The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 354

After a long, passionate night, Alex held Sophia close, her delicate fragrance intoxicating him.

The warmth of her body nestled perfectly against his chest, stirring something deep within him.

He gently kissed her forehead, and Sophia responded by pressing even closer, her breathing slow and peaceful.

"Alex," Sophia whispered softly, her voice thick with happiness and exhaustion. "You're everything to me. I've never loved anyone the way I love you."

With those words, she drifted off into a tranquil sleep, completely unaware of the turmoil stirring inside him.

Alex stared silently at Sophia's serene face, his mind racing with thoughts and emotions.

Without noticing, morning quietly crept into the room.

Rising slowly from the bed, Alex stood over Sophia, captivated by her fragile beauty as she slept.

His heart twisted painfully, and a bitter poem slipped softly from his lips.

"Meeting is hard, parting even harder — If we never met, there would be no yearning.

If we never knew each other, there'd be no thoughts.

If we were never together, there'd be no heartbreak."

Alex exhaled softly, his gaze lingering on the woman who had unraveled him.

They had met. They had known each other. They had been together.

And now, nothing could ever be the same.

He thought one final night would bring closure-that he could walk away and leave her behind.

But he was wrong.

The moment he touched her, he was undone again. Every time he saw Sophia, every breath she took near him, he lost himself.

No logic could contain it. No discipline could suppress it.

His desire for her wasn't something he could tame. It consumed him, wild and absolute.

And he knew now-this wasn't the end. It was only the beginning of something far more dangerous.

He forced himself to leave the penthouse, his resolve hardening with every step. Outside, he dialed the Paris branch of Kingswell.

His voice was sharp, dangerous. "Send me every file you have on the Guise family—especially Gilbert and Sophia. I want to know every last secret."

Never in his life had Alex mixed personal matters with his work, but Sophia changed everything.

Now every detail about her had become vital-urgent.

For Sophia, he was ready to play dirty-dangerously dirty.

***

Sophia awoke, reaching instinctively for Alex, only to find the bed cold and empty.

Panic tightened her chest, leaving her uncertain whether this emptiness was good or bad.

Last night she had poured her entire heart out to Alex, surrendering herself fully.

and

be greedy, Sophia," she scolded

the man you love most before you leave this cruel

she slowly stepped into the shower, letting

you, Alex," she whispered, resigned to the fact that she

sudden sound of the penthouse door opening startled her. Voices echoed through the apartment, igniting a spark of hope in

to stay by Alex's side a

as her gaze collided with Gilbert, his face twisted with

stood the hotel manager, who sheepishly avoided her eyes-no doubt unable

slut!" Gilbert spat

Gilbert's hand swung viciously across her face, a brutal slap

vision blurred as pain exploded

calling your worthless phone all night! I should've guessed

for Alex,

and driving it mercilessly into her

her body as

impossible to breathe. She was sure something

that horrific moment, Sophia knew the choice she had made-staying with

mistake was doomed,

uncontrollably, his

Worthless tramp!" Each insult was punctuated by another

Sophia's bones, torturing her with unbearable pain. Tears streamed uncontrollably down her

spirit shattered under

mind spun helplessly, trapped in a

reality now, and she saw no

only pain, regret, and the bitter realization of

the excruciating pain, hopelessness clawing at

yanking her head back to reveal her bruised and battered

me like I'm some fool!" Gilbert

marriage papers now!" he

stepped forward, thrusting the document onto the table in

damn name, and we'll be husband and wife, nice and

defiantly, eyes blazing through tears of

marry a monster like

going to do much worse than die," Gilbert hissed

Send men after every Lancaster alive-I

surging as she clung

sign! Please, spare

her again, harder this time. "You should've thought about that earlier,

into the phone again, voice dripping

don't kill them. Just beat them until they're begging for

a cold dread spreading

she grasped the

away.

Joe, the

vef

either of you dies, the

had deliberately included that clause,

position.

Lancaster name from her grandfather, but the true power came

subsequent exile from the Montclaires,

the sole heir, poised as the

already agreed but were still

cautious delay kept even Sophia herself in the dark-but