Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Chapter 197.

She rolls her eyes. "You clown. I’d show you proof, but you’re not worth it. It’s not like you’re getting out of here."

"Then why am I still alive?"

"Because it doesn’t suit his purpose yet," she says lightly. "When it does... you’re done."

She’s still talking, still standing there like she owns the air I breathe. Her voice keeps going, but I’m not really hearing all of it anymore.

Because something else cuts through, faint sound at first ...a shuffle.

Then....a thud somewhere down the hall.

She pauses mid-sentence tilting her head slightly.

The guards shift almost immediately, alert as the sound comes again.

"What is that?" she snaps, her tone sharpening instantly. She turns to the guards, eyes narrowing. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Go check."

They don’t hesitate as two of them move out quickly, weapons ready, disappearing down the hall.

The door stays open behind them And for a moment.....It’s just me and her.

The silence stretches, thick and heavy as she doesn’t take her eyes off me, not even for a second....almsot like she’s trying to read something in my face.

Seconds pass, then more as the seconds gradually turn into minutes.

Her brows pull together slightly.

"Why are they taking so long?" she mutters, more to herself than to me.

She waits another beat.....then another, still nothing. No sign of them coming back.

That’s when something shifts in her expression.....suspicion. She exhales sharply clearly annoyed.

"Stay here," she snaps...like I have anywhere to go...I’m tied up bitch!.

Then she turns and heads out, her steps are quick now as the sound of her heels fades down the hall.

And just like that.....I’m completely alone for the first time since I got heree. I just wait as seconds stretch and every tiny sound feels amplified.

Then....Footsteps coming back.

My head lifts slightly, my chest tightening and then she steps back in.....But not the same way she left.....There’s a gun pressed to her head and her body is stiff and frozen.

And behind her....is Lucas.....for a second...i don’t even believe it as my brain struggles to catch up....to process what I’m seeing.

Lucas....is Actually here and not something I imagined or something I hoped for.

Real and alive....standing right there. My breath leaves me in a shaky exhale I didn’t even realize I was holding as relief hits me so hard it almost hurts and My body sags against the ropes without me meaning to.

And then... The tears come out of nowhere, uuncontrollable tears.

I don’t even try to stop them....i can’t. Everything I’ve been holding in....every second of fear, anger, pain....

It all crashes down at once as behind him Noah steps in. The moment his eyes land on me....Everything on his face changes.

"Oh my God..."

His voice breaks as he moves fast, straight to me.

"I’m so sorry," he says, already reaching for the ropes around my wrists.

"I’m so sorry we didn’t come earlier..."

His hands are shaking slightly as he works the ropes.

"I’m so sorry, princess."

That word....it breaks something in me completely as I let out an ugly sob.

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