Chased by My Possessive Ex (Dylan) novel Chapter 75

Chapter 75

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I don’t know how long I sat there, staring at nothing, listening to my own heartbeat thud too loudly in my ears. But eventually, something in me snapped-not fear this time, not shock.

Purpose.

I was on my feet before I fully realized it, the lingering tremor in my legs ignored as I turned toward the stairs. The image of him collapsing into unconsciousness replayed over and over in my mind, tightening my chest with every step I took.

“I need to see him,” I said, my voice firmer than I felt.

One of the men stepped in front of me automatically. “Miss, you should stay-”

“No.” I met his eyes, surprised by the steel in my own.

Two of Hunter’s men stepped into my path immediately, blocking the stairs with practiced precision. Their expressions were respectful but unyielding.

“You can’t stop me from seeing him. I want to see him now,” I insisted.

They were men almost twice my size, but at that moment, I don’t feel any fear. All I want right now is to be with him. And no one can stop me from doing so, not even his armed men.

“I’m sorry,” one of them said. “The boss’ order. We can’t allow you to be in there.”

The words hit harder than I expected. “He’s hurt,” I snapped. “He can’t stop me from seeing him.”

“He was very clear,” the other added. “Until the doctors say otherwise, no one sees him. Especially you.”

Especially me.

My hands curled into fists at my sides. The memory of the explosion flickered again-heat, sound, fear-but I shoved it back down. This wasn’t the right time to entertain those thoughts. I’ll deal with that later once I’m sure that Hunter was out of danger.

“Let me see him now,” I said, my voice lowering, steadier now.

“I’m sorry, madam. But the boss’s order was clear: not to let you see him in that state. You saw what happened upon his arrival. He’s worried that it may cause you more damage if you saw him in that state,” he insisted.

“I don’t care!” I yelled, frustration creeping into my system. “You will let me pass or I will break every goddamn thing in here until you let me through,” I warned them though they remained unbothered.

One of them merely shifted his stance, blocking the hallway more completely, calm and infuriatingly professional. “Madam,” he said evenly, “please don’t make this harder than it already is.”

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That did it.

Something in me snapped-a clean, dangerous break.

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I inhaled slowly, deeply, the way Hunter had taught me to breathe through panic. Then I reached for the nearest thing within arm’s length—a decorative vase perched on a table by the wall-and hurled it to the floor.

It shattered on impact, porcelain exploding into sharp fragments.

Gasps sounded behind me. The men stiffened but still didn’t move aside.

I grabbed the lamp next. Then a framed painting. The crash echoed through the mansion, each sound feeding the fire in my chest, each broken thing a scream I hadn’t been allowed to release.

“You think I’m bluffing?” I shouted, my voice shaking now, tears blurring my vision. “He was bleeding. He collapsed because of me. You don’t get to lock me out like I’m nothing.”

“Madam-stop,” one of them warned, stepping forward at last.

“Make me,” I shot back, sweeping everything off the side table in one violent motion. Glass shattered. Wood splintered. My hands trembled, but I didn’t stop.

Then-

“That’s enough.”

The voice was weak. Hoarse.

But unmistakable.

Every single man froze.

My breath caught painfully as my head snapped toward the stairs.

Hunter stood there.

Supported on both sides, his weight clearly not his own, his shirt changed but still stained faintly red beneath fresh bandages. His face was pale, jaw clenched, eyes dark with pain-and something else that cut deeper.

Concern.

“Hunter” I whispered, my anger evaporating instantly, replaced by fear so sharp it nearly dropped me to my

knees.

“You’re quite a stubborn woman, aren’t you?” he murmured, forcing a crooked, exhausted smirk that didn’t quite hide how much this was costing him. His gaze flicked over the broken mess, then locked onto me. “Threatening my house now?”

My throat closed. “You weren’t supposed to be up.”

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“And you weren’t supposed to be breaking into my house,” he replied softly. He shifted, clearly struggling to stay upright. “Yet here we are.”

The men immediately moved to steady him, tension thick in the air.

Hunter lifted a hand weakly. “Stand down,” he ordered. “Let her through.”

“But sir-”

“She stays,” he cut in, voice firm despite the tremor beneath it. His eyes never left mine. “If she panics again and I’m not there… that’s on me.”

I crossed the distance to him without thinking, stopping just short, afraid to touch him and hurt him more. My hands hovered uselessly in the air.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered, tears finally spilling. “I just-I needed to see you.”

His expression softened completely then. Slowly, carefully, he leaned his forehead against mine, just like before.

“I know,” he said. “And you’re not going anywhere.”

This time, when his knees buckled slightly, I was ready-holding him steady as his men guided us both upstairs.

The hallway upstairs smelled sharply of antiseptic and iron.

They guided us into a bedroom that had been converted into something between a medical suite and a war room-equipment lining the walls, monitors humming softly, clean sheets already stained where Hunter had been laid down earlier. The moment he was eased back onto the bed, his body went slack, exhaustion crashing over him all at once.

“Easy,” one of the medics said, hands already moving, checking the bandages at his abdomen. “You should not have been standing.”

Hunter let out a breath that was almost a laugh. “She was tearing the place apart,” he murmured. “Seemed…. urgent.”

I stayed at his side, afraid to move, afraid to breathe too loudly. My fingers hovered again, useless, until he caught my wrist with what little strength he had left.

“Don’t,” he said quietly. “Don’t pull away.”

So I stayed.

The medic shot me a warning look, but Hunter’s grip tightened just enough to end the argument before it began. “She stays,” he repeated, eyes half-lidded now. “Anyone who says otherwise will have to deal with me.”

Reluctantly, they did.

I watched everything-how carefully they cut away fabric, how methodically they cleaned the wound, how

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Hunter’s jaw clenched when pain broke through despite the medication. Each time his breathing hitched, my chest tightened in response, like my body had decided his pain was something it needed to mirror.

“I’m right here,” I whispered without realizing I’d spoken.

His thumb brushed faintly against my wrist. Barely there. But intentional. “I know.”

The memories tried to creep back in then-the explosion, the heat, the sound-but they stayed at the edges, dulled by the steady rise and fall of his chest beneath.my gaze. I focused on that instead. On him. On the fact that he was alive. That he’d come back.

Minutes passed. Maybe longer. Time felt strange in that room.

Finally, one of the medics straightened. “He needs rest. Deep rest. No more stress.”

Hunter’s eyes flicked to me again, stubborn even now. “She ‘ll stay,” he said, voice slurring slightly as the sedative took hold. “Unless, there’s some other place you want to be, bunny.”

I nodded quickly. “I won’t go anywhere.”

His grip loosened, fingers slipping from mine as sleep dragged him under. But even unconscious, his brow smoothed only once I was seated beside the bed, close enough that my knee touched his.

I watched him sleep, pale and still and far too quiet for someone who filled every room he entered.

Anger, fear, confusion-everything tangled together in my chest-but one truth stood clearer than the rest.

Whatever my past held…

Whatever secrets were waiting for me…

I wasn’t walking away from him.

Not after this.