Todos los capítulos de Sweet Temptation: Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 130

(Anna's POV)I sat quietly on the edge of the bed, staring at the closed door.For several minutes, I didn't move.I could still hear the faint sound of Richard and Alex's voices somewhere downstairs, but I couldn't make out the words.My fingers tightened around the edge of the blanket.What were they talking about?I already knew the answer.Me.There was no doubt in my mind.I had told Alex about what Richard had done. And he was probably confronting him about refusing to let me leave the house.My stomach twisted.I hated being in this position.The feeling like my own life was no longer in my hands.I had spent years allowing Richard to make decisions for me. Where I went. What I did. Who I spoke to. How much money I had access to.But I had finally started changing.I had finally started building a life of my own.And now, just when I thought I was close to being free, Richard had tightened his grip on me.I closed my eyes."Why are you doing this, Richard? Why won't you just let

(Anna's POV)The door handle moved.My heart stopped.I didn't think.I simply reached into the open safe and grabbed the first thick file my hand touched.I pulled it against my chest just as the door opened."Anna?"I froze.It was Alex.A breath I didn't know I was holding escaped my lungs."Oh, God." I pressed a hand against my chest. "You scared me. I thought it was someone else."Alex looked from me to Margaret, then to the open safe."What happened?""We found it," I whispered.His eyes widened in surprise."The contract?"I nodded quickly."Margaret found the password."Alex stepped inside and closed the door behind him.For the first time in what felt like forever, I smiled."We finally have it. We are finally free!"I turned toward the safe.I wanted to close it before anyone else would barge in on us.But just as I reached for the door, something slipped from beneath the file.A document fell to the floor.I frowned.I bent down and picked it up."I think this belongs in her

(Anna's POV)The moment I heard Richard's voice, my entire body went cold.The atmosphere suddenly felt different. It was the kind of moment when something that had been building for a long time finally came out into the open.I slowly pulled away from Alex's arms.I turned to face my husband.Richard stood at the study door, still holding his briefcase.His face looked completely different from the Richard I knew.For the first time, I saw his control disappear right in front of me. His face was pale and his eyes wide with disbelief.The calm expression he always wore was falling apart.He looked at his father.Then at me.Then at the space between Alex and me, where we had been holding each other only seconds ago."I asked a question. What the hell is going on here?"No one spoke.Then I noticed someone standing behind him.Isabella.She stepped out from behind Richard with the calm confidence of someone who had been waiting for this exact moment.My heart dropped.I stared at her.

(Anna's POV)The sound of the gunshot was still ringing in my ears when Richard suddenly collapsed.For a few seconds, I couldn't move.I simply stared at him.He lay on the floor, completely still, the gun lying carelessly across the floor.My lungs finally released the breath I had been holding.A broken gasp escaped me."Richard..."I didn't feel pity.Not then.All I could feel was relief that I was safe. He wasn't going to pull the trigger again.Behind him, Margaret was panting heavily.She was standing there with both hands trembling, staring at the large vase she had just used to hit Richard."Margaret...""I had to do something," she whispered.Her eyes were wide with fear."I saw him raise the gun, and I just... I just grabbed the first thing I could find."She looked at Richard. "Is he dead?"I shook my head quickly."I don't know."Before either of us could say anything else, Isabella rushed toward Richard."Richard!"She dropped beside him and touched his shoulder."Richa

(Anna's POV)The chairs in the ICU waiting room were clearly made by someone who had never had to sit and wait for hours.I had been sitting in the chair closest to the ICU doors for so long that the discomfort had become numb.Margaret was sitting beside me. She had stayed with me the whole time.We had watched the nurses change shifts. We had watched the lights change as night slowly passed and morning came closer. Every time we heard footsteps coming from the ICU, my whole body became tense, hoping someone was coming to give us news. But each time, the footsteps went somewhere else."Mrs Anderson," Margaret said sometime during the night. "You should get some sleep. Even if it's only for one hour.""I'm fine," I said."You're not fine," she replied. "You haven't eaten. You haven't slept. You're pregnant, and all this stress is not good for you or the baby.""Margaret."I said her name gently because I didn't want to sound angry."I'm not leaving this place until someone comes thr