Viya's POV
His words stabbed at something deep inside me.
Despite everything, hearing him say it out loud hurt more than I expected. I quickly changed the subject, desperate to escape the raw emotion threatening to spill over.
"Which neighborhood exactly do you live in?"
"Silverlake Estates," he replied smoothly.
My heart skipped a beat. Silverlake Estates was just minutes from my apartment complex, one of the most exclusive residential properties in New York.
Everyone knew about it—the private lakeside roads had been purchased outright, the security was impenetrable, and nobody knew exactly which power players lived behind those gates.
I never would have guessed this was Caesar Blackwood's property.
As my car approached the entrance to Silverlake Estates, the sec
