NovelsFreeChapter 245 NICK I paced the room, the steady rhythm of my footsteps doing little to quell the growing anxiety in my chest. Each minute that passed felt like an eternity. I kept glancing at the door, hoping to see Ethan walking in, Olivia by his side. But the minutes dragged on, and no one came.
It all started when I got that call from Olivia. The second I heard her voice, a cold, heavy weight settled in my chest. “Nick," she had said, her voice shaky, and then the line went dead. My heart literally stopped. Before I could gather my thoughts or tell her to stay safe, to stop whatever she was planning, the call ended. I tried calling back immediately, but there was no answer.
I had no idea what was going on, but I knew it couldn't be good. Panic set in, and I immediately told Ethan what had happened. We both stood there, staring at each other, unsure of what to do next. There was so much at stake, and the baby was a constant reminder that we couldn't afford to be reckless. I couldn't leave her with Ethan, he wasn't comfortable with her, and honestly, neither was I. The tension in the air had been palpable when we spoke about it, and neither of us wanted to take that risk.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn the end, we both knew what had to be done. Ethan would be the one to go after Olivia, find her, and bring her back safely.
And now, here I was, waiting, waiting for him to return. Every tI heard footsteps in the hall, my heart would race in my chest, but each time, it turned out to be nothing. The hallway remained empty, no sign of them, no sign of Olivia. With every passing second, my anxiety grew. The fear that had been sitting in the pit of my stomach now bubbled to the surface, choking me.
My mind kept replaying the worst-case scenarios. I couldn't help it. What if Olivia was alone with Xander right now? What if something had already happened? I tried to convince myself that Xander wouldn't hurt her, that he wanted her, but not in the way I feared. He wanted to claim her as his own, to make her his woman, but that didn't mean he wouldn't try to control her, to make her submit to him. He was a man with his own demons, and I knew that all too well.
But the truth was, Xander had far more sinister plans for her than that. I tried to block the darker thoughts from my mind, tried to suppress the gut feeling that toldhe was capable of things I couldn't even fathom. He might look clean, innocent even, but I knew better. Xander wasn't the man he appeared to be. He was as dangerous as they came.
I was no stranger to violence, Luke and I both had blood on our hands. If I really thought about it, what I did to Sandra... it wasn't the same, though. I told myself it was justice, what happened to her was nothing like what Xander and Luke were capable of. But the doubt crept in, gnawing at me. Was I fooling myself? Was I just as monstrous as them? It didn't matter.
The thought of Olivia, trapped in the hands of someone like Xander, was enough to tear my mind apart. I couldn't lose her. Not after everything.
I opened the door again, desperate to see ssign that Ethan was coming back, that everything would be okay. But when I saw him approaching, my heart sank. His shoulders were slumped, his face a mask of defeat. My blood rani cold.
I froze in place, panic flooding my veins. My mind went blank, and my body was paralyzed by fear. The twisted scenarios that had been racing through my head were all becoming too real, too possible. None of them were good.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Ethan?" I called, my voice barely above a whisper, like I was afraid to hear what he would say.
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He lifted his head to look at me, and it was like seeing a ghost. His eyes eyes were bloodshot red rimmed, and hollow, filled with a kind of dread that I had never seen before. His face was pale, and there was a sheen
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