Semua Bab HE LEFT ME FOR MY STEPSISTER, I MOVED ON TO THE NEXT: Bab 471 - Bab 480

Chapter 471For a few seconds, nobody moved.The abandoned factory seemed to hold its breath around us. Dust floated through the beams of weak sunlight entering through the broken windows, while Mia stood several feet away with Athena pressed against her chest and the weapon still in her hand. The police had lowered their guns because one wrong movement could cost my daughter her life.Nathan stood between me and the officers, his hands raised slightly. His eyes never left Athena. Neither did mine.Mia began backing toward the exit."Everyone stays where they are," she ordered, her voice shaking with anger. "Nobody follows me."Nathan remained perfectly still."Just let Athena go," he said, his voice calm despite the terror written across his face. "You can walk away."Mia laughed bitterly, "You still don't understand.""I understand that this has gone far enough.""No," Mia replied. "It hasn't."She took another step backward.Athena remained asleep in her arms, protected by the shaw

Chapter 473The ceiling began collapsing. One section. Then another. Then everything seemed to happen at once.I heard Nathan shouting my name. I heard police officers yelling. I heard metal twisting. I heard concrete breaking.And somewhere beneath all those sounds, I thought I heard a baby's cry."Athena!"I tried to run toward it. Nathan grabbed my arm."No!""She's there!""We don't know where!""I heard her!"Another massive section of the ceiling crashed down. Nathan pulled me backward. The impact threw us both to the ground.Dust swallowed everything. I couldn't see. I couldn't breathe."Nathan!""I'm here!""Where could Athena be?""I don't know!"His voice was filled with panic. I crawled toward him, "We need to find her!""We will!"The building groaned again. I looked upward. The ceiling was coming down."Nathan!" I called. He grabbed me, "Hold on!"The world seemed to explode. Concrete crashed. Metal screamed. The floor shook beneath us.I felt Nathan's arms around me as

Chapter 475She didn't respond. Nathan pressed his fingers beneath her nose.He felt it. She was still breathing but barely. His entire body seemed to collapse with relief."You're alive." Tears immediately filled his eyes, "You're alive."He leaned closer, "Elena, sweetheart, wake up."No movement.Nathan looked at the rubble surrounding her. He knew he couldn't pull her out without clearing it.So he began again. He grabbed one piece. Moved it… Then another.Then another.His injured leg shook beneath him, but he ignored the pain. Every time his strength began to disappear, he looked at Elena."You have to wake up." He pulled another piece away, "You can't leave me."He moved another piece."We haven't finished our life."Another piece."You promised me."His voice cracked."We promised each other."He stopped for a moment, resting his forehead against the concrete. Tears fell onto the dusty ground, "Please, Elena."His shoulders trembled, "I just got you back." He wiped his face wi

Chapter 477I looked down and finally noticed the condition of his leg. The sight made my anger disappear instantly. His leg was badly injured, and every movement clearly caused him unbearable pain."I'm sorry," I whispered.Nathan shook his head."Don't apologize."He gently touched my face."You've been through enough."I closed my eyes. Tears escaped.Then suddenly—A sound came from somewhere deeper inside the ruins. Nathan lifted his head.We both became still."What was that?" I whispered.He listened.There it was again….. A faint movement.Then a weak sound.Nathan immediately began looking around, "Someone is here."My heart raced, "Could it be Athena?""I don't know."He tried to stand. Pain crossed his face."Nathan, your leg...""I'll manage."He grabbed a piece of concrete and used it to pull himself upright. I watched helplessly."Be careful."He nodded."Stay here.""I can't.""You can barely stand.""My daughter is somewhere in this building."Nathan looked at me."I'l

Chapter 479The rescue operation continued long after I had been taken away from the factory.Nathan was still there.I knew because Harris had called earlier to tell me that Nathan had refused to leave the scene. Even with his injured leg and the blood he had already lost, he had insisted on remaining until the rescue workers found Athena.I lay in the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling while every passing second seemed to stretch into an eternity.Athena had been missing for two weeks. Two weeks of uncertainty. Two weeks of unanswered questions. Two weeks of waking up every morning with the same terrible realization that my daughter was still somewhere in the world, and I had no idea where.I kept telling myself she was alive. I had to. There was no other thought I could allow into my mind.My thoughts were interrupted by the opening of the door.Nathan entered the room with a doctor and a nurse assisting him. The moment I saw his face, my heart sank.He looked exhausted. His clot