Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Chapter FIVE.

I left the house to my car, my brothers had gone before me probably to clear off their heads too, we all had our hands tied, grandpa was the head of Hartwell corporations, and while my brothers somehow ran the company and other branches too my grandfather was the head and his word was basically the law.

When I got into my car I didn’t start the car right away.

I sat there with my hands on the steering wheel, staring at the iron gates of my grandfather’s house as they slid shut behind me. The engine was still off. The air inside the car felt thick, like it always did after being in that house too long.

Either Ivy. Or me

The words kept looping in my head, no matter how hard I tried to focus on the road instead. My grandfather hadn’t raised his voice when he said it. He hadn’t even hesitated. That was what scared me most.

This wasn’t a threat. It was a plan in motion.

I turned the key and pulled onto the road, my body going through the motions while my mind ran ahead, trying to calculate how much time I had left. Three days, he’d said. Three days before Zane Whitmore walked into that house and looked at Ivy like she was part of a deal he’d already agreed to.

I couldn’t let that happen.

But wanting something wasn’t the same as knowing how to do it.

How do you reach a man like Zane Whitmore before he reaches you?

I barely made it two blocks before my phone rang.

I glanced at the screen.

Ivy.

My chest tightened instantly.

I answered on the second ring. "Hey cupcakes."

"Oh my God," she said, and the words rushed out of her like she’d been holding them in. "Elaine, I’m losing my freaking mind."

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