Lahat ng Kabanata ng Beneath His Cold Vows: Kabanata 251 - Kabanata 260

She wasn't gloating. Wasn't attacking. That made it worse. My hands went cold. I looked at the podium where Vivienne still stood. Then I walked. Not to my seat. To the podium. Slow. Two hundred people watched me. Vivienne stepped back when I got close. Her face pale. Eyes wide. I put both

Vivienne's back went rigid. She turned her head toward him. "I don't understand you, Daniel." Her voice came out harder now. Anger bleeding through every word. "When are you going to stop protecting her and see what's actually in front of you?" She gestured toward me without looking. "She's the de

Edward's POV Saturday morning arrived. I was still awake. Nine hours had passed since the dinner, and the distance I thought would help only made it worse. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Reese at the podium. Alicia’s name cutting through the room like a verdict I hadn’t expected. Not me.

I pushed the door open. Vivienne didn’t look up. She sat behind that mahogany fortress, her pen moving with a precision that made my stomach turn. She was acting as if the world hadn't ended twelve hours ago at dinner. Her coffee sat to her right, and a small, oily film settled on the surface—ston

The name hung in the air, stripped of its weight. I didn’t stay at the door. I turned my back on him, walking through the shadows of the studio to the desk—the reclaimed door resting on sawhorses. I sat down. I pulled the Burundi manifests toward me, the light of the desk lamp pooling over the o