“Jasmine, we need to do this. For Lily’s safety,” Gabriel said, his voice low but firm as we sat across from each other in the living room.
I stared at him, unsure how to respond. My mind was spinning with so many questions, none of which I knew how to ask. "You want to take her out of school... because of Nathan?" I felt the weight of his words pressing on my chest.
Gabriel leaned forward, his eyes intense, focused. "I have no choice. His attacks are getting worse. If we let Lily go to school right now, we put her in danger. There are too many eyes on us—people who want to see us fall."
I swallowed hard. Gabriel’s empire was crumbling, and so was the fragile sense of stability I had just begun to feel. The media frenzy, fueled by Nathan’s campaign against Gabriel, was everywhere. The l
