Chapter 0532

"Enzo, stop!" Matt's voice broke through my red haze, pulling me back to reality.

I turned, meeting Matt's eyes, the gravity of what I was about to do hitting me all at once. My hand loosened, my breaths coming out in ragged gulps. He pulled me aside, his grip firm on my arm.

I glanced back at the burglar, his eyes glaring daggers at me, blood trickling down his lip. And in that moment, I was flooded with the magnitude of my own failure. I had let the darkness take over, let it consume me, all because I was haunted by the ticking clock of 48 hours and the woman whose safety meant more to me than my own soul.

What had I done?

Matt's grip on my arm tightened as he pulled me out of the room, his eyes searching my face with an intensity that made me feel like I was standing under a spotlight.

"Enzo, what the hell was that?" he said, his voice tinged with incredulity and concern.

knuckles still aching from the punches. "I don't know, Matt. I don't

another room that we had turned into more of a break area. It was funny, knowing that Edward had once used this place for his

coffee, handing one to me. "Talk to me, Enzo. You're

clouding my mind. "I wish

Matt exclaimed, his brows furrowing. "You were about to cross a line,

sighed, setting down the coffee cup. "It's just...

"Different how?"

his. What could I say? How could I explain the knot of fear and frustration that had been festering in my gut? "It's Nina's pregnancy," I

thing, though?" he asked. "Not a reason to

word. Apparently, her mother had the same ones during her first pregnancy, and the baby was stillborn. I can't explain it, but it's like I'm

wave of realization washing over his face. "And that's why you're on edge, why you lost it in there. You're trying

to know why that guy was there, if he knows something that could put Nina in danger. And if that means I have to resort to more aggressive methods

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