เข้าสู่ระบบChapter 256: Olive's POVMy eyes snapped open as I heard the sound of an explosion bashing through the walls, and a trembling sound escaped from my lips.It’d happened too fast, when I had lost every fucking hope within me.That Zane had chosen, which was a good thing, but I knew something. The first explosion sounded far away.Then came the second sound which didn’t.Because I felt it in the floor before I heard it properly, a low shudder that ran up through the legs of my chair and into my spine, and across from me Ruby's head snapped up for the first time in twenty minutes."What was that," she whispered, eyes blinking hard, widened in fearNobody answered her. Simon had already turned toward the door, head tilted, listening the way a man listens when he's trying to decide whether something is a problem or just noise.It was a problem.I could hear it now too, they weren’t just explosion, the unmistakable rattle of gunfire that didn't stop after one or two shots came blasting throu
Chapter 255: Zane's POVThe warehouse was a retarded place just as Alonso had mentioned. I'd spent weeks trying to figure out what could easily break him, until I saw the perfect truth to give him.One which was enough to let him know that he was being used by the lunatic.He'd crossed the line when he had her kidnapped in the first place, and he'd crossed another one when he let himself get used in this operation.My phone rang. It was Nikolai. I picked it up in one slide."Zane. I don't think you should be walking in there alone.""I'm not alone.""I know you're not. But I know you well enough to know you'll make a mistake out of your own anger before someone else's bullet touches you."Nikolai was partially right.I was going to walk in there and forget everything about laws and dignity, and blow their heads off until I saw their brains littered on the ground. That was exactly what I was going to do."JT just sent me the coordinates of Simon's men, the ones he sent to attack her fa
Chapter 254: Author's POVNobody moved for a long time.Alonso sat against the lockers with his nose still bleeding into his collar, the tablet glowing on the bench beside him, the photograph of his own life still up on the screen where Nikolai had left it."Twelve years," he said finally. Quiet. Almost to himself."I know," Walter said."Twelve years, and I never once asked him why. I just believed it. Every single piece of it. The logs. The evidence. The face he gave me to wear. I never asked who built any of it, because some part of me wanted it to be true. Wanted someone to blame. And he knew that. He knew exactly what I'd take without checking.""And I'd call you pathetic..." Walter stopped. "But I wouldn't blame you either."Alonso laughed. It wasn't a real laugh. It came out wrong and sounded quite broken, pathetic, like Walter had mentioned."He told me Zane chose his mother because that's who Zane is. Selfish. Always saving himself first." He shook his head slowly. "But that'
Chapter 253: Author's POVAlonso waved his head slowly. He wouldn't allow himself to be intimidated by someone like this, but something told him this wasn't just someone; he knew him, he looked so familiar, but he couldn't figure out where."Did you just know what you have done, you just interfered in a long decade of plans, and you just placed your life and everyone's life you loved so dearly in danger."Alonso said, hoping his words would somehow cause a feeling of fear or worry or anything to cross on the decoy's face, but the decoy gave him nothing.He just stood there, breathing with a pair of eyes that didn't blink, watching Alonso's hands like he expected them to do something stupid.Alonso's hand instantly moved toward his jacket. Maybe he would be fast enough to grab a weapon, but he didn't get close. The man crossed the space between them in under a second, drove a forearm into his chest, and a knee found the inside of his leg before the knife had even cleared his pocket. It
Chapter 252: Author's POVThe arena was loud. Really loud. The type of sound that made your chest vibrate.The Jumbotron kept cutting to the tunnel. To him. Helmet on, visor down, gloves laced tight. Twenty minutes straight of commentators saying his name like it was the only word they knew."Zane! Zane! Zane!"He didn't look up at the sound because he didn't need to. Under the visor, his mouth twitched, almost a smile. Forty thousand people screaming a name that wasn't his.The gate opened, and he skated out into the arena like he owned the place.****In the warehouse, the TV light flickered across Olive's face.She wasn't watching. She told herself that. But she couldn't stop herself from watching, and she watched anyway, eyes locked on the number on his jersey, on the way he used his left edge to come out of a turn.For a second, she thought this was wrong; he doesn't turn like that.She'd watched so many of his games, the past ones, every playing ones, and somehow she knew, or ma
Chapter 251: Olive's POV"What a surprise, isn't it. To have your ex-boyfriend here."Simon said, chuckling as he stared at me, watching the shock pass through my face.I stared at Cole. Then back at Paloma."What are you doing here. What is he doing here. Why is she here."I asked all at once, my voice climbing with every word."Olive. Baby, are you okay—"Cole started, almost rushing toward my side, but one of the men held him back and kicked him hard against the back of his legs, causing a hiss to escape his lips as he dropped."Leave me, you bastard." He screamed at the man even though he looked completely defenseless. "How dare you touch her.""Ooh, such a pathetic sight." Simon's voice was mocking. "My men caught him following our car. He tried to be a hero. Tried to break in. But he's too foolish to even make a single competent move. He's quite a loser.""Fuck you." Cole screamed, hands shaking against his restraints. "Fuck you. I promise I will kill you. I will end you."Simon
Chapter 11: Olive’s POVBut I kept walking. Ignored it."Olive."A hand grabbed my shoulder. Yanked me backward.I spun around.Gray eyes locked on mine.And for one horrible second, I was back there. Back to being his girlfriend. Back to thinking I was the only woman in his life."Olive." Cole's v
Chapter 10: Olive’s POVI stared at my phone screen.Really hard.Really, really hard.Staring at the number of times Zane's name had flashed across it.Twelve calls.Twelve fucking calls I'd made in the last hour.And he'd let every single one ring through to voicemail.I couldn't help but laugh.
Chapter 89: Olive's POVThe club was massive, with a tall glass building and lights and bodies pressed together at every corner, and Brenda was losing her mind the second we stepped out of the garage."This is insane," she said, practically bouncing on her heels as she stared at my new car. "This i
Chapter 77: OLIVE's POVThe second those steel doors opened, a sound hit me hard.The sound of engines roaring. Tires screeching. People screaming and cheering and shouting in this alignment which sounded so chaotic; Yes, a chaotic symphony that made my ears ring and my heart race.The space was ma







