Chapter 213: He Knows Everything

Chapter 213: He Knows Everything

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

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He said I was cruel to him. My eyes dimmed as I calmly met his deep golden gaze.

“What is my cruelty compared to half of what you did to me back then?”

The words hung in the air between us like a blade. I watched his expression shift, saw the

way his jaw tightened at my accusation.

(Marcus Blackwood’s POV)

I had anticipated her response. The bitter truth of it didn’t make it hurt any less.

I smiled faintly, though there was no warmth in it. “So you always hated me. Even staying by

my side was just to fulfill the promise my mother made to you, right?”

Elena’s face went pale. Her green eyes widened in shock, and I saw the exact moment she

realized what I had just revealed.

I knew. I knew about the promise Victoria had made to her.

Elena was stunned, her lips parting slightly as if to speak, but no words came. Her eyes

darted away from mine, unable to hold my gaze.

That small gesture confirmed everything Isabella had told me. The dodging, the guilt written across her features – it was all the proof I needed.

She wasn’t here because she wanted to be. She was here because she had been promised an

escape route.

The knowledge felt like a knife twisting in my chest, but I forced myself to remain composed. I couldn’t let her see how deeply her betrayal cut.

I sat back in the driver’s seat, my palm supporting my forehead as I fought to suppress the

emotions threatening to overwhelm me. The pain, the rage, the devastating sense of loss–1 pushed them all down, buried them deep.

“You can leave now,” I said quietly, not looking at her.

Elena remained still beside me. I could feel her presence, could hear her shallow breathing in

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the confined space of the car.

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The silence stretched between us, heavy with unspoken words and broken promises.

I couldn’t stand it anymore. The weight of her presence, the knowledge of her deception, the way she just sat there saying nothing.

my voice echoing in the small

my outburst, her body jerking away from me. For a moment, she looked like she might say something, might

gathered her things and reached

and despite everything, despite the anger and hurt coursing through my veins,

was already gone, the car door

growing smaller with each step. My

blood coated my tongue as I watched the woman I loved

into the crowd.

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Instead, I flagged down a taxi and gave the

address.

window as we drove through the evening traffic. My

the confrontation with Marcus replaying in

Victoria’s promise. But how? And what else did

up outside Jane’s apartment building, I paid the driver and made my way to her door. My legs felt unsteady, as if the ground might give way beneath

moment.

opened the door after my first knock, her face lighting up

nowhere else to go?” she

entered her cozy apartment, the familiar warmth

comfort blanket.

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want to go back to the hotel. I couldn’t face the possibility of running into Hugo Ashworth, not after what had happened with Marcus. I didn’t know what I would say to him, how I would explain the complicated

now, Jane’s place offered the peace and quiet I desperately

night duty today,” Jane said, moving

getting bored being alone.”

of red wine, holding it up with

couple of drinks

for the distraction.

(God’s POV)

Hotel, Alexander

rushed back to Marcus’s suite, his heart

entered the bedroom

sat against the headboard, his face deathly pale. Blood stained his

of a severe

looked even worse than before,

had ever seen.

could it become like this?” Alexander demanded, turning to

with

in a gesture of defeat. “Alpha Marcus has been smoking again these past few days. Tobacco

who have undergone infusion

growing more serious. “If he continues to act

cannot stress

across his

his secretary to escort the doctor out, then turned his attention

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and Elite Guards were preparing to leave

a sharp gesture.

he demanded, his

position.

nervously, clearly

I don’t know,

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