Chapter 26: No Escape
The silence in the room felt suffocating.
Kian’s eyes remained fixed on Monica.
Waiting.
Hurting.
Demanding the truth without saying it directly.
And Monica—
stood frozen between them.
Her chest tightened painfully.
Because no matter where she looked—
someone would get hurt.
“She is here by choice.”
Alexander’s calm voice still lingered in the air.
Kian’s jaw tightened instantly.
“Then let her say it.”
The pressure snapped tighter around Monica.
She opened her mouth—
then closed it again.
Because the truth wasn’t simple anymore.
She didn’t know what she was supposed to say.
That she missed Kian?
She did.
That Alexander affected her?
That was true too.
And that realization terrified her more than anything else.
“Kian…” she started softly.
But
