All Chapters of RECLAIMING HIS EX WIFE : Chapter 31 - Chapter 34

Isabella couldn’t breathe.The video froze on the screen.A woman, bound to a chair, face bruised, eyes swollen from crying.Her hair was a mess.Her mouth was gagged.Her body shook with sobs.And Isabella knew her.“Oh God…” she whispered.Juan stood behind her, rubbing his eyes.“Mommy?” he asked sleepily.She dropped the phone.Nolan caught it before it hit the floor.One look—And his entire body went rigid.“They took her,” Isabella whispered.Nolan’s jaw clenched. “Who is she?”Isabella swallowed. “My mother.”The words landed like a bomb.Nathan swore under his breath.Nolan’s chest tightened violently. “They found her?”“Yes,” Isabella said, tears streaming. “She lives in a small town. She doesn’t talk to anyone. She doesn’t even know half of what’s going on in my life.”Nolan’s eyes burned. “They chose her because they knew it would break you.”Isabella collapsed onto the couch, sobbing.“This is my fault,” she cried. “Everything is my fault.”Nolan crossed the room in secon

The address Marcus sent was not a place.It was a wound.A rotting shipyard on the outskirts of the city, long abandoned, half-collapsed, eaten by rust and salt and time. The sea crashed against the broken docks like it was trying to drag everything into itself.Isabella stepped out of the car.Alone.No phone.No protection.No way out.Her heart was hammering so violently she thought she might collapse before she even reached the entrance.She whispered Nolan’s name like a prayer.Every instinct screamed for her to turn around.She didn’t.She walked.Inside, the air was cold and damp.Footsteps echoed.Chains rattled somewhere.Voices murmured in the distance.Her stomach twisted violently.She followed the sound of a single light.And then she saw him.Nolan was on his knees again.Blood on his face.Shirt torn.Arms bound.But he was alive.Her breath left her lungs.“Nolan…” she whispered.His head lifted.Their eyes met.And something in his broke.“No,” he croaked. “No—no—no—”