Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 235

MARCUS

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“What did you just say?” My voice was low, but it carried a dangerous edge as I paced back and forth across the office. The phone pressed tightly against my ear; I was on a call with Ethan. He was giving me some feedback about the man who had been getting close to my family the one I didn’t trust. The one who was starting to make me see red.

“Listen, man, I’ve already told you. I will keep an eye on him and the family,” Ethan said, his tone calm, almost too calm for the situation. “There’s no need to panic.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. “Are you serious, Ethan? You think I’m going to just sit back and relax while there’s a potential threat lurking around my family? You want me to just let that go?” My pulse was racing, blood pounding in my ears as I struggled to keep my anger in check.

“Do you honestly expect me to just sit here, waiting for something to go wrong while I know there’s a man who could hurt them? How am I supposed to do nothing? You know that’s not me.”

I could feel my hands clenched into fists. How could Luke have been so careless? How could he not have done a background check on this guy? It was maddening. My mind was spiralling as I thought about all the ways things could go south. The thought of my wife and children being in any kind of danger, it was unbearable.

But you better

his voice turning sharper. “Stop acting like a child. You need to trust us. There are three of us here, me, Luke, and Nick. We can handle

a brief wave of frustration and guilt wash over me. I knew Ethan was trying to calm me down, but at that moment, I couldn’t see past the fear gnawing at me. The urgency in my mind told me there was no time to waste. But, deep down, I knew Ethan was right, Xander was just one person. Still, that didn’t make

used. I knew whatever he was going to say was going to make me mad. “If you want Olivia back, if you really want her back, you will respect her wishes. She has

hard dry walling, but the pain was nothing compared to the ache in my chest. This wasn’t about just protecting my family anymore. This was about her, Olivia. The woman L loved. The woman I couldn’t stand to see slipping further and further

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myself before giving Ethan a response, but all I could hear was my own blood pumping in my ears. I was done being calm. This wasn’t something I could let go, no

calm down, trust us, and find something else to focus on. Right now, you’re making me regret even telling you what’s going

you about this guy? When he left here, he promised he would keep him away

rage simmered beneath my skin, hotter with every passing

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her life while I was stuck here in New Village. The whole situation was spiralling out of control, and I felt like I was losing my grip on everything. My family, my trust, my

flames. “Look, Marcus, the guy’s good. You would swear he was a saint if you met him. He’s got that innocent look, ke he couldn’t hurt a fly. But don’t be fooled, he’s got a sharp tongue, a

teeth ground together, frustration making my head throb. Why the hell is he telling me this? I didn’t ask for a rundown on the guy. I didn’t need to know how charming of smooth he was. The last thing I wanted to hear was how this