Semua Bab The CEO Who Won’t Let Me Go: Bab 71 - Bab 80

My breath caught with every step as I ran after the gurney through the hospital corridors. People tried to stop me, voices calling from every direction, but the only person who actually managed it was a stern-looking nurse blocking the operating room doors.“You can’t go in there, miss,” she snapped before the doors swung shut right in my face.Only Rinat and I had been allowed into the ambulance. Rinat because he could explain what had happened, and me because not even Dad had been able to hold me back. All I knew was that someone had taken a sniper shot at Shulgin, and the blood soaking through his shirt had looked terrifying.The tears wouldn’t stop. Neither would the panic clawing at my chest.I couldn’t breathe.“Hey,” Rinat said quietly. “Come here.”He pulled me against him, wrapping his arms tightly around me while I shook. One hand moved slowly through my hair as he kept repeating that everything would be okay.But how could it possibly be okay?There had been so much blood o

Nothing could stop me anymore. Not the walls. Not the guards. Not my panicked relatives hovering over me every second of the day. Rage burned through my veins like wildfire, and an angry girl is capable of reckless things.What the hell was that coldness in his voice supposed to mean? That distance? First he dragged me into his bed, filled my head with promises and sweet words, and then suddenly acted like none of it had mattered.No. Absolutely not.If I didn’t get answers right now, I was going to lose my mind. My stupid heart couldn’t take this anymore.Kira told me Alan had already been discharged from the hospital and was recovering at home. That was the moment I made my decision.Late that night, I climbed out the bedroom window of the room they’d practically turned into my prison cell. I still didn’t fully understand why everyone was acting like I needed maximum security, but my father had stationed a guard outside my door. The man followed me everywhere like a shadow and, obvi

AlanPain tore through every muscle in my body, but it barely registered compared to the horror that slammed into me the second I woke up. The moment my head cleared, I remembered Zoe.Those bastards could’ve killed her.Or worse.Every possible scenario that flashed through my mind was worse than the last, and if not for the gag shoved into my mouth, I would’ve ripped the man guarding me apart with nothing but pure rage.An abandoned warehouse stretched around me, dusty and half-rotten, thin beams of sunlight cutting through cracks in the walls. Rusted metal groaned somewhere overhead.I’d been out for hours. Maybe longer.The door creaked open.Two men walked inside.One of them I knew far too well.The other was younger, sharp-featured, probably somewhere in his twenties. Never seen him before.“You’re awake,” Philip said with a smug little smile as he stopped in front of me.Some people looked rotten from the inside out. Philip was one of them. You could see it in the way he carri

Breathing hurt, but opening my eyes felt impossible.Somewhere nearby, a familiar voice wrapped around me, soft and warm, pulling me toward it. I wanted to see him so badly.“Open your eyes, Sleeping Beauty,” Alan whispered, pressing a kiss to my hand between every word.My fingers twitched at the sensation, and I heard movement beside me.“Zoe, you can hear me, can’t you?” His voice dropped lower, rough with emotion. “I know you can. And the second you wake up, I’m getting on my knees and asking you to marry me.”“I agree,” I whispered weakly, barely managing to move my tongue.My voice sounded strange and distant, muffled behind something covering my face.“You agree?” Happiness exploded in his voice, and then something cool brushed against my skin. A ring. “God, sweetheart, you have no idea how happy I am right now. It’d be even better if you opened those pretty eyes for me. I want to see you looking at me.”Well… if you want it that badly.Using every bit of strength I had left, I

No, those two were never going to be friends. And honestly, why had I ever convinced myself Kira and Valeri had found some kind of middle ground when they looked seconds away from tearing each other apart every single time they were in the same room?I watched yet another argument unfold with detached amusement, still struggling to believe my sweet, well-mannered sister could hate someone this much.I’d tried more than once to figure out what had happened between them, but every time I asked, both of them shut down instantly, like they’d made some blood oath never to talk about it.“Girls like her shouldn’t even be looking in our direction, let alone—” Kira snapped before cutting herself off the second she noticed the curiosity on my face.There it was again.The moment the real reason came up, silence.Valeri walked over and looped her arm through mine.“Come on. We still have to find you the prettiest dress for the wedding, Zoe,” she said.Kira immediately scoffed.“And you think yo