From Best Friend To Fiancé
Chapter 428
My chest heaved. My throat burned.
“Well, think again!” I roared. “Because I will not let you win this
round, General! You will not take him away!”
For a moment, the world seemed to hold its breath.
Then he finally spoke.
“Are you finished, Miss Hart?” His voice was calm. Measured. Almost
bored. Like I was nothing more than a nuisance interrupting his day.
As if I’d done nothing more than throw a childish tantrum.
The dismissal hit harder than any insult and sliced deeper than any
blade.
Alyssa grabbed my arm again, desperation etched into her face. “What the hell is wrong with you?” she whispered harshly. “Are you trying to get us all killed? Are you forgetting you’re pregnant?”
I turned to snap back at her–but instead felt her hand connect with my face. The sound was sharp. Echoing.
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My head whipped to the side, pain blooming across my cheek. For a
moment, I didn’t even register what had happened. I just stared at
the floor, stunned, breath caught somewhere between my lungs and
my heart.
“Stop it, Savannah!” Alyssa shouted, tears streaking down her face.
“Enough! We’ve had enough horrors to last us a lifetime!”
I slowly lifted my gaze to her.
“I just lost my Dad,” she continued, voice breaking. “We’ve lost Chloe.
We’ve lost two people whose names I can barely remember. That’s
enough! You don’t get to add yourself or anyone else to that list!”
Her chest rose and fell violently as she gestured toward Emily, who
clung to her leg, eyes wide with fear.
“I have a daughter,” Alyssa said hoarsely. “And unlike you, I want to
live long enough to see her grow up. I care about my child, Savannah.
So stop this. Please.”
The words hit harder than the slap.
I looked at Emily. At her tiny hands gripping her mother’s jeans. At
the terror etched into her small face.
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Then I turned back to him.
General Blackwood regarded the scene with detached interest. But
once again, I saw his eyes find their way back to Emily.
Then he looked away.
“More intense than I anticipated,” he said coolly. “I often wonder how
you and my son ever crossed paths. That was never meant to happen.”
I scoffed, anger surging back to the surface. “Well, it did. And guess
what else happened?” I stepped forward, ignoring the bodyguards‘
warning looks. “I’m pregnant.”
He just stared. No expression.
“I’m saying it out loud,” I continued, my voice steady despite the
tremor in my hands, “so that if anything happens to me or to the
child I’m carrying, everyone here will remember this moment.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“Surprised?” I pressed. “You shouldn’t be. You accused me of forcing
this child on Roman earlier, but you conveniently left out the reason
he’s afraid of becoming a father. Should I enlighten everyone here
about what you put him through? About why-”
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“Enough!” he roared.
The force of his voice silenced the room instantly.
His eyes were cold and dangerous.
“How dare you think you can threaten me,” he said quietly, menace
laced through every syllable. “Who do you think you are?”
I didn’t flinch.
“I am angry,” I said. “I am grieving. And I am pregnant. So do not
mess with me.”
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