All Chapters of Ex-Convict To Mysterious Power : Chapter 221
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Chapter 221
This truth would get watered down if she didn’t tell Cole now. Immediately. Right this second.Amanda shoved a hand into her bag, fingers fumbling, eyes still on the road. She pulled out her phone and hit speed dial without thinking.Cole answered on the first ring—like he’d been waiting all day.“You’re so freaking lucky to have me!” she blurted the second the call connected.“Where are you?” he asked instead.“I’ll be home soon, but listen to me, Cole—there is something I have to tell you right now. If you’re driving, please park the car. Right now,” she ordered.“Amanda, listen to me first,” Cole said, breathless. “I want you to look into your mirror now and tell me what you see.”Amanda frowned but glanced at the mirror anyway.Nothing.“Are you messing with me?” she snapped.“What did you see? I’ll be with you in a short while.”“I can’t see anything, and I don’t know what you expect me to see other than moving cars, but I have something more impor—”“Pull over,” Cole cut in shar
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“Your fighting skills helped you get away from them,” Amanda said quickly, gripping his arm, “but if you stay here any longer, the cops will come. And when they do, you won’t be the hero. So the best thing we can do is leave. Now.”“Go home and wait for me,” Cole said.His voice—cold. Controlled. Nothing like the man she knew.She was about to snap back when more cars pulled in.And leading them—Scarface.Amanda completely lost it.Of course.Of fucking course.This man would spin another lie. Another brotherhood story. Another trust me speech.“Cole,” she said firmly, stepping in front of him and locking eyes with him, “if I have ever meant anything to you, we are leaving right now.”He stared at her, surprised by the force in her voice.“Let’s leave,” she repeated.“Don’t worry, sir,” Scarface said calmly. “We’ll take care of her.”Amanda laughed—sharp and humorless.“If you leave this place without me,” she said slowly, “I’ll assume you never want to see me again. Not alive. Not
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Amanda was still slightly out of breath, a smile glued to her face—when she unexpectedly walked straight into Cole.She froze.He didn’t look at her immediately.Instead, he scanned the sitting room, his gaze drifting to the walls. To the pictures.Adam L. Everywhere.It looked like a teenager’s bedroom.Not her vibe. But she would’ve decorated the moon like this if it meant protecting Cole.“Oh. Yeah.” She laughed awkwardly, like this wasn’t already a crime against dignity. “I’m a fan of Adam. I can see the judgment forming on your face, but I’ve been one for three years now. Don’t you think he’s cool?”Just… silence.Cole finally looked at her, but not the way she and Bella had predicted. He didn’t snap. Didn’t scoff. Didn’t accuse her of being a fangirl menace.He just said calmly, “We need to talk. Yeah?”Her heart skipped.“Of course we need to talk,” she rushed in, choosing chaos as her direction. “About Dre. About who he really is, what kind of guy he is, and what he’s planning
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“You don’t get it?” Amanda snapped, staring at Cole like she was offended on behalf of logic itself. But there was something in her eyes—determined, relentless—that said she would repeat this speech in five languages if she had to.“From everything I’ve already sent you, Cole,” she said, lowering her voice, “I’m sorry to say this, but I’m the only one on your side. And if you’re not going to listen to me, I’ll make you listen. One way or the other.”She shrugged, casual.“You could go to sleep one day and not wake up in this house. Maybe open your eyes two months later in another country.”Like she’d just suggested switching laundry detergent.Cole stared at her.Concern finally crawled up his spine. The therapy… had it done anything?“But don’t worry,” she added quickly, patting his back when she noticed his face. “I’m not going to do that. I can see how horrified you look.” She smiled. “I made dinner too.”He nodded.“You can go wash up.”Cole walked toward his room, nearly fainting
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Amanda pulled back, wiping her tears. “You have to see the danger he’s building around you.”“Who?” Cole asked quietly, steadying her. “Wright?”She nodded fast. “Yes. He said he’s one of the mentors, right? Cole, he’s creepy. I swear to you—something about him is off.”“He told you he’s one of them?”Amanda froze.She didn’t like the look on Cole’s face now. It wasn’t confusion. It wasn’t doubt.It was calculation.“Don’t worry,” she said quickly, more to calm herself than him.Cole didn’t blink.“Tell me everything he told you,” he said.Before Amanda could even pause, she was off—ranting everything that had happened, every little scariness, every move that had freaked her out. She loved the way Cole’s brows rose and fell as she described the moments that had terrified her. The way his gaze darkened, like he could burn down the entire world if Wright tried anything. Not exactly a vibe she’d want to ride, but… exhilarating in a completely insane way.“And then,” she said, catching h
