleep and wakefulness when my phone buzzed. It had been ringing and I had tried to ignore it but the person wasn’t giving up. My eyes felt like they had been glued shut. Every muscle in my body ached