From Best Friend To Fiancé (Savannah and Roman) novel Chapter 494

Chapter 494

For a heartbeat, I didn’t release her.

Then the voice sank in. Sav’s voice.

I let go.

Bella collapsed instantly, sliding down the wall, coughing violently,

clutching her throat as air rushed painfully back into her lungs.

I turned sharply toward Savannah, anger still burning, still searching

for somewhere to land.

She took a step back.

Fear flickered across her face before she could hide it. That look cut

deeper than anything else had.

The second maid rushed forward, kneeling beside Bella, whispering

something frantic as she helped her breathe.

“Roman,” Savannah said softly, carefully stepping closer. “Calm

down. Please.”

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Her hand reached for my arm again. Warm. Hesitant. Grounding.

I stared at her fingers where they touched me. “I can’t,” I admitted

hoarsely. “I can’t seem to control it.” The truth felt ugly leaving my

mouth.

“Please.” Savannah said, eyes glistening.

“I’m certain she’s also the one who left that photo hanging up there.”

I pointed. “Don’t be deceived by the fake tears, Sav.”

I looked back at the girl on the floor.

“I want to wrap my hands around her throat until this anger

disappears.” The words weren’t a threat this time. They were a

confession.

Bella lowered her gaze to the ground, voice shaking but steady in

intent. “I know I deserve it.”

My jaw clenched.

“I deserve anything you do to me, sir.”

Something in my chest twisted, but not enough to soften the rage.

“Good,” I said.

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“You can kill me,” she continued, still not looking up. “I won’t fight

you. I won’t beg. It’s probably what I deserve.”

Her fingers trembled against her neck, red marks already forming

beneath pale skin.

“But I am sorry,” she whispered. “I regret what I did. If I could go

back… if I had a choice… I would never have done it.”

My hands curled into fists so tight my wounds throbbed. I looked

away.

“Get out of my sight.” The command came quiet, final.

The second maid helped her stand. Bella staggered once, then found

her balance. Neither of them dared speak again. They gathered

nothing they had dropped.

Then they left.

The door closed behind them with a soft click.

Silence swallowed the room.

I tried to breathe through the fury still raging inside me. Tried to force air into lungs that felt too tight, too small for the storm trapped

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within my ribs.

It didn’t work.

My hands trembled uncontrollably. My pulse pounded in my ears.

Each beat hurt.

A sharp pressure spread across my chest, forcing me to move. Slowly

and carefully, I walked to the bed and lowered myself onto it, one

hand pressing against my sternum. My chest hurt.

I kept my face neutral. I wouldn’t let her see weakness. Not now.

Savannah hadn’t moved. She stood where she was, staring at the door

Bella had disappeared through, her expression distant, almost vacant

-like someone who had just realized the shape of a nightmare they

hadn’t known they were living in.

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