Semua Bab Billionaire Alpha's Ex-wife and Her Hidden Cubs : Bab 181 - Bab 190

How do we know you'll keep your word?" Rosa asked. "How do we know you won't kill us anyway?" "You don't. But you also don't have any choice. That's what makes this so beautiful. You're completely at my mercy, and mercy is something I give when it amuses me." He picked up something off-camera. "Oh, one more thing. Pierre, your father? He spent his last days thinking he'd protected you. Thinking his sins wouldn't touch his son. I want you to know that he was wrong. That everything he did, every choice he made, led directly to this moment. To you on your knees, begging me to spare your family. Doesn't that feel good? Doesn't it feel right that you should pay for his crimes?" "Go to hell," Pierce choked out. "Already there, my friend. Already there. The difference is, I'm in charge." Dante raised what Rosa now saw was a gun. "One last thing. I lied." "What?" Rosa's blood froze. "About letting you go. About settling the debt. About any of it." Dante pointed the gun at the camera, at

Hands shook as she unfolded it. Pierce's handwriting, hasty but legible: Rosa, By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I know you'll be angry. You have every right to be. But please understand—this is the only way. Dante wants payment for my father's debt. He wants someone from my bloodline to suffer the way he suffered. Fine. I'll give him what he wants. Me. My life. My suffering. But not yours. Not the children's. I'm going to turn myself in. Surrender completely. Offer myself in exchange for your freedom and the kids' safety. Maybe he'll accept. Maybe he won't. But at least I'll have tried. At least I'll have done something instead of just running and hiding. Tell Marcus I'm proud of him. That he's the man of the house now. He needs to be strong for his mother and sister. Tell Elena I love her more than all the stars in the sky. That Daddy had to go away to keep her safe. That everything I did was for her. And Rosa... my love, my life, my everything. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry

Pierce's stomach dropped. He suddenly knew where this was going. "They tracked your father to a warehouse. There was a confrontation. Guns were drawn. "Your father shot Kelvin. Shot my boy. Left him bleeding on a concrete floor while he escaped." "No," Pierce whispered. "No, my father wouldn't " "Wouldn't what? Kill to protect himself? Kill to keep his stolen fortune?" Dante slammed his hand on the desk. "Kelvin was twenty-three years old. He bled out before the ambulance arrived. He died because your father decided his own life, his own greed, was more important than anyone else's." Pierce felt like the floor was tilting. This couldn't be real. His father was a good man. Stern, yes. Distant, perhaps. But not a killer. Not a murderer. But as he thought about it, as he really considered it, how well had he actually known his father? Richard Blackwood had always been secretive about his business. Had traveled frequently, come home late, and kept his work life completely separate

Everyone out," Lord Harrington said. His voice had changed. The warmth, the concern, the protective tone all of it was gone. Now he sounded cold. Mechanical. "Come on. Out of the car." "What's going on?" Pierce asked, his heart starting to pound despite his exhaustion. "I said get out of the car!" The command was sharp enough to make Elena wake with a cry. Rosa pulled her close, looking at Lord Harrington with wide eyes. They got out slowly. Pierce's legs nearly gave out, but he forced himself to stay upright. Rosa kept the children close, positioning herself between them and Lord Harrington. "Walk toward the cliff," Lord Harrington said, coming around the car. "All of you." "No," Rosa said firmly. "Not until you tell us what this is about." "This is about the end," Lord Harrington said. "Now move." Pierce tried to make sense of what was happening. Lord Harrington had saved them. Multiple times. Risked his life for them. Why would he That's when he saw it. The gun in Lord Ha

Where do we go?" Rosa asked, starting the engine. "Away," Pierce said simply. "As far away as we can get. New identities. New country. New everything." "Can we even do that without Lord Harrington's help?" "We'll figure it out. We have money. We have each other. That's enough." . "Pierce?" Rosa said quietly once the children had settled. "What he said... about me. About wanting me. Did you know?" "No. I had no idea." "I never encouraged him. Never gave him any reason to think " "I know. I know you didn't." Pierce reached over, took her hand. "He was sick. Obsessed. It wasn't about anything you did. It was about him and his delusions." "He seemed so kind. So helpful. How did I not see it?" "Because he was good at hiding it. Because we were desperate and needed help and he exploited that. It's not your fault." They drove in silence for a while. The forest gave way to roads, roads to highways, highways to distance. "What do we tell people?" Marcus asked eventually. "About Lor