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

I asked again, my voice softening. “What happens after this? After Xander brings Olivia, or doesn’t? What do you expect to

to the place where he’s hiding Olivia. He will bring her back like he promised. Or second, he disappears, vanishes without a trace.

again, while Xander sat back,

then,” I muttered, mostly to myself. But Luke heard

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with a hint of grim

it was the only move left. There was no point in keeping Xander under surveillance anymore, especially if we were just waiting for him to follow through with his promise or disappear. Either way, we would be

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

of this operation, but for some reason, the task had fallen to me now. When they were assigning the jobs earlier I wasn’t involved.

he just shrugged. “You

him a frustrated look.

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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

stationed at the cemetery, watching for any signs of 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

buzzed again. Another

Marcus.

barely able to hide my annoyance as I answered. Marcus? What

we are getting close,” his voice crackled through the speaker. There was something in his tone that made my stomach

into my

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