Chapter 13 - THE LETTER
The letter arrived before sunrise.
No return address.
Only Emma’s name.
Inside was one sentence:
Leave Lorenzo, or someone you love will disappear.
Emma’s hands went numb.
She immediately thought of Noah.
She found him sleeping peacefully in the guest room.
He looked so young.
So vulnerable.
Fear tightened around her chest.
Lorenzo found her in the hallway.
“What happened?”
She handed him the letter.
His expression changed instantly.
“Who else has seen this?”
“No one.”
He called security.
Within minutes, the mansion became a controlled fortress.
Emma watched guards search every entrance.
“This is my fault.”
“No.”
“If I had never stepped into that ballroom—”
“You saved my mother.”
“And now everyone I love is in danger.”
Lorenzo stepped closer.
“You are not a weakness.”
His voice lowered.
“You are the reason I refuse to lose.”
Emma's eyes filled with tears.
“What if they hurt Noah?”
“They won't.”
“You can't promise that.”
“I can promise I will do everything necessary.”
She looked at him.
“And if everything means losing yourself?”
Lorenzo paused.
“Then I'll find another way.”
That answer stayed with Emma.
He wasn't asking her to disappear.
He was choosing to fight for a future where she could remain.
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And for the first time, she realized she wasn't afraid of loving him.
She was afraid of losing him.
