Seducing My Dad's Best Friend.의 모든 챕터: 챕터 221 - 챕터 227

SHIMMA’S POV.“W…what happened? W…why is he on the floor?”My voice came out shaky…filled with disbelief. Because the man who had been smiling at my family only hours ago was now bleeding on the floor.Had Mattias attacked him again?Had he really?Beau moved first, struggling to lift himself up. His body looked heavy, like even sitting upright hurt him. He tried to blink through the pain, and when his eyes finally focused on me, he managed a long glance…weak and apologetic.“I am so sorry,” he rasped. His voice was barely audible, like the words were fighting their way out. “I will take my leave now.”Mattias started forward…his posture tense, like he wasn’t done…then he stayed still, holding himself back from hitting Beau again.Probably because I was there.I didn’t understand any of it. Not at first.I watched Beau stagger away, heading downstairs, disappearing into the dim hallway.Then I turned to my mother, and the anger in me rose immediately.“What happened?” I demanded, frus

SHIMMA’S POV.(continued)“Mattias!” I screamed in disbelief. No.Someone wake me up, someone please wake me up from the cruel nightmare.This can’t be real…this can’t be happening again. not after swearing it won’t.How could I have been so blind? Again!I didn’t even have the chance to go touch Mattias. To go see if all this was just a stupid nightmare, and he was just pretending to be dead.“Move!”Beau ordered immediately, his voice sounded more cold. Scary.How could I have not seen this coming?Beau was the kindest, most innocent and caring man I knew. At least, I thought.The same Beau who could hold a door open for everyone, the same man who could apologize for any little thing.I still can’t believe that he killed Doctor Ryle. He was the killer all this while and he Still had the gut to show his face here?No, this is not just terrifying but embarrassing as hell.He knew how dumb I was, he knew how careless and too trustworthy I was. That was why he wasn’t scared of showing

SHIMMA’S POV.Hospitals had a sound I’d grown to hate.It wasn’t silence or noise.Something in between.The rhythmic beeping of monitors.The hurried footsteps of nurses.The squeak of trolley wheels against polished floors.Distant cries.Every sound reminded me that someone, somewhere, was losing the person they loved.Please…Don’t let it be me.I sat outside the operating theatres, my soaked clothes had long since been replaced by a hospital gown someone had forced me into.I couldn’t remember changing.I couldn’t even remember letting go of Mattias’s hand.I only remembered the blood.So much blood.My fingers still trembled.I rubbed them together.I could still feel it.His blood.Mom’s blood.The image refused to leave me.Noah, Nora and Elara were asleep across the hall, exhausted after hours of crying. A nurse had stayed with them while I waited.I waited.And waited.Every second felt like another year.Two operating room doors.One for my mother, the other for Mattias.I

SIX MONTHS LATER.SHIMMA’S POV:“Kids! Come down quickly! You’re going to be late for school!”I snapped the lids onto three lunch boxes before lining them neatly across the kitchen island.Peanut butter sandwiches for Noah.Cheese for Nora.Elara still insisted her apple slices be cut into tiny stars.Some things never changed.The sound of hurried footsteps thundered overhead.“No running!” I called.They all answered at once.“We’re not running!”I laughed.“Lies.”Noah appeared first, his backpack hanging halfway off one shoulder, his tie crooked as always.Nora came behind him, stopping long enough to fix her brother’s collar before rolling her eyes.“You’d lose your head if I wasn’t here.”“I wouldn’t.”“You would.”“I wouldn’t.”“You absolutely would.”Elara skipped down the last few stairs with mismatched socks and a grin that could melt glaciers.“I found my bunny!”She held the stuffed rabbit triumphantly over her head.I smiled.“WOW that’s wonderful.”I glanced at her feet