บททั้งหมดของ Savage Love: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

The room seemed to tilt.“What?”“The hotel.”I stared at him.“You said Zane wouldn't find us tonight.”“I was wrong.”He crossed the room quickly.“We're leaving through the service exit.”My hands instinctively went to my stomach.“Is he here?”“I don't know.”“Zane?”Alex shook his head.“Not sure.”“Then who?”He looked at me.“That's what I'm trying to find out.”A loud sound suddenly echoed from somewhere below.Not a gunshot.A door slamming.Then another.Alex's entire body went still.He looked toward the door.Someone was moving down the hallway.Slowly.Deliberately.I held my breath.Alex raised one finger to his lips.Silence.Footsteps approached.One.Two.Three.They stopped directly outside our room.I stared at Alex.He moved silently toward the door.His hand went inside his jacket.The footsteps remained still.Then, three soft knocks.Alex didn't move.Another knock.This time harder.I felt my heartbeat in my throat.Then a voice came through the door.A voice I

I and Alex ran like our lives depended on it.Because it did.His right-hand man followed behind us, constantly looking over his shoulder as the sound of footsteps echoed through the hotel.“Faster!” Alex shouted.I tried.I really did.But my legs felt weak beneath me.My heart was pounding violently, and every breath burned my lungs.I could hear people shouting somewhere behind us.Doors slammed.Footsteps thundered across the hallway.They were coming.Zane's men were coming.And they weren't going to stop until they found me.Alex tightened his grip around my hand.“Don't stop!”“I’m trying!”“Keep going!”We reached the end of the hallway.Alex shoved open a door marked EMERGENCY EXIT.Cold morning air hit my face.We rushed down the concrete steps.One flight.Then another.Then another.My shoes slipped slightly on the stairs, but Alex caught me before I could fall.“Careful.”“I’m okay.”We reached the bottom.Alex pushed through another door.We stumbled outside.For one bri

I tell Michael that I have no place to go, and some dangerous men were after my life.Was there any place that he could hide me for the time being?The words came out more desperately than I intended.Michael didn't answer.He simply stared at me.For several seconds, he said nothing.His eyes moved from my face to my stomach and then back to my face.I waited.The silence became uncomfortable.I began wondering if I'd made a terrible mistake.Maybe he was going to refuse.Maybe he'd decide I was too much trouble.And honestly, I couldn't blame him.I was a complete stranger asking him to hide me from dangerous men.Men who had already killed people.Men who had followed me from the hotel.Men who would probably tear the city apart looking for me.I lowered my eyes.“I know this is a lot to ask.”Still nothing.“I wouldn't ask if I had somewhere else to go.”His expression remained unreadable.I swallowed.“I have no one else.”I quickly pushed the thought of Alex away.I couldn't aff

Once we arrived at Michael apartment, it surprisingly felt welcoming.Michael assures me that Zane and his men will never find me here.But I knew I had to find a way to also make Zane pay for all that he had done.I still didn't know if Alex was alive.But I couldn't tell Michael all I knew about Zane yet.I needed to be sure I could trust him fully, and confirm my safety and that of my baby.Michael opened the door and stepped aside, allowing me to enter first.I stood in the doorway for a moment, looking around.I had expected something cold.Something dark.Maybe even something suspicious.Instead, the apartment was surprisingly warm.The living room was spacious without being extravagant. A large gray couch sat in the middle of the room, facing a television mounted on the wall. There was a small glass table in front of it, a bookshelf tucked against one wall, and a few framed pictures placed neatly on a console.Everything was clean.Organized.Normal.Too normal.I slowly steppe

Michael opened the door and walked inside, and once he looked at me, he could see that I was terrified.His hand slowly left the door handle.He stared at me for a few seconds.Then his expression softened."Did you eavesdrop on my conversation?"My heart jumped."No."The answer came too quickly.Michael's eyes narrowed."Vivian.""I didn't.""You did."I swallowed.He closed the door behind him and walked farther into the room."I know you did."I backed away slightly."I wasn't trying to—""You were."His voice wasn't angry.That somehow made me more nervous.He stopped a few feet away from me."You heard me talking on the phone."I said nothing.He sighed."Why did you lie?""Because I was scared."That was the truth.At least part of it.I had been running for my life for days.I had watched people die.I had been hunted.I had lost Alex.And now the one person who had offered me shelter was standing in front of me, admitting that he had been hiding something.I couldn't afford a