All Chapters of Bound to my Ex-husband's Deadly Rival : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

“Baby what happened?” a familiar masculine voice echoed in my ears, faint and distant, but I could easily tell who it was, Axel.I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out, my tongue felt heavy, my eyes struggling to stay open, as he carried me into the house.I wanted to say something, anything, trying to fight the force pulling me back to darkness, but it was just too strong, I finally gave in as my eyes closed shut.*****AXEL's POV*****“Your dishonesty will push her away before anything else does,” Knox said in a neutral tone, leaning against the wall, twirling his wine glass around before taking a sip.“I'm not pushing her away,” I replied and he scoffed mockingly.“She was leaving you...the car she was in took her past the route to your house. Axel, she was planning on leaving you.”“But she came back,” I argued.“Because she was attacked, and who else would she go to for help than the gangster who makes people disappear without a trace.”My eyes darted to his direction

“And how did you come to that conclusion?” Knox asked.“She overheard them talking about taking her to the ‘Don’,” I emphasised the last word.“Oh.”“Yeah, I had deals with a number of those when I was in prison, and I might have ripped off a few of them,” getting in a war with a Don wasn't on my bingo card, but I guess you reap what you sow.“Of course you did.” “Do everything you can, take as much money you need, pull whatever strings you have to, we have to find out who did this and I'll make sure they never think of pulling some crazy sh*t like this again,” I cursed.Don or not, he crossed the line coming for my wife, and he's definitely going to pay for it. I'd go to war with the devil himself if it ever gets to that point.“Let me know when you have a solid intel,” I said to him, as I walked into my home-office and shut the door.*****After a week of numerous doctor's appointments and visits, Elara was finally back to her normal self, the bruises fading off quickly, her stren

I've fallen head over heels for you.He took a shaky breath, as if even saying it out loud was both terrifying and freeing. “I… I love all of you. The parts that make you laugh until your chest hurts, the fire in your eyes when you’re determined, even the parts that scare me… the parts you try to hide. I love every piece of you...the good, the bad, everything. And I’ve been so scared, Elara. Scared because these feelings… they’re new to me. Scared because I didn’t know how to navigate them. Scared that if I let you in fully and you see me for who I truly am, all the horrible things I've done, every mistake…you’d hate me for it.”His hand found mine, gripping it like he was holding onto my very soul and nothing else mattered. “The same fear that made me keep things from you, keep you at arm’s length… it was never because I didn’t want you. It was because I couldn’t bear the thought of losing you. The thought of you leaving me...it’s worse than anything I’ve ever faced, worse than dyi

I stood staring blankly at him, not knowing what to say, scared of what his next moves would be if I ended up triggering him.Like a spell had been lifted from him, his gaze immediately softened, eyes returning back to its normal shade as his gaze travelled from my face and to the hole in the wall which his hand was trapped in.“Cyrus,” I called his name softly and his eyes darted to mine.He pulled his hand from the wall, stumbling back, almost as if even he was surprised by what he just did.“Elara…I…I…” He stammered, finding it difficult to place his words. It broke my heart seeing him on the verge of breaking down as he realised what he had done.I swallowed my fear, walking closer to him as I hugged him close, his heart beating hard and fast in rapid succession.“It's okay,” I whispered, holding his arm tight, “You're okay.”I led him to the couch and we both sat down facing each other. “I'm sorry,” he pleaded, eyes filled with guilt, the look on his face was heartbreaking, seei

“Axel!!, you came right on time,” Rachel beamed, the second she saw Axel. With an unsettling smile on her face, acting like I wasn't there...as usual.“Stop with the cheerful act, it irks me,” he scoffed.“I'm just really excited, you can't blame me. I can't believe I'm gonna be a grandma soon, she clapped cheerfully,” staring at Gwen's stomach.“Come on, Rachel, you're smarter than this. You really think I'm responsible for that baby? Even when you know first hand how crazy Gwen is,” Axel said, not caring that she was right there.“Dont say that,” Gwen fired, defending herself, “I've done nothing but love you all these years even when you never reciprocated, that's true love, not…”“Oh, shut up!” Axel cut her short, disgust written all over his face.“Axel, walk me through what happened the night you got back to L.A.?” Rachel asked, a weird question for sure, but the look on her face….“Why does that matter?” he argued.“Just do it,” she insisted.“I landed in L.A at 8 pm, this weird