Lahat ng Kabanata ng Owned By My Best Friend's Father: Kabanata 171 - Kabanata 180

LEAH'S POV I think I might have made another mistake. The words kept looping in my head like a broken record as I stepped out of Emily’s office. My legs felt heavy, disconnected from the rest of me. One more emotional blow and I was going to crumble right there in the hallway. I somehow held it together until the elevator doors closed, until the cool evening breeze slapped me in the face the second I stepped outside. It did nothing to loosen the knot in my chest. If anything, it made the ache sharper. I flagged down a cab, slid into the back seat, and gave the driver my address in a voice that sounded like it belonged to someone else. The moment the car pulled into traffic, my phone buzzed against my thigh. Damien. Three missed calls. Seven unread messages. My hands trembled as I stared at the glowing screen. I could almost hear his voice in every notification, low, steady, worried. The kind of worry that made me want to crawl into his arms and forget the world exis

DAMIEN'S POVThe car pulls away from Leah's building but I don't look back. If I look back I might tell Marcus to turn around and I can't afford that right now.Sophie saw everything.The thought sits heavy in my chest. Another person was dragged into this mess. Another person who will look at Leah differently because of me.I press my palm against my eyes and exhale."Boss" Marcus says from the front seat. His voice is careful the way it gets when he's about to deliver bad news. "The message came through a secondary server. We traced it to a location outside the city."I drop my hand. "And?"Marcus hesitates. That hesitation tells me how bad it is before the words come."The hit is scheduled for tomorrow night." My jaw tightens. I expected this but hearing it confirmed makes it real."Where?""That's the problem." Marcus turns in his seat. "We don't know the target location yet. They're being careful, there have been multiple drops on different servers each time. But we know who plac

SOPHIE'S POVI lie in bed, staring at the ceiling. After I close my door, I can hear.I turn onto my side and curl into a ball. The pillow is damp under my cheek. I don't know when I started crying again,maybe I never stopped.I pick up my phone and scroll to Emily's name. I need to know how she's doing, how she's feeling after finding out about Leah and her dad. She must be devastated.My thumb hovers over the call button. I press it before I can change my mind.It rings and rings and rings, then goes to voicemail... I try the same thing.I stare at the screen then lower the phone. I won't be surprised if she refuses to take my calls if I were in her shoes I wouldn't take my call either.I just hope she doesn't think I knew about them before now….. She's probably asleep or ignoring everyone or both. I can't blame her for that.I drop my phone on the pillow and close my eyes. I need to rest my eyes even if it's just for a minute.The next time I open my eyes the room is dark…. I grab

VICTOR'S POVI lean against the wall in the hallway and stare at the closed door. On the other side, my daughter is crying and my ex-wife is unconscious and I'm standing here doing nothing.My hands won't stop shaking, so I shove them into my pockets and try to breathe, but the air feels thick, like I'm drowning. This wasn't supposed to happen none of this was supposed to happen.I could control it give them what they wanted and walk away take the money disappear pretend I never had a family to begin with. But now I'm here and Sophie is in there and Vivienne is on the floor and I'm the reason.The older man Elric's father walked past me a few minutes ago without looking at me. I'm nothing to him just a tool a means to an end. Once Leah shows up they won't need me anymore and maybe that's for the best.I push off the wall and walk to the door. Through the small window, I can see Sophie curled around Vivienne with her eyes closed and her shoulders still shaking.She looks so small.I re

LEAH'S POVThe Uber pulls up to my building and I'm out of the car before it fully stops. I don't wait for change, I don't look back, I just run upstairs.The lobby is empty and dark and the elevator takes too long so I take the stairs. Two flights of stairs and my lungs are burning and my legs are shaking but I don't stop.I reach the door and fumble with my keys because my hands won't stop shaking. I drop them twice then finally get the door open."Sophie?" I call out but there's only silence.I step inside and flick on the light. The living room, the kitchen, and the couch are empty. Her shoes are by the door but she's not here."Sophie!" I call louder but nothing.I walk to her room and push the door open. Her bed is unmade, her phone charger is on the nightstand and her backpack is on the floor…. She was here and now she's gone.My heart is pounding so loud I can hear it in my ears.I check the bathroom. Empty. The shower curtain is still wet from earlier and her towel is on the