All Chapters of Off-Limits Puck: Daddy's Best Friend is my Ruin: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

MELANIEWe couldn't speak. It felt like the air in the room had been taken away, making it impossible to say a word.What sort of psychopath was Silvio? He had been following Eva, which meant he had probably been following me as well, which in turn could mean he knew about Gavin.I stepped in front of Eva, literally shielding her from him. I didn’t like how she was breathing, short, shallow gasps, and how her hands were trembling, even as she tried to hide them by making a fist.I mustered up my bravest face and lifted my chin to him. “Why are you so sure the pregnancy is yours?”There was no need to lie about the pregnancy anymore; he knew everything. So I needed to change my tactics. I was more scared of what he wanted to do with the fact that the baby was his.He let out a loud chuckle, shaking his head at what I said. “Melanie, you are a bad influence. You know that?”That made me scowl at him. What did he mean by that?“You do know I took her virginity, right? I literally taught

GAVINGetting to the headquarters, I was there physically, but mentally my mind was in shambles. What was happening around me? Evelyn was dead. That was the official narrative I had forced myself to swallow. But her body had never been recovered. After her sedan broke through the guardrail and plummeted off the bridge, the water rescue teams and recovery divers had spent weeks dragging the riverbed. They pulled up the crushed steel of her car, but it was empty. It took months of agonizing silence before the state finally forced me to sign the death certificate.So if the necklace that was on her neck when she had the accident was found in front of my house, what did that mean?“Agent Thorne? Hello? Gavin?” The sound of my name brought me back as I snapped my head up to meet Sarah Kline, one of my team members, looking at me with concern.“Are you alright?” she asked.I cleared my throat and nodded quickly, sitting straighter in my chair and looking around the room until my gaze set

MELANIE“It has always been easy for you.” Eva stood up and threw the words at me, making me pause at the door. “You were born with a silver spoon,” she continued, sounding a bit bitter. “Silver doesn’t even cut it. You were born with a gold spoon and have always had everything handed to you on a platter. Money, clothes, freedom. You’ve never had to worry about anything.”I turned around to face her, crossing my hands over my chest, patiently allowing her to pour her heart out. “But for me,” she shook her head, tears already forming in her eyes, “my father died ten years ago, and it’s been hell ever since. It’s been even more hell since my mother was diagnosed with dementia. So forgive me if I have disappointed you, because the person you once knew is not the same person you are looking at right now.”She stopped and stared at me helplessly, spreading her arms by her side. “You don’t know what it feels like to watch your mom forget who you are every single day. To watch her mind s

GAVINI felt like the pounding of my heart was all I could hear in the room, and my vision became blurry as I kept staring at the phone.That bastard. I couldn't believe I took someone close to me, like a brother, and he turned around and messed the shit out of me. But I had to act like the message was the strangest thing ever.“Director, what the hell is this?” I looked up at him, making sure the anger showed on my face as I slid his phone back to him. “That is the most absurd, fabricated piece of garbage I’ve seen in my entire career.” Flint didn't answer immediately. He just leaned back, his eyes boring into mine, hunting for the slightest twitch or micro-expression that would give the lie away.“You know I don't have any surviving relatives.” I continued, the lie tasting like acid on my tongue. I didn't want to sound desperate for him to believe me because then he would think I had something to hide.“I know that.” He agreed, and I breathed out slowly. At least he believed me.“B

MELANIE“My mother?” I stammered on the phone, my voice coming out as a whisper. No, this must be a big joke. I refuse to get my hopes up. “Don't fucking joke with me, Reynolds,” I said more loudly, sounding more annoyed than happy with the news.“Joke? What are you saying, Mel? I found your mom.”My heartbeat raced faster. Don't get your hopes up, Melanie. Don't do that!Eva stood up from the chair and came around to look me in the face. “What's going on?” She whispered, but I shook my head, focusing on the phone call.“Where is she?” I asked.“If you can come over to The Greens right now, it would be—.”I didn't even wait for him to finish the statement; I cut the call and dashed out of the door with Eva shouting behind me, but I didn't stop to listen to her.My eyes widened in shock as I entered my car and was about to start the car when there was a knock on my passenger's side window. I looked up to see Eva standing there, motioning for me to open the door.I hesitated a bit, m