Chapter 21: No Mercy
I haven’t slept.
Not really.
Not since the video dropped and the world decided to tear Bella apart again.
It’s 4:17 a.m. The penthouse is dark except for the blue glow from the tablet on my lap. I’m sitting on the edge of the bed, back against the headboard, watching Bella sleep beside me. She’s curled on her side, one hand resting on the small swell of her stomach, breathing slow and even like nothing in the world is trying to break her.
She’s wrong.
Everything is trying to break her.
The comments are still coming in. I turned off notifications hours ago but the numbers keep climbing. #BellaTheMistress is trending again. Someone posted a side-by-side of the leaked video and her press conference speech today, captioning it “From homewrecker to queen in 24 hours?
