CHAPTER 195 CAMERON’S POV I walked out of my hiding place immediately I saw Chloe walk out. Glancing at the video on my phone, I left the place hurriedly. I had to show this to Nathan as soon as possible. I had come to check for something when I sighed Chloe coming in with her lawyer, I had to use that opportunity to get a video clip of them, Nathan was right then. Chloe was working with Eduardo but it kind of baffled him, if she was working with him why did she help them to escape all those times? This was all a mystery, I didn't know why but I suspected foul play in all of this. I felt like Eduardo was playing with all of us, we were just a pawn in his game. I had to warn Nathan, we had to be careful. As it is, even the prison is not stopping Eduardo from doing anything, he was too powerful and dangerous! We had succeeded in getting him into prison, the best thing we could do was to end him else Eduardo was still a threat. Disguising myself as I walked back to t
CHAPTER 196 NATHAN’S POV Staring at the building that brought so many memories, I felt conflicted about what to do. Deciding to make a decision, I had no choice but to shrug. Life was a risk itself, I had to retrace my steps and find something meaningful to do apart from brooding over Chloe. I pressed the doorbell as I waited patiently like a gentleman for her arrival. It didn't take up to minutes when she opened the door ajar, her mouth widely opened as she gazed with disbelief which was soon replaced with grief. I felt bad for ignoring her all this while, Chloe was always there and I didn't realize when I forgot about Lily. She was carrying my child and the least I could do was support her. She glared at me as I stood there watching her every move. “Seriously Nathan, you left me all by myself despite my condition!” Lily shouted at me as she started crying. “Good evening baby,” I rather say with a forced smile. Why was I feeling like this wasn't right? “Get over wi
CHAPTER 197 NATHAN’S POV I rushed into the hospital and I paced around anxiously, seeing some doctors announcing to other men outside, I couldn't wait for my turn. Trying to keep my calm till the doctor came out, I said a few prayers before sitting down on a bench. Seeing a nurse rush out of Lily’s ward, I ran after her to ask what was happening. “What is going on?” I asked worriedly as the nurse ignored me. I hated this, why do they have to keep me in the dark? Searching for my phone, I finally brought it out as I dialed Cameron’s number. Cameron was the only person I could call in times like this, he was more like a brother to me than a friend. His encouragement had made me come this far especially with Eduardo’s case. “Urghh, what is it, Nathan?” I heard Cameron groaning from the other side of the phone. “Lily is about to give birth, she started having contractions early this morning,” I started saying as I explained everything to him. “I am really panicking, a nurse
CHAPTER 198 CHLOE’S POV I heaved a long breath after the movie came to an end, I had decided to watch a movie just so I could relieve myself from all the stress. I had decided to move on, dwelling in the past wasn't going to fix anything. I wished all of this was a dream, praying silently for Nathan to call back and apologize. I was staying back in North Carolina, wishing Nathan would call back but he hadn't. He really did mean what he said, pushing the thoughts away. I decided to start packing some of my stuff. I needed to be out of this environment, even my room had turned against me. My room keeps reminding me about the last nights I and Nathan had together. His touch, kisses, everything was still fresh in my head! Trying to take it off was pointless, I couldn't stop thinking about everything. It was stuck and I had to realize how much I love Nathan. My phone vibrating loudly made me glance at the phone screen, seeing it was Addison’s number I hesitated to pi
CHAPTER 199 CHLOE’S POV Rushing out of the house, I drove speedily to only God knows. “That bastard!” I cursed as I hit my car angrily. I loathed Tristan with everything I own, he didn’t deserve to be called a human. He was such a coward, using my friend against me, no real man would do something as despicable as this. I grabbed my phone as I checked the address he sent to me. Not knowing where it was located, I connected my phone to the car just so I called use Google Maps. I tried to ignore the feeling of anger that was brewing in me. “I just hope Addy is fine,” I prayed silently before calling David. David picked up his phone at the second ring as I heaved a long breath. “Hey,” he greeted. Ignoring his pleasantries, I went directly to the point. “Tristan has struck!” I said with anger as David went silent on the other side of the phone. “What do you mean by that?” David asked confused as I scoffed angrily. “I just got his call now, he has taken Addison in the capture,
Nathan Mahn, I had no idea labor took so fucking long. I thought I would lose my damned mind with each passing meeting, standing outside the labor room. I couldn't hear a thing unlike shit I saw in movies because the room was soundproof, but hell that was even scarier. I was terrified as hell. How was Lily doing? Now that I thought about it, her belly was pretty swollen. Could have contained four large watermelons easily. Was that normal? Ah fuck. I was doomed. I should have asked a long time ago if that was normal. She'd had to carry all that weight for some four months and dear God that's crazy stuff. If that baby pops out and grows up to have a shitty personality, I'd tan his hide! Okay, calm down Nathan, fucking breathe. If I was this anxious, then Lily must be losing her mind in there. Was this how it was for Chloe when she had Adele? A twinge of guilt in my chest made me grimace. Chloe had nobody to stay with her. I missed the birth of my daughter and missed her first two ye
201Chloe"If I had killed you, what exactly would I have gained? Taking you away worked quite well for me, didn't it? Mary couldn't give birth, we couldn't have a daughter to give off in marriage to the Benjamins. Taking you away from your parents gave us the chance to be inlaws with Carolina's best! Until you blew it off and ran away like a coward!" Tristan yelled the veins that lined his head popping in anger as he spoke. "You're a cruel man," I spat. "As if taking their company wasn't enough, you took their daughter and pawned her off for your benefit," Tristan laughed again. "Oh Chloe, Chloe, you are such a little girl, aren't you? If I do not fight for my benefit, who will? Nobody else I assure you. The world doesn't care about the grunt, they care about the cream of the crop. I am determined to be that cream no matter what." "And I guess killing me is part of whatever you need to do, right?" He nodded, pursed his lips then spoke up. "I do not have to kill you, Chloe. I did
202 Chloe We ran like hell. Ran like our asses were on fucking fire. Since Tristan had gone out to check the source of the noise, Addison and I dashed through the opposite end of the building and raced out into the woods. For a long while that was all we did. We ran like crazy. After finding a large tree to hide behind, we stopped there to catch our breaths. "H-He would... He would have noticed we left," Addison wheezed, bending over to breathe easy. I panted, breathing heavily through my mouth as I peeked behind the tree. There was no Tristan in sight. That didn't mean it was safe though. As long as the police weren't here yet, we weren't safe.David! I remembered the alarm. My hands reached into my pocket to bring out my phone and... "Shit!" I swore, straightening immediately, my eyes wide with fear. Oh shit! Shit! Shit! I waa such a fucking fool! I had forgotten entirely about the phone. "What is it?" Addison asked breathlessly, her hair was stuck everywhere, matted t