Mag-log inLogan’s POV“I didn’t want you to worry, honey,” I say softly. “I didn’t want you to think that you and the children would be in danger and not enjoy your party. I love you. I was trying to protect you from everything and everyone, but I was wrong to keep you in the dark. There is a trap for them, and I will tell you everything we are planning.”Madeline looks at me with those sharp eyes of hers, the same eyes that miss nothing. She has always been strong, even when she is scared, and right now I can see both in her face.“So tell me what they are planning,” she says. “I want to know what is going to happen, and I want to know if they are going to come onto our property and if my children will be in danger.”I take a deep breath. There is no point in hiding anything now. She deserves to know everything.“They are planning to use one of our suppliers’ vans to get onto the property,” I say. “They think they can blend in and pass through the gates without raising suspicion. But we are no
Madeline's POVI walk straight to Logan’s office. I do not hesitate. I do not stop to think. I need to talk to him now. I need answers. I need to know what the hell is going on in my own house. There is too much security around the estate, too many men, too many weapons, and too many locked doors. This is supposed to be my birthday, not a war zone. Logan has been keeping me busy with party arrangements, guest lists, flowers, and food, but I know him too well. He does this when he wants to distract me. And I do not like it.Is he expecting Marco to attack during my birthday party? The thought makes my chest tighten. I feel it deep inside my gut, the same feeling I always get when something bad is coming. I need to know what Logan and his men are planning, and I need to know what Marco is planning too. If my children, Connor and Carmen, are in danger, then I want to know every detail. I will not allow anybody to hurt them. People may think that I am weak because I smile and play the rol
Madeline's POVI know Logan is hiding something from me. I have known it for a while now. At first, it was only a feeling, a quiet unease that settled in my chest whenever he avoided my eyes or cut conversations short. Now it feels heavier, more real, like a storm waiting to break. I do not know exactly what he is hiding from me, but I know one thing for certain: whatever it is, it puts our children and me in danger. And that is something I cannot ignore.I do not like my children being in trouble. No mother does. The thought of them being afraid, confused, or hurt makes my stomach twist into painful knots. I do not want them to be kidnapped. I do not even want to allow my mind to think about them being killed, but the thought keeps forcing its way in, uninvited and cruel. I have learned that pretending danger does not exist does not make it go away. If anything, it makes it stronger.I know Marco is in town. I felt it before anyone even confirmed it. There is a shift in the air when
Marco's POVI cannot believe how stupid Michelle is. I honestly thought that maybe she would come to her senses and finally realize that I am only using her. I thought that maybe at the last moment she would grow a spine, see me for what I really am, and back out. However, it doesn't look like she is coming to her senses at all. If anything, she is getting more eager, more desperate to please me. She is even helping me get inside the house, opening doors that were never meant to be opened for someone like me. If she thinks I am going to spare Logan, she is making the biggest mistake of her life. People like her always think they are special. They always think that love, or loyalty, or sacrifice will somehow change the rules. The rules never change.I really don't care if my men fail now. That part of the plan has already served its purpose. Now I know I have someone inside the house who will open the gates for us. Someone who trusts me. Someone who believes that I am doing this for he
Michelle's POVWhen I get home, I check my mail, and I realize that I just got an invitation to Madeline's birthday party. I cannot believe that I actually got an invitation to her party. I did not think that Logan would want me there. I did not think that he would want a reminder of his past while he is with his wife. Oh, well, he obviously does not know that I know Marco. I prefer it to stay that way. Although he did call me and told me that Marco is dangerous. Why would he invite me to her party if he knows that I know Marco? Is he planning something? I don't think he is planning something. Maybe he is not even planning the birthday, and he does not even realize that I was invited. Maybe his wife is the one who invited me, and she doesn't realize how dangerous I can be to them. I am not going to overthink it. Of course I'm going to go to that party. Of course, I am going to show Logan what he is missing out on.However, I have to let Marco know that I am invited to Madeline's birth
Logan's POVOur plan is coming together and I am glad that it is coming together because we now know that they are going to pick them up at a warehouse where there is a catering business. We are doing our own catering. However, we do need servers, and we did contact a big company to bring their servers. However, I know that it is not from the catering company, and I know that the company that is in the industrial area is something that we will never use. I love to give smaller companies a chance to prove themselves to me, but those people are not people I will use because in the first place, the places where they are making the food are not very hygienic. Also, I do not believe that they will only rent out the servers to us. My men know better than to use a company like that. I know this is all a setup, but still, they could have used another company to pretend we are using their servers. "We know now which John is going to pick them up. Where do you think we should attack them? John







