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.

since I felt the light die out, since the happiness I had tried to grasp onto disappeared with a force I didn’t even remember. The moments

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

father spat out the most. ‘You show them you are weak, and they will walk all over you.‘ And I had shown Ava Pierce every vulnerable side of me. I had

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something different. Something better. But it only proved my father right. Even more painful than the betrayal itself was the realization

had planned this. They had planned this. Right from the very first moment. How had I not seen it?

from the blank screen in front of me.

I didn’t care about anything. Everything was numb. The voices, the intervention–nothing registered anymore. I was lost in the hollow emptiness inside me.

glance at the door, but it felt like

heels clicking across the floor. A shuffle, and then the chair across from me scraped as someone sat

was didn’t say anything for a while. Then, her voice cut through the heavy silence like a

worse than what

Elaine.

But instead, she looked at me the way she used to when we were

a shower? Or ate something?” she asked.

if I was even really seeing her. The words were like static in my brain, but I couldn’t find the energy to reply.

about

didn’t speak.

if you want to be miserable, then at least complete it by drowning in your misery.”

that consumed me. But she was already rising, determined, moving with purpose. I was still frozen in my chair, but she glanced

up. We’re

It was flat, still. No sign of a

why I was thinking

hell did I even care?

“Grayson Stephen Blackwood.”

me out of my thoughts, but only for a moment. I glared at her,

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“He still speaks. Thank

she gestured to the bathroom. “The fancy bathroom you built in here has finally come in handy,” she

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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 motions. I walked around the desk that suddenly seemed too large, and I picked up the suit she had brought.

was stiff, automatic. I barely even registered the hot water running over me. My mind was a blur, my thoughts scattered. Nothing made sense. It

moving mechanically. I didn’t even question it,

I couldn’t quite make them out. I knew, though–knew–that the eyes on me were filled with shock. Shock

as it used to. It felt distant now, like something I couldn’t

crowd, taking me to an exclusive, quieter area. I sat down automatically. Everything felt distant,

shadows on the walls. The air was thick with the

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