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

1/9

21:07

Chapter 63 A Move Made Without Aski...

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 and

Richard's assault, his

2/9

21:07

A Move Made Without Aski...

He didn't stop.

Didn't apologize.

Didn't back down.

door

minutes later, the sound that answered him wasn't

flung open the bedroom door and ran out, her body shaking,

She didn't hesitate.

officer, she cried out, voice cracking with panic, "That's him! He broke

like a

fast-no

forward, closing in

21:05

Move Made

Lucky Draw

we can see

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

back. The so-called playboy, the pampered heir, didn't stand

there, frozen-eyes wide, breath shallow, chest rising

What the hell?!

lied.

look

slap wiped out every last illusion Rebecca had

Richard.

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

the bruises on her

for itself. Richard was placed under administrative detention for

4/9

21:05

A Move Made Without Aski...

course, knew none of

of them sat together at

table, a picture

they set off for a family outing

were plenty of kite-friendly spots

by the river near Ashbourne

by Mabel's for a quick

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

Eloise, watching the view blur past the windows, started to frown. "Mommy,

something was

"Somewhere we

we won't get to

21:04

63 A Move Made

already called her.

"Oh, okay."

silently, watching the scenery

halfway point. When he looked up again, the skyline was gone-replaced by stretches of low buildings, cracked sidewalks, and streets that

sign came into view reading

all

drove all night... That was... not exactly

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255