My Stand-In Groom Is A Secret Tycoon by Lydia Pierce

Chapter 134

The helicopter hovered overhead, its powerful blades whipping the air into intense guests that swept over the ground, forcing everyone to shield

Noah lifted a hand to block the blinding wind, cursing under his breath only to be met with a sudden, hard blow to the head.

Audrey clutched the small rock she'd just grabbed and struck Noals again, forcefully enough that he loosened his grip on her. Taking her chance she scrambled up and took off, bolting forward with everything she hail.

"Stop right there, you bitch? Noah yelled, pressing a bloody hand to his head as he chased after her with fury

The helicopter's roar grew louder, closing in. Audrey's vision swam as darkness began to encroach, and she crumpled to the ground.

Through her fading sight, she caught a glimpse of a familiar Egure descending from above and rating toward her

"Alistair ....... is it re

Is it really you? 1... I can't run anymore, she thought, as her legs gave out completely and she sink to her knees.

But Audrey didn't fall to the cold, hard ground. Instead, she was pulled into a broad, warm embrace. A strong arm wrapped around her waist, and a large hand cradled the back of her head, gently soothing her as one would comfort a frightened child. "Don't be afraid. It's over now," he said, his voice soft and reassuring

Audrey's scattered awareness gradually returned. As she recognized his familiar face, her hand crept up, and she clung to his collar as if it were her only lifeline

A wave of unspeakable grief welled up from a within, and her throat tightened, her eyes stinging with tears that wouldn't come out in sound. She could only tremble silently in his arms, tears streaming down her face like a wounded, helpless rabbit Alistair's gaze swept over her torn clothes and the tear-streaked cheeks, his expression hardening, radiating a chilling aura of an

ancer

beneath his controlled exterior, be held Audrey with delicate care as if afraid of breaking her fragile

like that. You are courting death! Let go of her!" Noah shouted

onto Nosh through the hazy rain. His eyes were cold as

from Alistair sent a freezing wave through

of courage and sneered. Tm talking to you! woman back over to...

to you! Do you

hear me? Hand

out, silencing everything around. Hot blond began to seep from Noah's lower body, spreading across the

the gun's dark barrel in Alistair's hand, his face twisted

washed over him, dragging him down like a drowning man. Noah writhed in the mud like a

held Audrey close, his arm wrapped protectively around her,

carefully to Michael, who had arrived moments before. Then, with deliberate movements, Alstag pulled back

My father can give you a lot of money, more than you could ever imagine, and you can

reason to die, Alistair replied,

will never let you get

Noah resorted to

won't get the

poised on the trigger, yet

up in a lingeful, twisted grin, thinking his threats had worked. But that was slashed when Alistair's impassive volcé tang nut again. "Killing you with a single shot would be far too merciful" Without warning. A

gaspeil, the pain forcing him backward several feet until his body collided with a tree

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