~ALEXANDRO’S POV~

I stared at the text Lauren had sent me two nights ago, the words replaying in my head like an insult. She wanted out. She wanted to end things before they’d even truly begun.

My jaw clenched as I tightened my grip on the phone. She thought she could walk away from me, just like that. How naive.

This wasn’t over—not by a long shot.

Lauren might have forgotten, but I hadn’t. She was mine. And my claim on her wasn’t something she could ignore or erase with a few words in a message.

Nobody ends things with me. Nobody.

I am Alexandro Lex Castello. I call the...