Chapter two - Two lives one gravity
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Alexander returned to the club two nights later. He told himself it was coincidence. It wasn’t.
Ariana found him before he even saw her.
“You can’t do this,” she whispered, glancing around. “People will talk.” “Let them,” he replied.
And slowly, she began to let him in.
They met after her shifts—sharing coffee in all-night diners, conversations in his parked car, stories they had never told anyone. Ariana realized Alexander listened without judgment. Alexander realized Ariana was the first person who saw him, not his empire.
But danger lurked where she worked.
Viktor Hale, the club owner, noticed Ariana’s interest in the billionaire and didn’t like what it meant for his control.
“You’re getting distracted,” Viktor warned her. “You’re forgetting who owns your debt.”
Ariana’s stomach turned cold.
So the next night, she tried to distance herself from Alexander. She avoided his eyes.
She kept her answers short.
She didn’t meet him after her shift.
But Alexander wasn’t fooled. Something frightened her.
“Ariana, what happened?” he pressed gently. She almost told him everything.
Almost.
But fear chained her tongue.
She only whispered, “You shouldn’t come here anymore.” And before he could stop her, Ariana disappeared backstage.
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