Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 47

I continued running as fast as I could, ignoring the leaves that dug into the skin of my feet and dried branches that scratched at my ankles as I ran past them. My feet hurt but I just ignored the pain. I pushed tree branches away from my face to clear the path before me. Honestly, I didn’t know how long I had been running or how far I had gotten.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of someone calling out to me and I knew without looking back that it was Hayden. So, he had decided to come after me after all. It wasn’t that I cared. This just meant that I had to run even faster. I knew well that Hayden was much fitter and faster than I am, and I couldn’t afford to have him catch up with me.

“Malissa!” Hayden continued calling my name loudly, his voice rang out loud and clear as it echoed through the woods.

I couldn’t tell how close he was to me, but each call felt louder and closer than the one before. He was catching up to me so fast and I felt scared that he would catch up to me soon. I ran forward even faster, sprinting as fast as my legs could carry me. Deep down, I guess I knew that what I was doing was crazy but then again, it wasn’t like I had any other choices at my disposal. Unfortunately.

“Malissa! Stop!” Hayden called out to me again and again.

I didn’t respond as I steeled myself to ignore him and his calls completely. I didn’t want to hear his voice anymore and I didn’t want to see him. I have decided that I didn’t want to see Hayden ever again and I was willing to do whatever it took to get away.

“Malissa! Stop running…it’s dangerous!” Hayden’s voice rang out from behind me once again.

Dangerous? What’s really dangerous is you! I’d rather risk getting lost in the woods than going back to Hayden. I felt like if I went back, I wouldn’t be able to escape from him ever again. I wouldn’t be able to free myself from him…ever…

“Malissa! Stop running now!” Hayden called out to me repeatedly for me to stop.

I have never heard Hayden this panicked before, and it was a weird and confusing change. Of course, I didn’t intend to simply stop because he told me to. I continued running at top speed forward.

Suddenly, something felt very wrong. There was a sudden darkness that loomed in front of me, and I felt like the ground had ran out from right under my feet. I couldn’t quite understand what was happening as I felt my body falling forward. How could I be falling?

“Malissa!” I heard Hayden shouting my name and then everything seemed to move in slow motion, just like in the movies.

My eyes widened as I saw Hayden right behind me and then everything happened so fast that I wasn’t sure what had happened. I felt his hand around my wrist as he pulled me into his strong arms and then his arms were around me hugging me tightly, his body was warm and smelled very familiar. He held me close to him as he cradled my body and pressed my head close to his chest as if he was trying his best to protect me from harm.