Ex-Husband’s Regret by Evelyn M.M

26. Wanted dead

I open my eyes to find myself in the living room, my hands tied to the back a chair.

“Ahh, you’re awake. I was wondering how long it would take you to wake up, after all, I prefer having my victims conscious when I kill them” the man’s voice sends chills down my spine.

He rounds the corner and I get to see him. At least parts of him since he had his face covered. He was a big and burly man. His arms alone, looked like they can crush a person’s head. He screamed danger and not because I was currently his victim. There was just something menacing about him.

He takes a seat in front of me, with a glass of wine in his hand. My glass and my wine. He looked

so comfortable, like this was his house.

I try to get free, but the ropes are tight.

“You can try all you want but you’re not getting away from me this time” he chuckles. “You’ve

caused me enough trouble and I don’t like trouble”

“Who are you and what do you want from me?” I ask him.

Maybe if I can get him to talk I can get something from him and buy myself some time. There is

no way no one noticed someone breaking into my house, right?

“Let’s just say I’m someone who really wants you dead”

The urge to roll my eyes is strong. I mean, it’s kind of obvious he wants me dead. That’s why I’m.

currently tied to a chair in my own house.

“Are you one of the goons that are after my family? You got the wrong person if you think that

killing me will mean anything to them”

He laughs loudly. Full on belly laugh. As if I said the funniest thing in the world.

Fuck! I was hoping he would be part of the criminal gang that killed father. It would be so much

easier to reason with him. To make him see that I don’t mean a thing to Rowan or my family. If I’m

wrong and it’s not the gang after me, then it means I am totally screwed.

“No darling, I’m not part of any gang, but someone promised me a very good pay if I delivered the

news of your untimely death” he tells me gruffly. 4

I stare at him with shock. “Someone is paying you to have me killed?”

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the job done and that’s why I need you dead, you understand that

darling!” I

wrap my head around the fact that someone wants me dead so badly that he or she

dead? I have no enemies, well except for Emma, but Emma wouldn’t go to that extent just to get me

by blood. Despite everything that has happened between us, she wouldn’t want

about that? People do crazy things in the name

to doubt

to my thoughts when the sound of glass shattering hits my ears. I turn to

mocks with a devious smirk on

glass intentionally. He stands

ways to kill you” he turns to face me. “Do you have any preference on

to leave. The man was clearly a psycho and I wasn’t going to wait here hoping for Calvary to arrive. Besides, if my neighbors had seen

I guess I’ll just have to slit your throat. There is

leave their eyes” he says with an evil glint

starts flicking it up and down. I

use it well.

backwards as hard as I can. I crash, my head hitting the floor hard. Pain

Making the

in through the pain. Shit, the movies made this seem so easy. It

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the fuck?!” he growls

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him time to react.

because he crashes into me. Making me collide with the wooden floor. He

you honestly think it will be that

a shout. I take off

and I fall with a thud again, hitting my chin against the floor. He’s on

shouts before slapping me hard

moment, I see stars and my vision blurs. Being hit

things hard for me, I’ll have my fun with you before killing you”

as he tries to drag my pajama

pins my hands to my side.

money is what you want then

my skin made me

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you’re trying to fool but I

I’m being offered, anyway”

goes back to his ministrations. Just when I think all hope is lost, I see the lamp I had

I reach for

and falls back. The knife he had planned to use to kill me falls from his

plunging it in

busts open.

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shock. With a curse, he recovers, quickly stands up and runs. Leaving through my

kitchen door with two other