All Chapters of DESPISED AND DEVOURED BY MY STEP FATHER : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Chadwicks POV The sun was blinding. It hit the white sheets and bounced off the walls so hard I had to squint just to see the room. My first instinct, even before I felt the sharp, throbbing reminder of the bullet hole in my shoulder, was to reach out.The bed was cold. Danny wasn’t there.Panic, real and ugly, flared in my chest. I tried to sit up, my good arm shaking as I braced against the mattress, my mind already racing through every worst case scenario. Did Sarah call him? Did he leave? Did he find his phone and see what I did?Before I could even get my feet on the floor, the door pushed open. Danny walked in, carrying a tray. He had this warm, easy smile on his face that made the air in my lungs feel a little less tight.I blinked, totally confused. "Huh?""I made you breakfast in bed," Danny said. He walked over, setting the tray down with a little clink of porcelain."Breakfast in..." I trailed off. I felt like a fool. I am the one who usually runs the show, but looking at

Sarah's POV "I have been trying his line but it isn't going through. It says unavailable," I said, staring at the screen of my phone until my eyes burned. The silence on the other end felt like a slap.Elena paced the living room, her heels clicking like a nervous heartbeat. "Let me call him myself with my phone, maybe he blocked you."She called once and then twice."It says unavailable too," she whispered, her face going pale. "Did Danny block us? Cutting off his family for a stranger... is he that foolish?"Rage, hot and oily, bubbled up in my chest. I threw my phone onto the sofa. "What do you expect? I knew it, I shouldn't have adopted that bastard. I would teach him a lesson once I get a hold of him." The word bastard felt good coming out. It felt honest. I had given him a name, a life, and this is how he repays me? By hiding in Paris with my husband? To be honest every thread of love I ever had for Danny had been cut off from my heart, what fueled me now was pure unadulterate

Danny's POV I was still under the duvet, the fabric heavy and warm, like I could just disappear into the mattress and never have to deal with the fact that my mother had deleted me from her life. The room was too quiet. And I wish I could disappear in it. The door creaked, and Chad walked in. He had this small, steady smile on his face as he sat on the edge of the bed. "It's okay, stop being sad already," he said, his voice smooth like expensive bourbon. "Your mum is somewhere living her best life." The words stung. Living her best life. Without me. I forced a smile, though it felt like my face was made of cracked porcelain. "Well... I just want closure from her." "Yeah, you will get it," Chad promised. He reached out, his thumb brushing my jaw. "Now stand up, don't you want to join me and welcome your friend at the airport?" Erica. The name hit me like a splash of cold water. I had almost forgotten. I checked the clock on the nightstand 5:30 PM. "Oh yeah. It's almost 6. Let me

Danny's POV My brain was still trying to process the terror on Erica’s face. She didn’t even look like herself. She looked like she had just witnessed a murder scene."What?" I asked, my heart doing that annoying thudding thing in my ears again.Erica leaned in, her voice barely a whisper. "Danny... Gabriel has been missing for some days now."I blinked. Gabriel? our Gabriel?"Yes, his parents filed a report and also everyone in school had been looking for him," she said, her fingers flying over her screen. She turned the phone toward me. "This is the trendy video of him. Look."I took the phone. The video was ugly. Grainy, shaky, like it was filmed by someone whose hands were vibrating. It showed the side of a street I recognized near campus. A big, black SUV pulled up, tires screeching against the floor, a sound that made my teeth ache. Some hefty guys, their faces completely covered with dark masks, jumped out. They grabbed Gabriel and he started struggling, his hand clawing at t

Chadwick's POV The leather of the backseat felt cold, but my head was burning. I leaned back, closing my eyes for a second while the hum of the tires on the asphalt tried to soothe the mess in my brain. It wasn’t working. The door opened, and the car dipped slightly as Rojit climbed in. He didn't say anything at first, just adjusted his suit. "Any news?" I asked, not opening my eyes. "No," Rojit’s voice was flat, professional. "The Officer says the police haven't found Gabriel yet." I opened my eyes and reached for my tablet, closing the tabs I had been staring at for hours. "If it was an ordinary kidnapper they would have asked for ransom by now, but this is different. I have a bad feeling about this." Rojit sighed, looking out the window. "You should calm down. Maybe you are just being paranoid." "Paranoid?" I snapped, sitting up straighter. The word tasted like ash. "Leo is probably lurking somewhere. Danny is not safe." Rojit turned to me, his face softening just a frac