Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 280

OLIVIA

I couldn’t tell how long I had been unconscions or why I had lost consciousness in the first place. The confusion lingered in my mind, but when I finally opened my eyes, everything shifted. There, sitting quietly beside me, was Marcus, his head resting on the edge of my bed.

His presence felt comforting, but there was still a fog clouding my thoughts. How had he gotten there? When had he arrived? Had someone called him, or had he come on his own? I couldn’t remember the details, but somehow, his quiet strength was grounding; me.

As I tried to gather my thoughts, still struggling to plece together what had happened, Marcus stirred. A soft groan escaped him as he blinked, slowly walking up. His eyes met mine, and I could see the relief flood his expression. Without a word, he stood up, gently took my hand in his, and spoke In a low, soothing voice.

“It’s alright, I

my love. I am right here. I’m not going anywhere. You are safe now.”

The moment his words reached me; everything came rushing back, like a dam breaking open. The memories, the fear, the voice I had kept hearing… It hadn’t been some figment of my imagination or a trick my mind had played on me. It was Marcus. He had been there with me the entire time, even when I hadn’t realized it. He had never left.

“Home,” I rasped, my throat dry and scratchy. The word barely left my lips, but it was the only thing that mattered now. I didn’t want to be in this godforsaken place for another second. The island, the isolation, the nightmares, it all felt like a trap I couldn’t escape from. I longed to return to some semblance of normalcy, to go back to my children, to go back to us.

Marcus leaned closer, his expression soft yet concerned. “understand. But the doctor said once discharged, we can leave.”

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delay. I wasn’t asking for any more time here. I just wanted to be gone, now. “I don’t care what the doctor said. I want to leave now. I don’t want to be

in his eyes, perhaps a fear of pushing me too hard, but he quickly suppressed it. He knew

running away from a place. I was running away from the memories, from everything that had happened here. The trauma

go home,” I repeated, this time with more conviction, “to New Village. I want to go home, Marcus. I need to out of here.” I wanted to be with my family, see who Lupita and grandma were doing.

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more I needed, what I was truly asking for. Then, slowly, he nodded. His hand tightened around mine as he said

in my muscles begin to ease, knowing that he was with me, and that we were going to leave. I didn’t need

I didn’t know to whom and id didn’t care, as long as he

stood, moving to gather our things. A

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worst had passed. But how could 1 cover while I was still here? Every corner of this place felt like a reminder of what had happened, what had been

shut it down. I wasn’t going to think about him. Not now,

everything ready,” Marcus said gently, his voice steady, though I could see the concern still lingering in his eyes. “We will be out

sure how ready I could ever be. But I was going to do this. For myself. For my children. For my family. I needed to reclaim my life, and the first step in doing that was getting as far away from this

journey back. His face softened when he saw me looking