Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 281

MARCUS

“Home. I want to go home.”

Those were the first words Olivia spoke when she finally wake up. The urgency and exhaustion in her voice were clear, and it broke something in me to hear it. Home. The place where she could feel safe again, where she could begin to heal. I didn’t hesitate for a second.

I reached for my phone and quickly typed out a message to my team, instructing them to inform the pilot that we would be leaving in a couple of hours. I knew the others might have wanted to wait until tomorrow, but I wasn’t listening to anyone else. I was listening to my wife, and she needed to go home. Today.

When she made that vow, “I will never leave again,” her voice was full of conviction, as if the weight of her promise was settling into the very core of her being. It wasn’t just words; it was a declaration. In that moment, I knew something had shifted in her, she was no longer running. She was fighting. For us. For her family. And that made me believe that everything we had been through wasn’t in vain.

I could see it in her eyes, this wasn’t the woman I had known before the island. She wasn’t herself, and I understood why she wanted to leave. The island had taken so much from her, and every part of it had become a painful reminder of the darkness that Xander had cast over her life. But the fact that she was asking for home, that she recognized the danger of staying here, made me believe that I hadn’t lost her. That she hadn’t been consumed by the trauma. There was still a part of her that was strong enough to fight her way back

I couldn’t let that chance slip away. I wasn’t about to delay our departure. We were leaving today, and nothing was going to change that.

Nick, Luke, and Ethan had come on their own with Luke’s jet, and I had arrived separately. That meant I could take Olivia, the kids, and leave without waiting for anyone else. This was my family, and I would take them home as quickly as possible.

“I will take you and the kids home, my love,” I told her, my voice steady but full of reassurance.

something flickered in her eyes, but before I could pinpoint what it was, it vanished. She gave me that look, the one that told me she was holding something back, something she wasn’t ready to say just yet. It wasn’t fear or uncertainty, but something deeper. Still, I could see the weight of everything she had

safe, baby. Both of them are safe,” I added, sensing her concern about

my words were a balm for the raw nerves inside her. I watched her push through the pain and the fear, her resilience shining through as she got dressed in the clothes I had brought for her. There was something about her that had changed, she was no longer the woman who had been lost, uncertain, and broken. Now, she was fighting, and I would fight beside her

“We are leaving from here straight to the

She wanted to erase every trace of it from her life, as if stepping away from this place would allow her to put it all behind her. I understood exactly how she felt, and I couldn’t blame her.

possible,” I said, already walking toward the door to make the necessary

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