Trapped with My Billionaire Ex-Husband by Mariya Mercedes

Chapter 96

Chapter 96

BLAIRE

Where am I? What’s happening?

“Mommy, I’m scared. I turned to my side to see a child gasping for air as he clung to my waist.

“You’re both going to die here today!” I shifted my gaze in front of me and saw a woman holding a gun pointing

at us.

What’s going on here? What am I doing here? Who are these people? Though I don’t recognize the place at all, everything seems familiar, as if I were really in that situation. We were in a boat. And there’s four of us. Is this what happened before my accident? But as I tried to run my eyes around the boat, nothing here resembled what Grant told me about:

My heart was racing as I feared for my life and the life of this little child clinging to me. Who is he?

I squinted my eyes, trying to remember who they were and how we ended up in this situation. But their faces. were blurred, as if something were blocking my memory. Is it what it is–a memory? Or is it just a fragment of my imagination?

“Please leave them alone. Take me instead,” said the familiar voice. I turned to where the voice was coming from, and my eyes widened in shock when I finally figured out who it was.

Sebastian. What is he doing here?

“If I can’t have you, po one will!” the woman shouted.

“I kept shifting my gaze in between them as I tried to hide the little boy behind me. I don’t know why, but I had this urge to protect him, even if it cost me my life.

My head started hurting as soon as they both started screaming in unison. I clutch my head and shut my eyes, trying to clear my head up. I have no idea what’s happening right now. I don’t know any of them aside from Sebastian.

“Mommy,” said the tiny voice behind me. “Please, don’t leave me,” he pleaded.

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And the next thing I knew, I felt a bullet hit the side of my head. There’s also another one hitting my chest. The face of that little boy is the last thing I remember before everything went blurry.

“No!” I shouted as I was drenched in sweat and panting. I was startled when I suddenly heard a loud knock. coming from the adjacent door.

“Blaire, are you okay?” He shouted from the other side of the door as he continued to knock.

I was contemplating whether I should answer it or not. But it seems like Sebastian was planning to break the

door if I didn’t.

way to the door. Without a word, I opened it, only to find him standing there, his hand poised as if he were ready to break through.

I asked, trying to lighten the tension with a

silence, and I’ll do it,” he replied, his expression

a deep breath

heard screaming. Nightmares?” His concern

could read me so well.

his worry

fine, Sebastian.”

was clear he had no intention of leaving any time soon. As much as I hated to admit it, after that nightmare, I didn’t want to be alone. My

from Sebastian at that

to come

It’s too late for me to back out or change my mind, as he quickly

want me to order us a wine?” he asked as he was holding

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smiled before I replied. “That would

felt. simultaneously comforting and unsettling. Despite the lingering

mine, his gaze fixed on me with a mixture of concern and

care to share what the nightmare was about?” He inquired gently,

and unsettling dream that still lingered in my mind. “It’s all a bit fuzzy now,” I

in his voice. “Nightmares can be quite unsettling,” he acknowledged, his words laced with understanding

arrive, a comfortable silence settled between us, punctuated only by

the feeling of gratitude for Sebastian’s presence, even as the questions and uncertainties continued to swirl in my mind. Despite the complexities of our past and the uncertainties of the present, there was a sense of solace in knowing that I

“Do you often have nightmares. like this?” he asked, his voice soft but

more frequent. It’s as if my subconscious is trying to

nodded in understanding, his expression sympathetic. “Perhaps it’s your mind’s way of processing “everything that’s been happening,” he suggested. “With your memory still recovering, it’s only natural

with the uncertainty that had plagued me since waking up in the hospital. with no memory of who I

I admitted, my voice tinged with frustration. “I feel like I’m missing a piece of

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asked what these

the depths of Sebastian’s gaze, his handsome features etched with genuine concern. His question hung in the air, prompting

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beneath the surface of my consciousness.

focus of our conversation

in Sebastian’s demeanor signaled his discomfort with the topic at hand, his body language betraying a sense of unease that lingered in

sorry for prying,” I offered, extending an apology in response to his

his past transgressions. “I made mistakes, and

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