All Chapters of FROM SCUMBAG EX TO SCUMBAG HUSBAND: Chapter 121 - Chapter 129

Killian's POVI carried Elara to my car with my hands covered in her blood.So much blood. Too much blood.She was unconscious. Her face was white. Her breathing was shallow and wrong."Stay with me," I kept saying. Over and over like a prayer. "Please, baby, stay with me."My hands were shaking so badly I could barely open the car door. I laid her across the back seat as gently as I could. Pressed my jacket against the wound in her side.The bullet had gone through. In and out. That was good, wasn't it? That meant it didn't hit anything vital.Please God, let it mean that.I got in the driver's seat and drove. Faster than I'd ever driven in my life. The tires screamed on the mountain roads. The car fishtailed around corners.I didn't care. Nothing mattered except getting her to a hospital.I called 911 with one hand. Told them what happened. Where we were going. That she'd been shot.The dispatcher's voice was calm. Professional. Telling me to stay calm. To keep pressure on the wound

Isadora's POVMy phone rang at 2 AM.I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep like I'd been unable to sleep for weeks now.Unknown number. But I knew before I even answered that everything had fallen apart."Hello?" My voice came out shaking."Isadora." Adrian's voice. Broken. Defeated. "They found me."My blood ran cold. "What happened?""Killian found Elara. She remembered everything. And I... I shot her."The room spun. "You what?""I didn't mean to. The gun just went off. She's in the hospital and Killian nearly killed me. Then the police came. I'm in custody, Isadora. And I told them everything."Everything.The phone slipped from my hand.It's over. Everything was over.I sat up slowly. My hands were shaking. My whole body was shaking.Adrian had talked. Had given them my name. Had told them what we'd done.Which meant the police would come for me soon.I walked to the window. The city was dark. Quiet. Sleeping peacefully while my entire world crumbled.What

Killian's POVTwo weeks later, I finally brought Elara home.She was still weak. Still recovering. But the doctors said being in familiar surroundings would help her memories return faster.And they were right.The moment we walked through the door, something shifted in her eyes."I remember this," she whispered. Looking around the foyer. "I remember coming home for the first time. Being nervous. Wondering if I belonged here.""You've always belonged here," I said. Taking her hand. "From the very first day."Over the next few days, more memories came flooding back.She'd walk into the kitchen and suddenly remember us cooking together. Laughing. Making a mess.She'd see our bedroom and remember quiet mornings. Whispered conversations. The way we'd fall asleep tangled together.Each memory made her cry. Made us both cry. But they were good tears. Happy tears.It was like falling in love all over again. Except better. Because now I knew how precious it all was. How easily it could be tak

Elara's POVTwo weeks had passed since Bella's breakdown.She'd been committed to a psychiatric facility. The doctors said she'd had a complete psychotic break.Her obsession with Killian combined with the stress of everything collapsing had shattered her mind.They said she'd be there for years. Maybe forever.I felt pity for her. A tiny piece of sympathy for the girl she'd once been before obsession destroyed her.But mostly I felt relief. She was gone. She couldn't hurt us anymore.Then we got the news about Dorian.He was dead. Killed in his cell.Apparently, he'd gotten involved with a dangerous group inside. Some gang that promised to help him get revenge on Killian.But they'd turned on him. Beat him to death in his cell one night for stealing from their boss.Killian didn't cry. Didn't even look sad. Just stared at the wall for a long time."He was my brother," he said quietly. "And I feel nothing.""He tried to destroy us," I said gently. "You're allowed to feel nothing.""I