Semua Bab OFF LIMIT: FOURTEEN NIGHTS WITH MY HUSBAND'S BEST FRIENDS : Bab 171 - Bab 180

Chapter 171ElowenI was completely trapped in a room with a man who was looking at me like I was prey.And I had no way out.No phone to call for help because it was still on my nightstand and I couldn't reach it.No one to hear me scream because we were alone in this apartment and the walls were thick.No Kian to come save me because he didn't know I needed saving.Just me and Adrian and the terrible realization that I'd pushed him too far.His hand was still on my throat, not squeezing but resting there like a promise, like a threat, and I could feel my pulse hammering against his palm."Adrian," I tried one more time, my voice shaking so badly I could barely get the words out. "Adrian, please. I'm begging you. I'm sorry. I'll take it all back. I'll say whatever you want me to say. Just please let me go. Please.""How many times have you begged in the last ten minutes?" He tilted his head like he was studying me, like I was something interesting. "That's new. I didn't know you wer

Chapter 173KianWhen I got Elowen's text about wanting to commit suicide, I couldn't wait to find out if she was joking, couldn't waste a single second questioning it or thinking it through.I just left.Left everything I was doing, grabbed my keys, ran out the door like my life depended on it.Because hers did.During the ride my hands were shaking on the steering wheel so badly I could barely keep the car straight.Memories were trying to resurface, memories I'd buried deep and kept locked away for years.I tried pushing them down but I was failing woefully.The images kept coming.My sister's face. Pale. Too pale. Her lips blue. Her eyes open but not seeing anything.The way she'd looked when I found her.The way I'd been too late.Always too late.I could see her now in my mind, not dead but alive, shaking her head at me disappointedly like she used to when I'd done something stupid.What have I done?The thought kept repeating in my head over and over like a chant, like a prayer

Chapter 173MatteoItaly was supposed to be beautiful this time of year but it had never been. Not for years.The sun was supposed to shine bright and warm and the streets were supposed to be full of life and laughter.But all I could see was the inside of a hospital room.White walls. Beeping machines. My daughter's small body hooked up to more tubes than any child should ever have to see.But it has been her place of abode lately.My heart break for her everytime.My princess.My little fighter.She'd been in surgery for six hours when the doctor finally came out, his face grave but not hopeless."The surgery went well," he said in Italian, his hands still shaking slightly from exhaustion. "We managed to clear the blood clot before it caused any permanent damage. But Mr. Greco, I have to be honest with you. Her body is weak. Very weak. The next twenty-four hours are critical.""But she'll make it?" I asked, even though I knew he couldn't promise me that, knew that no doctor could

Chapter 175MatteoI burst through the bedroom door just as Kian was wrapping a blanket more securely around Elowen's shoulders.The sight of her made my blood boil hotter than it already was.Her face was bruised. A dark mark blooming across her cheek where someone had hit her. Her lip was split and bleeding. Her clothes were torn—no, not torn, shredded, like an animal had gotten to them.But it was her eyes that destroyed me.Empty. Hollow. Distant.Like she wasn't really there anymore.Like part of her had gone somewhere else to escape what had happened.I wanted nothing but to kill someone.Wanted to tear Adrian apart piece by piece until there was nothing left but blood and bone and regret.But I forced myself to stay calm. Forced myself to breathe.For her.Kian looked up at me and I saw my own rage reflected in his eyes, saw that he was barely holding himself together."I'm taking her to the hospital," he said, his voice tight with control."Good." I stepped aside to let him p

Chapter 177ElowenEverything was white.Blinding white that hurt my eyes even though they were barely open.Where was I?I tried to move but my body felt heavy, like someone had filled my limbs with concrete while I wasn't looking.The last thing that happened...Adrian.The memory slammed into me like a physical blow and suddenly I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't do anything but remember.Adrian standing. Walking. Chasing me down.His hands on me. Tearing my clothes. Holding me down.His mouth on my skin while I begged him to stop.The weight of him. The pain. The fear.Oh God. Oh God, oh God, oh God.A shadow moved over me and I panicked.Complete, total panic that made my heart race so fast it felt like it would explode out of my chest.Adrian.Adrian was here. Adrian had found me. Adrian was going to finish whatever he'd started. He wasn't done with me.I started struggling, tried to sit up, tried to get away but my body wouldn't cooperate, wouldn't move the way I nee