HIS REGRET (Ex-Husband wants Me Back) novel Chapter 952

Run.

That was the only thing in her mind.

Naomi kept running without ever daring to look back. She didn't even care who had surrounded the runway. She didn't care which unit the armed troops now filling the area in front of her belonged to. To her, none of that mattered anymore.

She knew only one thing. Falcon was no longer holding her captive. And she had to keep running away from him.

Every step grew heavier than the last. Her vision began to blur from exhaustion and the loss of strength. Her knees nearly gave out over and over again, but she forced herself to keep moving. Tears continued to cloud her vision until the distant searchlights became nothing more than faint white flashes.

Don't stop...

Just a little farther...

The voice kept echoing inside her head. She didn't know whether it was her own heart speaking or simply her instinct to survive. All she knew was that she refused to stop.

Suddenly, through the glare of the tactical vehicles' searchlights, Naomi saw a man step out from the line of troops. His stride was steady and calm, as though all the chaos around him was incapable of shaking his resolve.

His eyes were fixed directly on Naomi. Even though he was still some distance away, Naomi recognized him instantly.

“Mr. Daven?” The name slipped from her lips, almost like a prayer.

Naomi's lips trembled violently. The tears she had been holding back all this time finally spilled over. The fear that had filled her chest for days was suddenly replaced by something entirely different.

Hope.

For the first time since she had been kidnapped, she truly believed that all of this was going to end. That she would go home alive and be reunited with the people she loved.

Daven quickened his pace. “Naomi!”

His voice echoed across the runway, cutting through the night wind that continued to blow fiercely.

Naomi slowly raised her hand.

Her hand was still trembling violently, but she raised it anyway, as though trying to make sure that the man before her was truly real, not an illusion created by her exhausted mind.

Daven reached his hand out toward her as well. “Keep walking!” he shouted. “You're safe now!”

Those words struck Naomi's heart harder than anything else.

Safe.

How long had it been since she had heard that word? Without realizing it, a soft sob escaped her lips. She forced herself to run faster. One step, then another. Every meter she managed to cross strengthened her belief that the nightmare was finally over. Just a little farther, only a few more steps.

Naomi could already see Daven's face clearly. His eyes were filled with worry, but also with unmistakable relief.

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