Necesito Que Me Odies: - Josh Alfredo.epub

Julian sank into a chair, the mask finally falling. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled medical report and a burner phone. The message on the screen was clear: “She lives as long as she has nothing left to do with you. If she stays, she dies. Break her, or we will.”

"Why?" she whispered. "After everything we built, why destroy it like this?"

"Because I’m not the man you thought I was, Elena," he said, his voice a cold, practiced blade. "I never loved you. You were a means to an end. A beautiful, naive distraction." Necesito que me odies - Josh Alfredo.epub

He heard her sharp intake of breath. He felt the shift in the air—the warmth of her affection curdling into something sharp and jagged.

He closed his eyes, the sting on his cheek the only thing keeping him grounded. He had saved her life, but he had lost his soul to do it. He had achieved his goal: she hated him enough to stay away, and in her hatred, she was safe. Julian sank into a chair, the mask finally falling

She stormed out, the heavy oak door slamming shut behind her.

"For power," Julian corrected, finally turning to face her. He wore a mask of indifference, though his heart felt like it was being crushed in a vice. "I need you to look at me and see exactly what I am. I need you to loathe the day we met." If she stays, she dies

Elena stood up, her eyes flashing with a fire he had never seen before. She didn't cry this time. She walked toward him, stopped inches from his chest, and slapped him—a stinging, desperate strike that echoed through the room.