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Chapter 23
"Lynn? Oh, thank God. How are you? How is he?" Francesca asked, pacing back and forth like a lunatic. She had been sick with worry for her mate and Lyn, and her heart was threatening to burst out of her chest.
"We're okay. Where are you right now? In my apartment?" Lynn answered from the other line.
"Oh..." Francesca looked around her and suddenly felt embarrassed. When Tristan said go home, the penthouse was the first thing that came to her mind. It was as if she never left.
"I'm at the penthouse," she tells Lynn, knowing how the Beta would react.
"Okay. We're on our way." Lynn replied, sounding amused.
It was another grueling ten minutes or so until Francesca heard the door open. She saw him then, fresh scars on his body and an exhausted and pale look on his face. But her mate smiled brightly like he always did in front of her. And despite everything, Francesca rushed into his arms, crying.
"Please don't do that to me aga
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She was finally divorced from Stefano. Francesca didn't know how Lynn and Tristan had managed to do it. She thought divorces usually end up in court with both parties present. But somehow, she was only asked to sign some papers and appear in court by herself. Francesca was grateful for that, considering how she couldn't imagine facing Stefano in court without falling apart. It was happy news, indeed, if not for the line that she had to draw between Tristan and her. Francesca could still feel the pain from Tristan's words last night and she couldn't concentrate being around him at work. So it was awkward for them at the office, and it was only 9 AM. "Francesca, can you come over here, please?" Tristan was on his laptop, barely looking at her, "I thought I told you to keep my schedule clear for this afternoon? Why do I still get calls from Kingston's secretary? You know I can't be interrupted." It was true. Tristan had already explained this to her. He was reinstated as the future C
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After her shocking announcement, Kathleen held up a wad of documents in front of Francesca, "I mean, I feel so bad, I took so long to sign the documents. My parents didn't want me to, you see. But I told them--" Tristan stood up. At the back of his mind, he knew that he should stop Kathleen from running her mouth, but his eyes were stuck on Francesca. And suddenly, he got scared of what his mate might think if she knew the truth about how this arrangement with Kathleen came to be. If he was going to speak, he needed the right words. But before he can open his mouth, Francesca had burst out the door, crying. "Francesca!" Tristan called after her and made a move to chase, but Kathleen stepped in front of him, blocking his way. "Baby--" Kathleen said and at the sound of her voice, Tristan snapped. He didn't even think about it and slapped her in the face. Her whole body hit the table beside her and the papers she was holding scattered on the fl
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Francesca's eyes stung and she choked, coughing out the chloroform that was used on her. She blinked blearily at what was in front of her and her heart sank. She was back in the house that she abhorred. In Sebastian's library, no less, where he first took her body mercilessly their first night as husband and wife. Francesca grimaced as a soldato threw her into the floor, her knees hitting the marble hard. Her hands were bound so she was unable to steady herself. Stefano's was standing in front of the windows, his back turned to her. "Leave us," he murmured gravely. His mean left the room, the Zeta that Francesca beat up earlier glaring at her before shutting the door behind him. Finally, Stefano turned towards Francesca. She gasped. His hooded eyes were red, and he looked disheveled and crazed. He seemed like he had been crying, but that was impossible. Stefano was ruthlessly persistent and he never cried. "When I heard that you were back, I thought to
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After a moment, the library reformed around her, but it was different. Stefano was no longer forcing himself into her, her hands were no longer bound and there were fewer books on the shelves in the room and the furniture looked newer. "I thought I told you to stay away until I call for you." a woman whispered. Francesca turned towards the source of the voice. A vaguely familiar woman was by a shadowed corner of the library with...Stefano. Francesca gawked at him. He was definitely not the Stefano that was manhandling her before. He looked younger, happier, and in love. Francesca could see that. He looked at the woman with such love, she felt embarrassed just by watching them. "I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself," Stefano said, his voice was the same one that was familiar to Francesca, but it held a gentle quality to it. She probably wouldn't have recognized it if she didn't see it come out of his mouth. "You're such an idiot." the woman lau
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As soon as he stepped inside Stefano's house, Tristan knew that his mate was there. He went straight to the library despite Gianna and Mira's protests, following his bond to Francesca. But when he opened the door, there was nobody in sight. He stood there for several seconds, wondering how his intuition could be wrong. And he was just about to give up when Francesca and Stefano materialized in the previously empty library. Francesca's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fainted while Stefano screamed in terror and pain. Smoke arose from the whole expanse of his skin as if he had just been burned. "Em..." Stefano murmured, almost to himself. He screamed in torture again, clawing at his skin. But Tristan could care less for his fellow Alpha. He went straight to his unconscious mate. "What happened?" Tristan asked no one in particular as he touched Francesca's cold forehead. "Hell if I know," Gianna answered as she and Mira ministered over th
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