60. Happily Ever After

MEGHAN

After what I saw back there, I couldn't look Chase in the eyes.

How can he look so calm when that woman was in pain and screaming bloody murder? He didn't even look away once and made me stare at the whole scene. It only meant one thing, he had seen it all before, and he brought me there on purpose so I could see it too.

He wanted to intimidate me, so I obeyed him. And then he confirmed it by telling me to behave myself because if I didn't, I'd have the same fate as Mathilda.

"Are you okay?" Chase asked.

"No, I'm not okay, Chase. But you already know that," I said bitterly. "Are you going to tell me what that was about? Who is your father? And why did he..."

"I won't bore you with the details now, but that's how he handles people who cause him trouble and potentially hurt his business. I thought you wouldn't believe me if I told you, so I wanted you to witness it yourself."

"But you are the one who kidnapped me! So he shouldn't have anything to do with me. I overheard the conve