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.

voice echoing in the small

a moment, she looked like she might say something, might try to explain or defend

gathered her things and

everything, despite the anger and hurt coursing through

hand grasped at empty air. She was already gone, the car door slamming shut behind

her figure growing smaller with each

coated my tongue as I watched the woman I

into the crowd.

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

flagged down a taxi and gave the driver

address.

city lights blurred past the window as

confrontation with Marcus replaying

knew about Victoria’s promise. But how? And what else

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

moment.

opened the door after my first knock, her face

to go?” she teased, stepping aside to

entered her cozy apartment, the familiar warmth of her home wrapping around me like

comfort blanket.

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can’t go home?” I said with self–deprecating

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running into Hugo Ashworth, not after what had happened with Marcus. I didn’t know

the peace and quiet

night duty today,” Jane said, moving toward her

getting bored being alone.”

with a bottle of red wine, holding it up with a questioning look. “Want to join

a couple

nodded, grateful for the

(God’s POV)

the Crimson Moon Hotel, Alexander Blackwood received an urgent call

secretary. He rushed back to Marcus’s suite,

he found when he entered the bedroom

headboard, his face deathly pale. Blood stained his lips

his shirt, evidence of

before,

had ever seen.

demanded, turning to

speaking with

Marcus has been smoking again

patients who have undergone

more serious. “If he continues to act so recklessly,

I cannot stress enough

worry etching themselves across his forehead. “I’ll make sure to watch him more

escort the doctor out, then turned his attention to the other staff

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Guards were preparing to leave as well, but

a sharp gesture.

happened today?” he demanded, his voice carrying

position.

clearly uncomfortable under Alexander’s

don’t know,

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