The next morning, the Romano mansion looked different.

Same walls.

Same expensive furniture.

Same guards standing outside.

But the feeling had changed.

Nobody trusted anyone.

Because the enemy wasn’t outside.

The enemy was already inside.

Marcus spent the entire night reviewing security footage.

At 7:30 a.m., he called me into the office.

“I found something.”

On the screen was a recording from the mansion hallway.

A figure entered Alexander’s private medical room at 1:12 a.m.

The person wore a black coat.

A hood covered their face.

But their hands were visible.

A gold bracelet.

My heart stopped.

I knew that bracelet.

“Who is that?” Marcus asked.

I didn’t answer.

Because I couldn’t.

“No,” I whispered.

Marcus looked at me.

“You recognize her.”

I swallowed.

“It’s Elena.”

Alexander’s fiancée.

The woman everyone believed would become the queen of the Romano family.

Marcus remained silent.

“Are you sure?”

I nodded slowly.

“She gave me that bracelet last month.”

Marcus replayed the footage.

Elena entered the room.

Three minutes later…

she left.

Carrying nothing.

But Alexander’s medication had been changed.

Marcus stood.

“Why would she do this?”

I didn’t know.

But then I remembered something.

Two days earlier.

I had walked past Elena’s office.

I heard her arguing with someone.

“You promised me the company after the wedding.”

A man answered.

“You only get everything if Alexander doesn’t survive.”

My blood turned cold.

“Marcus…”

He looked at me.

“There’s more.”

I told him everything.

The argument.

The voice.

The conversation.

Marcus immediately grabbed his phone.

But before he could call anyone…

the mansion lights went out.

Complete darkness.

A second later—

A gunshot echoed through the house.

We ran toward Alexander’s room.

The guards were already moving.

When we entered…

Alexander was sitting upright.

A broken window behind him.

A bullet hole in the wall.

Someone had tried to finish the job.

But Alexander wasn’t the target.

The bullet had missed him.

Because someone had pushed him.

I looked down.

Nina.

No.

Not Nina.

Me.

I had pushed him without thinking.

The room went silent.

Alexander looked at me.

For the first time, his eyes were completely clear.

“You saved my life.”

I didn’t know what to say.

Because I had spent months believing Alexander Romano was a monster.

But lying there…

looking at me like I mattered…

I realized the most dangerous man in the city was also the most alone.

Then Marcus received a message.

His face changed.

“Elena left the mansion.”

Alexander’s expression hardened.

“Find her.”

Marcus hesitated.

“Alexander…”

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