Chapter 138

Silvia Why was the door locked? I grabbed the handle hard, twisted it—nothing. Not even a click. Great. Just… great. The whole drive here, I told myself if something felt off, if things went sideways, I could just get out. Pop open the door. Run. Figure it out. I hadn’t put much stock in this trip being safe, but I had at least clung to the illusion of an exit strategy. Now even that was gone. My gut knotted tighter than a coiled spring. I sat frozen, glaring at the door like it owed me answers. That’s when I saw his reflection on the passenger-side window.Alpha Enzo. Calm as ever. Moving around the front of the SUV with the kind of control that didn’t need speed to feel like a threat. He wasn’t rushing. He knew I’d wait. That I had nowhere else to go.And maybe he was right. When he opened my door, I flinched purely on instinct—like he might yank me out or shove me back. He didn’t. He just stood there, expectant but... weirdly relaxed. His golden eyes locked on mine, steady as hell. He