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“Before you left for prison… I know the dog was good company for you, and I know how much Amanda hates keeping dogs,” Tiffany blurted. “I just thought… maybe it’d be fun if the dog spent a few days with me.”Cole shot Amanda a look, silently asking for an explanation he knew she didn’t have. Bro, even Amanda, Mr. Logic herself, was blank.“If you don’t feel comfortable… it’s okay too. I just thought… well… whatever you think,” Tiffany added, nervously backpedaling.“I’ll call you back,” Cole said, hanging up.Amanda stared at him for a few seconds, trying to read the question marks in his eyes. Cole shook his head like he was telling her: I don’t know what the hell is going on either.Amanda grabbed her phone, scanning for anything suspicious online. Aside from a few baseless, nonsense rumors, nothing.She called in her assistant, who confirmed the same: clean.“Call her. Ask when she wants to get the dog,” Amanda ordered, that tone in her voice that made Cole suspect nothing was ever
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One minute later, Tiffany walked into the house, and Cole felt like he’d just received a lifetime of life lessons in one minute—from Amanda—on how he was supposed to act when Tiffany was around.They were standing arms-in-arms in the sitting room, which looked way more awkward than Cole thought Amanda was trying to pass off.“How do you do, darling?” Tiffany called, flashing a huge smile as she entered.“Cole and I were in the middle of…uh, important business when you called,” Amanda rattled off, lines that could’ve been smoother if she’d just shut her mouth. Tiffany’s smile didn’t falter, but the look in her eyes said she already knew Amanda was lying. Cole could roast Amanda silently in his head, but the last thing he’d let happen was this little brat trying to embarrass her.“I don’t think you should be doing that when you’re pregnant,” Tiffany said, her disgust barely hidden behind a fake, horrible smile. “I mean, you’re not trying to prove a point, right?”“Ever heard of pregnan
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How do you know a toxic person?After any meeting with them, you leave feeling so overwhelmed you want to throw your hands up and scream. Your brain already knows the truth—that if you hadn’t met these people, you’d be in a far better state of mind.“Why the hell is she sneaking around, trying to get the dog now?” Amanda paced the living room, nearly colliding with one of Adam’s stiff marble postures. Damn it.“You saw the way she was, right?” she asked Cole.Cole nodded gently.She loved that about him—the way he nodded along, silent but affirming, feeding her just enough reassurance to keep going.“Think about it,” she said, walking two steps before stopping abruptly. She turned her back to him, then spun around again. Cole was still nodding.“What could she be up to? If I had the matriarch wrapped around my finger right now, the first thing I’d do is send Tiffany and Tyler out of the world.”Cole raised an eyebrow. “And where would you send them?”“Where else?” Amanda snapped. “Out
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He pulled back just enough to rasp an “Okay,” before hanging up. Tossed the phone onto the sofa. No interruptions tonight. Nothing would stop them from… tonight.Cole swept her up effortlessly, making her chuckle mid-kiss as he carried her toward the room. Except, by the time he looked around, they weren’t in the bedroom—they were in the kitchen. Close enough. He set her gently on the counter. It was going to be tonight.Amanda met his energy fully, until a sudden crash at the door made them pause.Cole would have ignored it if he could, but for the sake of decency, he pulled back as Amanda signaled.It was just some fallen ceramics.Cole glanced back at Amanda, cupping her face in his hands—but she stopped him.“Your feet… they’re bleeding. I think the ceramics fell on you,” she whispered.“I don’t feel any pain,” he said, brushing it off.“Bacteria and infection, Cole. Let’s treat it,” she whispered, pressing a soft kiss to his lips before getting off the counter.You’d think once A
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Rica let out a humorless laugh.“She’s a complete delusional asshole. I thought I could manipulate her into bringing Cole to me. Turns out she doesn’t even believe in the power of the ring.”“Amanda Whitmore is an idiot,” the AI spat.Rica nodded. Good girl.“Shall we initiate another plan?” the AI continued. “The current one failed. Worse—your men are already embedded in Cole Bennett’s camp.”“I could have killed him,” Rica said quietly. “Taken the ring and been done with it.”He turned his glass slowly, champagne sloshing against crystal.“But the ring…” His jaw tightened. “The ring is unstable with him. It responds to his emotions. It can do anything.”He had seen it.Once—at Wright’s house.Again—when Wright was captured. Cole had lost control. Rage had poured through him, and the ring had answered. The building had nearly collapsed.How had he seen all these?An AI chip implanted inside Wright.Impossible—for an average man.But Rica was not average.If madness required researche