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Chapter 45: We're Back Home

Author: Goodness O.1
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-07 15:09:24

Suzanne’s pov:

The private jet sliced through the sky, but all I could hear was the echo of Kai’s voice from the video call. ‘Mommy?’

His small, tired voice had cracked something inside me.

My hands were still shaking, my body wound so tightly that no amount of deep breaths could steady me.

I turned my gaze to the window, watching the ocean shrink beneath us.

The private island that had once seemed like a secluded paradise now felt like a prison I was desperate to escape.

Dominic sat beside me, his jaw clenched, his hands forming fists on his lap.

He hadn’t spoken much since we boarded, but I could feel the storm raging inside him. His fury was a living, breathing thing, suffocating the space around us.

“They let him go,” he muttered suddenly, his voice low and lethal.

I turned to him, my heart pounding. “What?”

“Tavon. He got away.” His fingers flexed as if he were imagining them around Tavon’s throat. “Ford’s men lost him in the chase.”

A sharp breath left my lungs. I didn’t know if
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