**Natalie’s POV**
*One secret I’ve never told anyone.*
The words echoed inside my head like a terrifying chant, repeating over and over until my brain throbbed with agony. Standing at the edge of the abyss, looking directly into Gavin’s dark, unyielding eyes, I felt as though the entire room was spinning out of control. The terrifying weight of his earlier warning burned through my veins—*I hate liars... if someone lies to me, the door closes forever.*
Panic tightened its icy grip around my chest, choking the breath right out of me. Every instinct warned me to run, but I was frozen, trapped beneath his heavy gaze. If I told him the truth now—if I confessed that I had stepped into his life as a complete imposter, taking advantage of his amnesia—he would destroy me. The fierce love I had
