Chapter 63 A Move Made Without Asking

In that moment, rage and shame crashed over her like a tidal

wave.

All the voices that once warned her echoed back, clearer than

ever.

Back when she had her whole life ahead of her, she gave it all up

-for him.

Carried his baby, thinking it would bind them.

Dreamed of a future. A family.

God, how could she have been so stupid?

She was so angry she almost felt calm.

Rebecca knew better than to meet brute force with brute force.

That never ended well. And she'd already lost more than she

could afford.

Without a word, she pushed herself off the floor, retrieved her

cracked phone, and walked into the bedroom.

The door clicked shut behind her, the lock sliding into place with a

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quiet finality. Only then did the tears begin to fall.

Outside, Richard mistook her silence for shame. He stormed up to the door and pounded on it, his voice shaking with rage.

"Rebecca! Open the damn door! Just tell me the truth-what's going on between you and Alistair? Have you been lying to me

this whole time?

"I gave up everything to come back to you. And this is what I get? Don't you even feel a shred of guilt?!"

His fists battered the wood like thunder.

Inside, Rebecca's hands trembled as she tapped the emergency

call button on the fractured screen.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"Yes," she said, voice tight with fear.

"Someone broke in and tried to hurt me. I'm locked in the bedroom, but he's right outside. Please-he's going to kill me."

ended the call, then opened her camera

assault, his threats crystal clear

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He didn't stop.

Didn't apologize.

Didn't back down.

door never

him wasn't her voice-but the rising wail of

sirens reached her ears, Rebecca flung open the bedroom door and ran out,

She didn't hesitate.

"That's him! He broke in-he tried to

like a

fast-no

forward, closing in on Richard with swift, practiced

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Lucky Draw

we can

could get a word out, Richard was slammed face-first onto the hardwood, his

didn't fight back. The so-called playboy, the pampered heir, didn't stand a chance against

breath shallow, chest

What the hell?!

one who lied. She's the one

why does it look like I'm the

every last illusion Rebecca

Richard.

done with him-completely. At the police station, she firmly insisted that Richard had tried to harm her, refusing to let the officers write it off as just some

the bruises on her face

itself. Richard was placed under administrative detention for fourteen

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knew

morning, the three of them sat together at

a picture

for a

spots in New

river near Ashbourne Manor was

stop by Mabel's for a

the car drove farther and farther away from the city center, that

started to frown.

sense something was

we haven't

get to

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called

"Oh, okay."

silently, watching the

When he looked up again, the skyline was gone-replaced by stretches

view reading "Welcome to

all

all night... That was... not exactly a casual

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