Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 259

Chapter 259

NICK

I had been holding onto the hope that once Xander showed up, everything would fall into place. That the mess would be cleaned up, and we could put an end to the nightmare that had been plaguing us.

Luke and Xander reached some sort of agreement, at least, that’s what I gathered, but the specifics were still hazy in my mind. Luke had told Xander to bring Olivia, or he would destroy his father’s remains.

What exactly that meant, I wasn’t sure. It felt like a vague threat, but the tension in the air told me it wasn’t just idle talk. Xander responded with some sort of counter–deal, loaded with things I couldn’t follow. Honestly, I was drained. I didn’t care about the details anymore. I just wanted this whole nightmare to be over. But Xander wasn’t backing down, and neither was Luke.

Luke had his men tail Xander. And, as expected, Xander went straight to the hotel. He wasn’t trying to outsmart anyone or go off the grid. He was playing by his own set of rules, one that I didn’t fully understand.

As I sat there, I watched Luke, his eyes narrowed, burning with suspicion. “You are still not convinced, huh?” I asked, trying to sound casual. But underneath, a knot twisted in my stomach.

Luke shot me a glare, his gaze hard as stone. “Are you questioning my plan, Nick?”

1 sighed and leaned back, rubbing my temples. “I’m not questioning your plan. I’m just wondering why you think having him followed is going to solve anything.”

There was a brief silence as Luke stared at me, his expression unreadable. He

ahead, but for once, I couldn’t help but feel like we were in the dark together.

calculating, always two steps

“What happens after this? After Xander brings Olivia, or doesn’t? What

one of two things. First, Xander will keep his word, and he will return to the place where he’s hiding Olivia. He will bring her back like he promised. Or second, he disappears, vanishes without a trace. And that means we are back to square

words hung in the air, a heavy cloud that I couldn’t shake. Back to square one. Searching for Olivia again, while Xander sat back, watching from the shadows, laughing at how foolish we were to trust

gambling, then,” I muttered, mostly to myself. But

*

Luke said, his voice cold but with a hint of grim

Xander under surveillance anymore, especially if we were just waiting

raised an eyebrow at me, clearly surprised by my decision. “You want

task had fallen to me now. When they were assigning the jobs earlier I wasn’t involved. But now

he would take some of the burden off ine. But as usual, he just shrugged. “You are the one who insisted on calling them back. So go ahead, Nick.

frustrated look. “You are no

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up the phone and made the call, telling Luke’s men to stand down. I could feel the weight of the decision in my chest as I hung up. The sense of impending danger seemed to intensify. We were making moves without

Xander and Olivia. But as the second day began and still no one had heard from them, the tension in the room reached its breaking point. There was a sense of unease, as if we were all walking on a tightrope, and one wrong move

phone buzzed again.

Marcus.

to hide my

the speaker. There was something in

a sense of dread seeping into my bones. “What are you

spine. “It’s alright, Nick. But when you start hearing about bombings across