Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 290

NICK

I needed to find Luke. There was no time to waste. The urgency was eating away at me, knowing that Xander’s men were still out there, a threat to everyone I cared about couldn’t take action against Xander just yet, not until we had all of them in custody. It was a dangerous game, but one that had to be played carefully.

1 finally found Luke standing on the balcony of his room, la posture stiff, his gaze distant. He was lost in thought, but 1 didn’t have the time to wait for him to snap out of it. We had a situation that needed immediate attention, and I couldn’t afford to waste another mini

“Luke,” I said sharply, stepping into his line of sight. He looked up, his eyes locking with mine, but there was something unreadable in his expression. It didn’t matter. What mattered now was getting things done.

Xander spoke,” I began, my voice steady, controlled, “I want you to send your men to look for them, look for Xander’s men. They could be hiding at my place, my mother’s house, Ethan’s, and Marcus’s new place. My mom’s there with the kids, helping with them.” I made sure to emphasize the part about the kids. They were vulnerable, and I couldn’t let any of them be put in harm’s way because of Xander’s twisted plans.

Luke didn’t question me, didn’t hesitate. Without missing a beat, he pulled out his phone and dialled. His fingers moved quickly over the screen as he started barking orders, his voice low but commanding, I could hear him telling his men where to go, where to search, and what to do once they found anything suspicious. It was a relief to know that Luke’s people would be on it. They knew how dangerous these men could be if left unchecked. Still, the weight on my chest didn’t ease. Olivia, the kids, Marcus, they were all vulnerable again, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that they were being pulled back into the nightmare Xander had created. If one of these men managed to infiltrate Marcus’s new place, we would be facing more danger than we could handle. My resolve hardened. I couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t let Xander’s madness spill over into our lives again.

I watched Luke as he issued orders, my mind racing. I had to focus, had to wait. We couldn’t act rashly. We couldn’t risk losing everything before we had all the information we needed. Once his men found Xander’s crew, I would be ready. But until then, I had to keep it together. The time for recklessness was over.

out something I wasn’t telling him. “Why the anger?” he asked, his voice calmer now, though the edge of concern was still there. “It’s almost over. We will find them, deal with them, and then the two of us

Luke,” I replied firmly. “We are not

the way I did. He didn’t know the depths of the hell she had been through. If he did, he wouldn’t be standing here calmly, offering words of comfort. He would understand why I wasn’t willing to let Xander go. Why I was willing to go to

to kill them,” I said, my voice low but with an unmistakable steel

even frustration, but I didn’t care. My focus was sharp, my eyes hard. I wasn’t going to make it easy for Xander’s men. I wasn’t going to let them slip away and leave us with nothing but dead bodies and unanswered questions. I needed them alive. I needed them

a look I couldn’t quite decipher. But I wasn’t going to waste

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answers. He’d just want to end Xander’s life,

had to take our time with this. We couldn’t risk doing something rash and losing our chance to dismandle everything Xander had worked

men again, repeating the Instructions more clearly this time. I could hear him telling them not to kill anyone, to capture them alive, to make sure they could answer for what they had done. I knew it must have been frustrating for him to follow my orders when all he probably wanted to do was put an end to this once and for all.

looked at me again. His expression was different this time, more serious, more probing. “Nick, I know something’s off,” he said quietly.