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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I wasn’t going to le it end like this. I would fix it.

couldn’t even stand to look at me anymore

my eyes. Trying to push the image of her face out of my mind. I had

chill as I stood there, still staring out at the ocean, feeling the weight of everything pressing down on me. I couldn’t get Christiana’s words out of my head. I tried, but they kept echoing, like a broken record on repeat. My fists clenched, and I could feel the

anyone else, tear apart

Then my phone rang

my head, and reached into my pocket. James‘ name flashed on the screen. I exhaled sharply

thought you’d want to know Bianca’s got herself a new lawyer. One

way out of every situation. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was sitting in her cell right now, smiling, thinking she’d beaten the system like she always

No. I wasn’t going

hard and cold. “It won’t make a damn difference. She committed those crimes. There’s no escaping

break or panic. But I wasn’t going to. Not for her. “Understood, sir, he finally replied, though

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

as I

should know,” James answered quickly. “I’ll keep you

up and shoving the phone back into my pocket.

in the salty air, feeling the wind cut across iny face. Bianca might 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

make sure of it. I’d bury her if

I could feel the rage boiling beneath the surface. Bianca had been a stain on my life for weeks, and now she had gone too

because of her. All because of Bianca and her

to destroy everything I cared about, and for what? To get back at me? To ruin my life because I left her? It didn’t matter now. She was behind bars, and I was going to

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ran a hand through my hair, frustration tugging

her from this nightmare. But that didn’t mean

waves, my eyes narrowing as I thought about

let her.

And as for Christiana….

know if I could fix that. I didn’t know if anything I did would ever be enough for her to forgive me. But I wasn’t going to give up. I wasn’t going to let Bianca be the reason

Christiana hated me now, I couldn’t just walk away. Not when my kids were still at the center of all

of this, but I would make sure that every lie. every piece of evidence,

escape this time.

let out a low breath, the anger still coiling in my chest, but beneath

what happened today, As I shut the door behind me, the familiar creak echoed through the

get.

voice cut through the air like a

me in the living room. She stood near the fireplace, arms crossed, her lips pressed

of my

voice sharp “I cannot believe

woman

interrupted, incredulous. “You mean the same woman who set the

chin, her

ever do such a thing. She loves you, Alexander.

like a criminal?”

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