My Dad's Bestfriend

Chapter 224

Chapter 224

Evelyn

My breath hitched. I staggered back, my pulse a wild, erratic thing in my chest. No. He couldn't be here.

My gaze darted to the security camera, and there he was.

The same black hoodie. The same soulless eyes. Standing closer than before. At our doorstep.

"Well," his voice slithered through the speaker, smooth, taunting, "stepping away from the door won't do much. If I wanted to hurt you, I fucking would." He paused, the weight of his words pressing against my ribs. "But here's the thing I'm not here to hurt you. Not today." A beat of silence. Then, a soft chuckle. "Can't say the narrative won't change next time we meet."

My stomach twisted violently. I could see it-that sick grin. The one he wore when he watched people crumble.

"And you know what?" His voice dropped lower, dripping with cruel amusement. "Two birds, one stone. If I hurt you, I hurt that thing growing inside you—Mr. Adriano's offspring." He inhaled, as if savoring the thought. "Just imagining it makes me want to do it right now."

A trembling hand flew to my mouth, muffling my strangled gasp.

My eyes flicked away from the screen, landing on the door.

Something about this Tyler-this version of him-felt worse than before. More unhinged. More lethal. Like he had nothing left to lose. I was almost afraid he'd tear through that door.

“But not now, Belladonna." His voice was closer. Louder. The hairs on my arms rose. "After all, if there's one thing I am, it's patient. I like to take my time." Another chuckle, slow and deliberate. "And I promise, sweetheart, it'll be excruciatingly slow when I rip that bastard's baby out of your ripped stomach."

The room tilted. My knees buckled.

No...

him do that. I


"That's what your dear fiancé's been calling her. Kinda stupid, assuming the gender. But let him have

sharp metallic scrape echoed through the speaker. My breath caught as I watched him pull a knife from his pocket, dragging it across the door.

like he'll ever get to

place. Not just at his words, but at how much he knew.

plans for the both of you. Jacob won't suffer much-just the loss of his fiancée

unshed tears. I felt so cold. So terrifyingly cold. I needed Jacob's warmth, his

But Jacob wasn't here.

changed things." His tone was eerily casual, like

A shift. And

have no

me in

he mused, "I

that sweet, beautiful body of yours." My


Lut

prison? It made my tastes dull. Now, I crave something

and satisfied, "Your death your child's death-it'll

my

his gaze lifting to the camera-locking onto me. He knew I was watching. And for the first time, I saw him. Really saw him. This was the same Tyler I had

that had finally been

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