From Best Friend To Fiancé (Savannah and Roman) novel Chapter 484

Chapter 275: He’d Declared War

Roman

She looked away and didn’t answer. That alone set something vicious

loose inside my chest.

“Savannah,” I said slowly, my voice low, tight, coiled like a warning

shot, “if I have to repeat myself again, I’m—”

“It was Ryan.” Reese’s voice cut in sharp and abrupt, like ripping a

bandage off a wound that hadn’t even started healing yet.

Savannah still didn’t look at me. Her arms were folded tight against

her chest, shoulders drawn in, as if she were bracing for impact that

had already happened and might happen again.

The room went dead silent.

I stared at Reese. “What?” The word came out wrong. Flat.

Disbelieving. “What did you just say?”

Reese didn’t blink. Didn’t soften it. “Ryan.”

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The name hit me harder than any bullet ever had.

I let out a short, disbelieving laugh. “No. That doesn’t make any

sense. Why the hell would Ryan try to strangle you? If he has issues

with anyone, it’s me. Not you.”

Still, Savannah didn’t look at me.

Finally–finally–she unfolded her arms. Slowly. Like each movement

cost her something. She turned, resting her weight against the edge

of the bed instead of sitting, as if she didn’t trust herself to stay

steady.

“Why would he try to strangle me?” she repeated quietly. Then her

lips curved into something bitter. Ugly. Not a smile. “Maybe because I

was dumb enough to think I’d get away with threatening him.”

The words rang in my ears. Threatening him. Ryan.

My vision tunneled.

Everything about this was wrong. Twisted. Upside down. Ryan was

reckless, sure. Quick to fly into rage. Arrogant. Entitled. But putting

his hands on her? On my fiancée? Over my dead fucking body.

I didn’t even remember deciding to move.

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One second I was lying there, trapped in this useless, healing body that refused to obey me. The next, I was throwing the covers off

myself, swinging my legs over the side of the bed for the first time since I’d woken up.

For the first time in… hell. Forever.

Pain ripped through me instantly–white–hot, blinding–but I

welcomed it. Pain meant I was alive. Pain meant I could still move.

Pain meant I wasn’t helpless.

Savannah’s eyes went wide. “Roman, no!”

Reese was at my side in a second, gripping my arm, forcing me back

before I could stand. “What the hell are you doing?!” he barked. “Do

you have any idea how long you were in a coma?”

“Get off me,” I growled, trying to shove him away.

“Are you insane?” Savannah said, panic sharp in her voice now. “You

shouldn’t even be standing!”

“Ryan laid his hands on you,” I snapped. “I’ll make him regret his

entire existence.” The words felt calm coming out.

Reese tightened his grip. “Don’t be stupid, Roman.”

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“I said let me go,” I warned, my voice dropping into something

dangerous.

“You want to fight him?” Savannah shot back. “Are you out of

mind?”

“Yes!” I roared.

your

The sound tore out of me, raw and furious, echoing off the walls. My

chest burned. My stitches pulled painfully, but I didn’t give a damn.

“Jesus Christ! What the hell happened while I was gone, Sav? What

are you not telling me? How have they been treating you? Have they

been putting their hands on you?”

Savannah exhaled sharply, dragging a hand down her face.

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