Chapter 108

Chapter 108: Now He Was A Beast

Angela POV

"She's not answering. This isn't like her," I said, worry coloring my voice."It's so late, where could she have gone?"

Christopher placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder."Don't worry, I'll stay here

with you

until Olivia returns."

"She's not answering. This isn't like her," I said, worry coloring my voice.

Christopher placed a reassuring hand on my shoulder. "I'm concerned about you and your friend. Let me stay until you reach her."

Just then, my phone chimed with a text message. I quickly opened it to find a message

from Olivia:

Don't worry about me! I went back to the hotel to look after that man-the one we took to

the hotel together. He'll need someone when he wakes up, and I think this might be my

chance! Goodnight! xx

The color drained from my face, and my phone nearly slipped from my fingers. "Angela?" Christopher's voice sharpened with concern. "What's wrong? What happened?"

I shook my head, struggling to find words.

"Nothing... just... I'm worried about her. She barely knows that him, yet she went to his hotel..." I said, collapsing onto the sofa.

"Olivia is a smart woman," Christopher reassured me. "She knows how to protect herself."

I opened my mouth to explain why I was so concerned, then closed it again.

How could I tell Christopher that the man Olivia was so enamored with was my ex-husband-the father of my children-without revealing the past I'd worked so hard to

leave behind?

Christopher leaned forward, his amber eyes searching mine. "Is there something you're

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not telling me?"

my arms around myself. "It's just... returning to

I'm here, "Christopher walked over and wrapped

shoulders.

he said, his eyes reflecting concern. "Where's the coat I gave

earlier?"

panic over Olivia's absence, I had

should go find it," I said simply. "Excuse me

gather my composure. The evening's events

process.

to the living room, Christopher

was David," he explained, slipping his phone

Olivia."

I said, settling

Olivia go to that hotel in the first

carefully. "To check

man, who is he

really. Just someone she's been admiring from afar who happened to

completely intoxicated tonight."

studied me with suspicion in

ultimately, he said nothing about his

is safe," he

quick message on his phone, then

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long day,

we hear from Olivia,"

me.

Sean's shirt at the hotel flashed through my mind... I shook my head, telling myself

"But-

finger pressed gently against my

was intimate, possessive in a way Christopher had

mine, amber depths glowing with an intensity

his voice dropping lower as he leaned

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