LOGINMandy povIt had been over a month.One whole month.Not a single call.Not a single message.Nothing.I stared at my phone for what felt like the hundredth time that morning.Still nothing.“Celyne…”I sighed heavily.“What are you doing?”Ever since she returned to the hale’s mansion, I had expected things to move quickly.By now, Damien should have spoken to her.By now, they should have settled whatever misunderstanding they had.By now…We should have been discussing their wedding.Instead…Silence.Complete silence.I tapped Celyne’s number again.Calling…No answer.Again.Nothing.Straight to voicemail.I lowered the phone with a frown.“This isn’t like you.”Celyne had never ignored me for this long.Never.Unless…Something was wrong.I quickly dialed Damien’s number.It rang once.Twice.Three times.Then the call ended.No answer.I stared at the screen in disbelief.“You too?”“What exactly is going on?”I stood from the sofa and began pacing around my living room.Someth
Alexander POVThe drive to the hospital was unusually quiet.Neither of us spoke.Celyne sat beside me, her gaze fixed on the passing buildings outside the window. Every now and then, she rested a hand on her stomach, gently rubbing it as though reassuring the baby that everything would be alright.Ever since the incident with the pills, things between us had changed.Not completely.But enough for me to notice.She no longer argued with me.She no longer looked at me the same way either.She kept her distance.And somehow…That bothered me more than I cared to admit.“We’re here,” I said quietly.She nodded.“Okay.”That was all.Just one word.I got out first before walking around to open the door for her.She looked at me for a moment.“You don’t have to do that.”“I know.”“But I want to.”She didn’t argue this time.Instead, she carefully stepped out of the car, and together we made our way into the hospital.The nurses greeted us politely before leading us into the examination r
Clara povThe moment Alexander walked out of the room, I stood there in disbelief.My eyes remained fixed on the closed door.Did that really just happen?I let out a bitter laugh.“So now I’m the one who’s wrong?”I turned around angrily, pacing across the room.“He actually asked me to apologize.”“Apologize to Celyne.”The thought alone made my blood boil.“How dare he?”“What has gotten into him?”“He defended her.”“He actually stood there and defended her.” “How dare you …… AlexanderI should apologize, any that is to apologizeShould be Celyne, not me because she is talking pills with out consentI clenched my fists.“Who does Celyne think she is?”“Why?”“Why does she always get away?”No matter what we did…She escaped.The accident.The pills.Everything.Every single time we thought we had finally cornered her…She found a way out.It was driving me insane.I grabbed the vase on the table and threw it against the wall.Crash!The sound echoed throughout the room.“I was so
Clara povI slammed my phone onto the table.The sound echoed through the apartment.“Impossible.”I began pacing from one end of the room to the other, unable to calm the storm raging inside me.Everything had been planned perfectly.Everything.Celyne was supposed to fall.She was supposed to lose the baby.At the very least, the medication was supposed to expose whatever secret she had been desperately hiding.Instead…Nothing.She escaped.Again.I clenched my fists.“What exactly are you made of, Celyne?”Every time I thought I had cornered her, she found another way out.Every single time.A bitter laugh escaped my lips.Perhaps fate truly enjoyed playing games with me.No.I refused to believe that.There had to be another explanation.I walked back toward the table where a small transparent evidence bag lay.Inside was one of the pills I had taken from Celyne’s bottle.Just looking at it irritated me.When I first found it, I was certain it was the breakthrough I had been wait
William povThe room was silent.Far too silent.I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the city that had become my battlefield over the years. Cars crawled along the streets below like tiny ants, each one heading somewhere with purpose.Purpose.A faint smile tugged at my lips.That was something I still had.Unlike time.A sharp cough escaped me. I quickly reached for the handkerchief in my pocket, pressing it against my lips. When I pulled it away, a small stain of blood greeted me.So…It was getting worse.The doctor had warned me.Rest.Medication.Treatment abroad.As if I had the luxury of any of those things.I folded the handkerchief carefully and slipped it back into my pocket before anyone could see it.There were more important things than my health.Far more important.Alexander.Celyne.The child.Everything was beginning to shift in a direction I didn’t like.For weeks I had watched from a distance.Alexander was getting closer to Celyne again and
POV: Alexander I couldn’t focus. Not on work. Not on meetings. Not even on the endless reports sitting on my desk. My thoughts kept returning to the same thing. Celyne. I leaned back in my chair and rubbed my forehead. Why did I stand up for her? The question had been bothering me all day. I could have ignored it. I could have stayed silent. I could have looked away and acted as if nothing had happened. Wouldn’t that have been easier? Wouldn’t that have been the smart thing to do? After all, that was what I had done countless times before. Ignored things. Avoided things. Pretended not to see things. But this time… This time I couldn’t. The image of Elara grabbing her. The slap. The accusation. Something about it felt wrong. Very wrong.
Celyne’s POVI stare at my phone in my hand for eleven minutes seeing the name once again after so many years before I dial.I know because every memories keep flashing through my mind as I count every one of them.Sitting on the cold bathroom floor of Clara’s apartment, back pressed against the tu
Alexander’s POV“What exactly is going on here?”Elara’s voice cuts through the silence like glass shattering on marble.I don’t answer.I can’t.The name still echoes in my head like a gunshot.Celyne.Of all the people in the world… how is it her?My fingers remain locked together on the desk as I
Celyne POVThe blood wouldn’t stop.By the time I reached the hospital, my vision had already begun to blur. Nurses rushed toward me the moment they saw the state I was in. Their voices overlapped as they guided me onto a stretcher.“Get the doctor.”“She’s losing a lot of blood.”“How far along is
Celyne Pov“Alexander…?”The name leaves my lips before I can stop it.For a moment, no one moves.Alexander’s eyes lock onto mine, and the world seems to collapse into that single point of recognition. The same steel-gray gaze that once softened when he looked at me now stares back in disbelief.Hi







