We need to talk. Really talk. About getting out.
Isla’s POV
The illusion held for a while longer—fragile as a soap bubble, shimmering under the weight of our denial. Luca's second birthday came and went in a blur of sugar highs and guarded smiles, the pony's whinny mingling with the low hum of security radios hidden in the bushes. Angelo had spar...
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Chapters
1. Lost and Alone!
2. The Stranger's Shelter!
3. First encounter with devil!
4. Why is she here?
5. You’re not in a position to argue!
6. What… what's happening?
7. Don’t you dare tell me what my son needs!
8. A Heartbreaking Farewell!
9. She fucking left.
10. She made the beast fall in love.
11. I just need a job. Please!
12. "You. With the red mask."
13. "You sound like her. But she had a different walk. More… delicate."
14. Angelo Romano just saved me.
15. "Come back to the mansion.”
16. You don’t have to speak to me again. But Luca needs you.
17. “You don’t have to be scared, Isla. Not here. Not anymore.”
18. "I was just too much of a coward to admit it.”
19. I'm truly sorry!
20. Shower!
21. But I’d protect her now.
22. "You're going to tell her the truth?"
23. “Afraid I’m making you uncomfortable?”
24. "Breakfast is waiting. Angelo, walk her to the dining room."
25. You think I don’t regret it?
26. It's not magic. It's trust.
27. This could be more than just a job.
28. Don't touch me!
29. Open the door.
30. And look where that got her.
31. You make it sound noble.
32. Partner means equality.
33. She was becoming essential.
34. The Phone Call.
35. They're testing me, seeing if I'll break.
36. And the threat? Is it over?
37. He needs normalcy.
38. Drunk enough to be honest.
39. You feel like heaven.
40. Angelo, not here.
41. We need to talk. Really talk. About getting out.
42. Let me make you forget, just for tonight.
43. Welcome to the real game, Isla.
44. He'll make you suffer in ways you can't imagine.
45. "Had to... save him. Our boy."
46. You need to rest.
47. We're okay, baby.
48. Let me worship you first
49. Eyes turned to me.
50. Stay behind me, Isla!
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