Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 246

My knees buckled under me, the shock of what I was seeing hitting me like a physical blow. “No,” I whispered, the word barely escaping my lips. “What happened, Ethan? Where is she?”

He didn’t speak immediately. His gaze dropped to the floor, as though he couldn’t bear to meet my eyes. When he did speak, his voice was low, almost broken. “Xander… Xander has her,” he said, and the words cut through me like a knife.

I felt the world tilt beneath me, the floor shifting under my feet. Olivia, my Olivia, was in Xander’s hands. The man I had always known to be a predator was now holding her, and I couldn’t protect her from him.

I felt the weight of my failure like a crushing force. I had promised to keep her safe, and now she was somewhere, alone with him, God only knew what he was doing. My mind raced, but there was no solution, no quick fix. All I ́ had was the overwhelming sense of helplessness.

all I could think was

any good news, made my stomach churn. How could I explain that Olivia was missing, possibly in the hands

it felt like I was reaching for something beyond the sterile white walls and flickering lights. In my heart, I was praying. I was begging, pleading, for Olivia’s safety, for her to be found unharmed. She had already been through so much, too much. I couldn’t bear the thought of her enduring any more. Not

mind raced with a thousand different scenarios, each more horrifying than the last. Every second that passed felt like a lifetime, and yet, I had no control over the situation. I didn’t even

waking up, their innocent faces searching for their mother… It made my heart ache. They needed someone to care for them, to keep them safe while we went after the monster who had taken their mother. We needed a nanny, someone reliable who could step in and provide the care

the urgency of the situation started to press in on me. There was no time to waste. We had to hit the streets, kick down doors, talk to anyone who might know

they could handle. But I had no choice. We had

trying to steady myself. I had