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.

the waiter approached, handing me a

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

wasn't able to finish my sentence when someone

chair in front of

I saw Azrael's face again. If I didn't know what he did, I might've

you," I told him with a smirk.

compliment, but

cheek. "And I badly missed how you called me

reflection in the window, and his grin grew wider

effective, Sapphire? Do I make you feel a certain way?

made me want to puke.

because of who he was." Azrael's body

Ash's face, but

for me to tell them apart,

left. "Ash is just my

really?" I widened my eyes, raising an eyebrow in mock surprise. My lips parted

the kind of man you want to be with? Someone who

I welcomed his touch. "Don't you want to be a queen?"

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

Did he really think I'll fall for his tricks

queen, like a king, has the power

up, bitch," he muttered and

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

me. He wanted someone to add to his collection, someone he

like him shouldn't exist. They'd do anything to get what they want, even if it meant

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 my composure. "Don't you dare lay a finger

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