Chapter 40

Samantha’s POV

When I heard Dominic’s news about my kids, for a second, I thought I had misheard him. Surely, he had not just said Olivia’s house. Not that Olivia, the conniving snake who had slithered her way into every aspect of Dominic’s life and made it her mission to meddle in mine. But his grim expression left no room for doubt.

“What did you just say?” My voice was shaking, though not with fear.

“The twins are at Olivia’s house,” he repeated.

Something snapped inside me. The heat of my fury surged through my veins, and my hands clenched into fists as my mind raced. Olivia? Olivia had my children? What possible reason could she have for taking them, what possible excuse?

“What the hell is she doing with my children?” I shouted. “Why are they there, Dominic? Why would she take them?”

“I don’t know,” Dominic said, but I did not miss the tension in his jaw or the way his hands curled into fists at his sides. “But we’re going there now.”

“That conniving, manipulative bitch!” I screa