Rewriting My Heart's Fate

"Zach? What happened to him?" My eyes were blazing with anger, and my chest felt like it was about to explode.

Ethan shook his head, his voice thick with emotion. "Don't worry. He's fine.

Murphy and the others treated him decently, and so far, he hasn't had to deal with anything tough."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "If Zach's fine, then why are you following me? What are you doing here?"

Ethan gave me a sad look and mumbled, "I knew it was you the moment I saw you at the gala. I could tell you were faking being a reporter to get in. I've been worried about you. Those people aren't who they seem to be."

He shook his head with a heavy heart. "They come off all nice and generous, but no one knows how much dirty stuff they've done behind closed doors. I was afraid they might go after you, so I've been following you."

My tears began to fall. "Ethan, you..."

He gave a dry laugh. "Evelyn, I'll figure something out with Zach. I swear, I'll get him back to you safely."

held my

want Zach and also you. How

up, too. "Evelyn, I'm sorry... Maybe we're just

around me, holding me like he never wanted to let go. "Please, don't put yourself in danger again, okay? Let me hold you like this for a bit as

love you. I'll always love you,

turning and fading into the darkness. All that was left were his

the floor, tears streaming down my

grabbing my shoulders. "Don't cry, Evelyn. It's not over yet. Come on, let's go check on Vivian and see

wiped my tears and nodded. I couldn't let my emotions get the best of me. Zachary was still in their hands. I needed to figure out how to weaken Murphy's hold so I'd have a chance at saving

we got inside, there

swear I don't know anything. My dad... he doesn't

the victim's going to make me go easy on you? Here's the deal—unless Murphy lets

frantically. "I get it. I'll talk to my dad and get him to let Zachary go. But you've got to let

then will you be fine. Until