My knees buckled as Atlas paced to and fro, his soft breaths loud, but not enough to block out the newscaster’s voice.

“… Investigations are ongoing to determine whether Business Mogul Atlas Volkan is responsible for assaulting Adeline Mars, his childhood friend turned lover…”

She was his childhood friend.

She was not a stranger. I shut my eyes as reality washed over me, stabbing me in the chest like a thousand daggers.

I pressed my hand against what was left of my heart, tears ...