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CHAPTER 71: The Devil Offering His Contract
Jason slowly turned toward Melissa, and the look in his eyes hit harder than any scream ever could.Regret.Real regret.His throat moved as he struggled to speak. “I can’t let them hurt Claire,” he admitted quietly, his voice heavy with guilt. “I can’t risk the baby. I’m sorry, Melissa. I’m so fucking sorry.”Melissa stared at him for a long moment.Oddly enough, she felt calm.Not angry.Not betrayed.Just tired.Like some hidden part of her had always known this moment would eventually come. The ending had been written long before tonight ever started.“It’s okay,” she replied softly, her voice frighteningly calm. “I understand.”Jason stepped toward her immediately. “Melissa…”“No,” she interrupted gently, shaking her head. “Really. It’s okay.”Her eyes shifted toward Claire.Claire looked pale beneath the panic room lights, one trembling hand protectivel
CHAPTER 70: The Impossible Choice
The safe house looked like an ordinary suburban home from the outside, but beneath the clean white walls and trimmed hedges, it was built like a military bunker. Bulletproof windows sealed every room. Reinforced steel doors protected every entrance. Security cameras watched every inch of the property without a single blind spot. A panic room sat hidden beneath the basement, stocked with enough supplies to survive a siege. Cole’s team had swept the house three separate times before allowing anyone inside.Even then, nobody truly relaxed.At four thirty in the morning, the house sat in heavy silence.Melissa remained curled in an armchair in the living room, wrapped tightly in a gray blanket as exhaustion weighed on her body like concrete. Across from her, Claire slept on the couch beneath the dim glow of a table lamp, her breathing uneven but peaceful enough to calm the room slightly. Jason sat beside her, alert despite the exhaustion carved into his face, one hand resting protectively
Chapter 69: TOTAL WAR!!!!!
Two hours later, Melissa sat on a hospital bed while a doctor stitched the deep cut along her arm. The sharp smell of antiseptic filled the room, mixing unpleasantly with the lingering scent of smoke still trapped in her hair and skin.Her hands trembled slightly from adrenaline withdrawal.Cole stood near the window with his arms crossed, his face dark and unreadable beneath the harsh fluorescent lights. He looked exhausted, but there was something colder beneath the exhaustion.Anger.“It was a professional job,” Cole said quietly, his voice grim and controlled. “Remote-detonated explosive planted directly at the gas line. Whoever did this timed it carefully. They wanted the blast to happen while Claire was asleep.”Melissa stared at him through red, smoke-irritated eyes. “Someone wanted her dead?” she asked weakly, her voice rough from smoke inhalation.Cole gave a slow nod. “Yes,” he admitted heavily. “And whoever planned it knew exactly what they were doing.”A sick feeling twist
Chapter 68: The Explosion
The explosion ripped through the night at exactly 3:47 a.m.Melissa shot awake as the windows in her room rattled violently, the sound of shattering glass and screaming alarms tearing through the silence. Her bed trembled beneath her, and for one confused second, she thought she was trapped inside a nightmare.Then the smell hit her.Smoke.Fire.Her heart lurched violently as she threw off the blankets and stumbled toward the window. The moment she looked outside, her blood turned cold.The guest house was burning.Flames climbed the walls in furious waves of orange and red, swallowing the building piece by piece. Thick black smoke curled into the dark sky while sparks exploded into the air like fireworks from hell.And then she remembered.Claire.Claire was inside.Melissa did not stop to think. Fear erased every rational thought from her mind. She did not think about danger or consequences or whether the building might collapse. All she could think about was the pregnant woman tra
Chapter 67: Who Is She
The hospital looked cold and intimidating beneath the gray afternoon sky.Towering glass walls reflected the clouds overhead while security guards moved quietly through the lobby like trained soldiers. The entire building smelled faintly of antiseptic and polished steel.Melissa followed an escort through restricted corridors, her heels clicking softly against spotless white floors.Every step made her nerves tighten further.When they finally reached the consultation room on the fifth floor, the guard opened the door silently and stepped aside.Claire sat beside the window wrapped in a pale cardigan over her hospital gown.She looked exhausted.Fragile.But there was something different about her now.Something steadier.Stronger.The terrified woman Melissa remembered from the kidnapping was still there somewhere beneath the surface, but now there was steel mixe
Chapter 66: Claire's Request
Melissa didn’t sleep that night.She lay motionless beneath the blankets, staring at the ceiling while silver moonlight crawled across the room in slow, shifting patterns. Shadows stretched and twisted every time clouds passed overhead, making the dark corners breathe like living things. The ticking clock beside her bed sounded unbearably loud in the silence.Three-fifteen.Four-twenty-seven.Five-oh-two.Every minute dragged across her nerves like sandpaper.Claire was pregnant.The thought kept returning no matter how hard she tried to push it away. It circled her mind like a vulture feeding on something already dead.Claire was carrying Jason’s child.A baby that should have been conceived in happiness. A child that should have entered a warm home filled with celebration, wedding photos, and parents deeply in love.Instead, the baby would be born into chaos.Into scandal.Into a marriage built on legal pressure and emotional ruin.And Melissa stood in the center of it all like a st
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