Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 237

distractions. No room for anything else.

“Olivia?” He called my name again, and the way it rolled off his tongue sent a shiver down my spine. It was a sound that could reduce me to nothing more than putty in his hands.

“Yes, love?” I responded, almost breathlessly, as if the mere sound of his voice could make me forget everything else.

“Do you understand what your responsibility is over there?” he asked, the weight of his words pressing down on me. There was no room for error, no room for doubt.

was I so meek now? Why was I acting like some obedient mouse, following his every command without question? Damn it, Marcus. I shouldn’t have answered that call. It had only

His voice dropped lower, more intense. “If anything happens that affects you or the kids, I expect you to get on your

life, and I had no choice but to follow. What was left

understand,” I muttered, the words escaping my lips almost automatically, as if I had no other

His words wrapped around me like a warm blanket, chasing away the coldness I had been carrying for so long. Suddenly, Xander and whatever plans he had faded into the background, insignificant compared to the effect

more intimate. Why was he calling my name like that? Or was it simply because it had been

above a whisper, caught in the moment.