Chapter 150: Until One Of Us Is Gone

"Can you leave for a moment? I want to be alone," I requested.

Mason nodded and walked out of the room.

Alone, I let myself be vulnerable, tears streaming down my face. I leaned back on the couch and covered my eyes with one arm.

My sobs echoed through the empty room. Just when I thought I could have a normal life and return to him, the world slammed me with the reality that we could never be together. He hates me, and I can't change that. Not when what he believes is true.

Should I explain what really happened that night?

"Right. I should," I told myself as I reached for my phone and called him. But a realization hit me, like a bucket of cold water pouring over me.

It shouldn't be Ash I called.

It was Azrael.

Unbeknownst to me, I was already dialing Azrael's number using the one he recently used to contact me, but he wasn't answering.

Instead of calling again, I texted him to meet me at dinnertime. I planned when and where we would meet.

I had no dirty tricks up my sleeve. Now that I knew it was Azrael I was up against, I realized I needed to be careful.

He's a Coleman, after all. He knows the ins and outs of the mafia, has countless connections, and I'm sure he has many cards left to play.

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Now, here I am at the restaurant. It's been ten minutes since I started waiting, but I trust my instincts. I know he'll show up.

menu, ma'am," the waiter approached,

My smile widened. "I'll call you when I'm ready to order.

wasn't able to finish my sentence when someone

coldly, yanking the chair in front of me as he sat

be amazed when I saw Azrael's face again. If I didn't know what he did, I might've thought the

I told him with a smirk. "You look

a backhanded compliment, but he didn't seem to

cheek. "And I badly missed how you called

reflection in the window, and his grin grew wider as if he was utterly

feel a

made me want

who he was." Azrael's body tensed

Ash's face, but

hard for me to tell them

had left.

surprise. My lips parted slightly, and I caught him glancing

that the kind of man you want to be with? Someone who does nothing but obey me?" Azrael added to ask, his tone darker

on the table, lightly caressing the back of my palm. I didn't pull away, and his grin grew wider, thinking I welcomed his touch. "Don't you want to be a queen?" he asked,

contain my reaction as I pulled my hand away. "You're still as crazy as ever, aren't

stunned by my words. Did he really think I'll fall for his tricks like

all, a queen is not a servant. A queen, like a king, has the power to rule," I explained. "And you're right-I am a queen. But I don't need a

up, bitch," he muttered and

told me you loved me, and now you want me to shut up?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "That wasn't

add to his collection,

anything to get what they want, even if it

you fucked with my cousin?" Azrael asked in disbelief. "You even had children with him. Just thinking about those fucking kids makes my blood boil." Hearing that nearly made me lose

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