Semua Bab Sin City (The Devil’s Plus Size Bride): Bab 1 - Bab 4

The music was too loud. And that was the first thing I noticed when I pushed through the apartment door. The bass was vibrating through the floorboards. Red solo cups everywhere. I could hear hard laughs in the kitchen. Something that seemed like the usual Saturday night chaos Peter’s frat friends loved. My arms ached painfully from the box I carried. His favorite brownies, still warm from my dorm kitchenette. I had even stayed up until 2 am making them because his midterm week was hell and he had texted me “wish you were here” at 11:43 pm. My eyes scanned through the living room, but there seemed to be no Peter. At least I would know my boyfriend of two years, and the half drunk dancers sure weren’t him. “Is the birthday boy in the bedroom?” I asked a girl I didn’t really know. The blonde girl’s eyes slid past me, down to the box, then back up with something like pity. My stomach tightened in anticipation, or perhaps curiosity, the kind that probably kills a cat. But I follow

KIRA POV "You're... Lucian Brookmoore?" The name slipped from my lips in little more than a whisper. And for a heartbeat, the room disappeared. LB. My mind raced back to every message, every text, and conversation. The truth had been there all along, hidden in plain sight. Lucian Brookmoore. And the realization slammed into me so hard that my stomach lurched. No. No... It couldn't be. The man whose words had got to me first, whose response has been just right, was the same man newspapers called ruthless. The same man people lowered their voices to talk about. The Devil. I stared at him, searching his face for something that would tell me this was some cruel joke. But instead, I found the same blue eyes that had looked at me so gently over dinner as I made a complete fool of myself. The same quiet patience. That almost seemed like warmth. Only now I knew whose eyes they truly belonged to. Air refused to fill my lungs. And without another word, I turned and ran. I ba