CHAPTER 3 — The Man Who Changed the Rules
Harper expected punishment.
Cold silence. Distance. Maybe worse.
Instead, Enzo did something no one in her life ever had.
He gave her space.
No demands. No threats. No touch without warning.
Days passed before he spoke to her again.
“You’re not a hostage here,” he said, standing at the doorway, careful not to step too close.
Harper let out a quiet, bitter laugh. “That’s exactly what I am.”
“No,” Enzo replied. “You were.”
That single word shifted something.
Slowly, carefully, Enzo began undoing what had been done to her—not with grand gestures, but with consistency.
Meals sent without pressure.
Doors that locked… from the inside.
And one night, when she flinched at a raised voice in the hallway—
May you like
He ordered the entire wing cleared.
For the first time in years, Harper slept without fear.
