Chapter 54 You're Just As Useless As Your Father

Elena’s Point Of View It’s been weeks since that breakdown, and I’ve done everything to avoid Graham and his mistress. I just don’t trust myself to stay calm around them, so it’s easier to pretend they don’t exist. No, that’s not fear. That’s me protecting what’s left of my sanity while quietly figuring out how to escape this marriage. But Graham… Graham had changed. Not in the way I once prayed for. He hadn’t softened or apologized or even tried to look at me the way he used to. Instead, he had become… watchful. Possessive, almost. I noticed the shift first in the small things: the way his eyes followed me when I moved around the room, the way his phone stayed closer to him now, as if he was bracing for some invisible war. Then came the men. Two of them. Dark suits. Unsmiling. They trailed me from the house to the company and back, like shadows tied to my heels. I confronted him once, my voice steadier than my pulse, because if there’s one thing Graham respects, it’s a composed façade