The Girl He Saved, the Woman He Lost

Summary

I was Elena DeLuca, the orphan Lucian Vestri pulled out of a massacre.

The night two mafia families turned the docks into a graveyard, my parents died taking bullets meant for him. He carried me out in his arms, brought me back to the Vestri estate, and kept me by his side ever since.

For five years, he gave me everything. Protection. Privilege. A place no one else could touch. He made me the most untouchable woman in the city.

So I was foolish enough to believe I meant something different to him.

Then I told him I loved him.

He gave me silence.