Chapter 190

Chapter 190

-Grayson’s POV-

25th July–Rickon.

26th July–Isabella.

27th July–Maria.

28th July–Isabella.

31st July–Ricardo.

2nd August–Isabella.

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3rd August–Rickon.

4th August–Maria.

7th August–A call from Carter.

That was the sequence in which the intervention happened. I really didn’t know if they had a schedule on who should come to talk to me or when. But I didn’t care because everything they said centered around the same damn thing.

“Things aren’t as bad as they seem.”

“You might not have your wolf, but that doesn’t mean everyone is not still scared of you. No one would dare challenge your throne.”

“You’re full of bullshit because you know Ava would never do this.”

“Do you hear me? Full of bullshit.”

“You still haven’t gone to see her? Do you know what you are putting her through right now?”

“Grayson, can you hear me? Are you even listening?”

The last four, along with some deeply colorful curses, came from Isabella in person.

Was I listening? I didn’t even know anymore. But I guess if I could replay everything that had been said to me over the last two weeks, then I must have been.

Two weeks.

didn’t even remember. The moments that I had once cherished, the moments that had filled me with warmth,

realized the woman I loved… Yes, I said loved. I might not have been able to say it out loud, but I loved her. I had loved her, and in a cruel twist of fate, she

most. ‘You show them you are weak, and they will walk all over you.‘ And I

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different. Something better. But it only proved my father right. Even more painful than

she had planned this. They had planned this. Right from

didn’t even bother to look up from the blank screen in front of me.

clue about anything anymore. I didn’t care about anything. Everything was numb. The voices, the intervention–nothing registered anymore. I was lost

more insistent. Probably Isabella. She was the most persistent. I raised my head just enough to glance at the door, but it felt like too much of a chore, so I let my gaze drop

creak open, the sound of heels clicking across the floor. A shuffle, and

anything for a while. Then, her voice cut through

than what I

Elaine.

the triumph that Ava was finally gone just like she wanted. But instead, she looked at me the way she used to when we were kids–like she was disappointed,

took a shower? Or ate something?” she

kept staring at her, unsure if I was even really seeing her. The words were like

what people are saying about you?” she continued, her

I didn’t

stood up. “Well, if you want to be miserable, then at least complete it by drowning in your misery.” She glared at

going out. Of doing something. Anything. But it felt too far removed from the man I was now, from the pain that consumed me. But she was already rising, determined, moving with purpose. I was still frozen in

up. We’re going.”

her stomach. It was flat, still.

didn’t know why I was thinking about it. Why it even

did I even care?

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

for a moment. I glared at her, the anger

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“He still speaks. Thank

glare fell away instantly. It took too much effort to maintain it. She didn’t wait for me to reply. Her eyes softened, a little, and she gestured to the bathroom. “The fancy bathroom you built in here has finally come in handy,” she said, her voice more gentle now. “I’m not walking around

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except the numbness that had taken over my body. The empty hole in my chest. But her words… her tone. I stood. The action felt robotic, like I was going through the

me. My mind was a blur, my thoughts scattered. Nothing

my feet moving mechanically. I didn’t even question it, didn’t ask why I was following her. I just…

stares around me, even if I couldn’t quite make them out. I knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with shock. Shock that Grayson Blackwood,

used to. It felt distant now, like something I couldn’t quite reach

through the crowd, taking me to an exclusive,

thick with the smell

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