Chapter 100

Alexander PON

I sat on the sand, my elbows resting on my knees as I stared out at the waves crashing against the shore. The sky was gray, a mirror of the turmod inside me. I squeezed my eyes shut, letting the sound of the ocean drown out the thoughts that hammered in my head. But it didn’t help. Nothing helped.

Christiana’s words rang in my mind, each one hitting harder than the last. “If you hadn’t pushed yourself into our lives, none of this would’ve happened!”

She was right. I could see it in her eyes as she shoved me out of her hotel room earlier. The hate. The anger. The disgust.

I let out a low curse, my hands balling into fists. I was trying, trying so damn hard. But it wasn’t enough. No matter what I did, it was never enough. Christiana hated me. She blamed me for everything…the fire, the kidnapping. And why wouldn’t

I dug my fingers into the sand, clenching it until it slipped through my hands. Bianca. She was behind it all. The fire that could’ve taken Christiana’s life, the kidnapping that almost broke her. I hadn’t wanted to believe it at first, but now Christiana had figured it all out. It was her…Bianca, the woman I thought I’d left behind. The woman I should have known would never let go.

1 cursed again. louder this time, not caring if anyone on the beach heard me. The anger burned in my chest, hot and endless. I didn’t deserve this. None of it. I had tried to move on to fix things with Christiana for the sake of our kids. But now, Christiana despised me more than ever, and I was stuck here, alone, with nothing but my guilt and the mess I had created.

1 stood up abruptly, pacing along the shoreline, my footsteps leaving deep imprints in the wet sand. The wind whipped at my face, but I barely felt it. All I could think about was Christiana’s face, the way her eyes had hardened when she looked at

“It’s your fault. All of it‘

“Goddamn it” I shouted, my voice lost in the roar of the waves.

I hadn’t known Bianca would do something like this. I hadn’t even thought about her since I walked away from that toxic relationship. But clearly, she hadn’t let go. And now, she had hurt the only people that mattered to me. All because of me.

1 stopped pacing and stared out at the water, the waves rolling endlessly. The ocean didn’t care about my problems, didn’t care that I was standing here falling apart while my life crumbled around me.

I thought back to the day Christiana and I first met. She had been so full of life, so full of love. But I had ruined that. I had ruined everything. And for what? To protect her? To give my kid a father?

I let out a bitter laugh, shaking my head. Christiana didn’t need me. She had made that clear. And my kids.. they didn’t need me either, not if I was the reason they were in danger.

I ran a hand through my hair, feeling the tension coil in my shoulders. I wanted to scream, to hit something, but what was

point? It was all falling apart, and I had no one to blame but myself.

the

But Bianca. God, she was going to pay for this. I’d make sure she paid for everything. For the fire. For the kidnapping. For the terror she’d caused Christiana. She thought she could get away with this, but she had no idea who she was dealing with. I wasn’t going to let her ruin anything else

‘Alex‘ I could still bear Christiana’s voice in my head, the cold edge in it, like I was a stranger to her now. She didn’t know it, but 1 had done everything to keep them safe. And yet, it was my past that came back to haunt us. My past that brought Bianca into our lives again.

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down at my hands. I wasn’t going to le it end like this. I would fix it.

look at me anymore She saw me as the enemy, the cause

push the image of

me. I couldn’t get Christiana’s words out of my head. I

going to let this break me. I wasn’t going to let Bianca, anyone else, tear apart what little I had left. Not

Then my phone rang

screen. I exhaled sharply and answered, trying to steady my voice, “James I said, my tone still raw from the

Bianca’s got herself a new lawyer. One of

tightening. Of course she would. Bianca Monroe always knew how to play the game, how to manipulate her way out of every situation. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was sitting in her cell right now, smiling, thinking she’d

time? No. I wasn’t

no escaping that.” I stared out at the waves again, letting

waiting for me to react to break or panic. But I wasn’t going

his office, biting his lip, waiting for me to lose my temper over this. But that wasn’t happening.

voice clipped, as I brushed the

sir. I just thought you should know,” James answered

up and shoving the phone back into

have the best lawyers money could buy, but I wasn’t worried. She wasn’t going to get out of this. Not after what she did. Not after the fire. Not after everything she put Christiana

it. I’d bury her if

she had gone too far. She was the reason everything had spiraled out of control. The

because of Bianca

To get back at me? To ruin my life because I left her? It

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through my

me. I had failed to protect her from this nightmare.

thought about my next move. Bianca wasn’t going

let her.

And as for Christiana….

anything I did would ever be enough for her to forgive me. But I wasn’t going to give

now, I couldn’t just walk away. Not when my kids were

could wriggle her way out of this, but I would make sure that every lie. every piece of evidence, and every crime she committed was dragged

this time.

anger still coiling in my chest,

about what happened today, As I shut the door behind me, the familiar creak echoed through the hallway. I wanted nothing more than a few minutes of peace,

get.

through the

near the fireplace, arms crossed, her lips pressed into a thin line of disapproval. Her eyes

not now,” I muttered, pinching the bridge of

are talking about this now,” she snapped, her voice sharp “I cannot believe you’ve locked

woman

set the fire? Who

chin,

loyal, and you repay her by throwing her ever do such a thing. She loves you,

like a criminal?”

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