The MC President's Forsaken Wife (Zara and Knox) novel Chapter 519

Chapter 255-1

The heavy deadbolt clicks shut behind me, the sound metallic, heavy, and absolute in the

narrow entryway.

The studio apartment is quiet, and impossibly small. Ten steps ahead is the tiny laminate

kitchenette counter. To the right, squeezed into the shallow alcove, sits the pull–down sofa

bed, folded up flat against the wall.

It takes three steps to walk from the front door to the exact middle of the room.

I set down my black canvas suitcase near the foot of the sofa–bed frame.

Mayhem and Jade are bringing the rest of my stuff tomorrow afternoon, but right now, my

immediate world is condensed into this single bag, a key, and the dog lead resting in my right

hand.

I packed enough for a few days – several soft sweaters, leggings, extra sweatpants, warm

socks, and my toiletries – refusing to leave myself stranded without the basics while I wait

for my brother and Jade to bring everything else.

I pull my phone from my coat pocket and stare at the brief, six–minute call history with the

letting agent from an hour ago.

It took just one phone call to extend the lease for another year. The original agreement was

set to expire next month, a date Locke and I had crossed off on the calendar together,

celebrating the final administrative tie to my old life.

The agent said that my landlord was thrilled to keep a model tenant, locking in the extension

without a single question. In a dark, twisted way, the timing is almost laughably perfect.

back to me just in time for everything else to fall apart.

I stand there in the center of the floor, my hands buried deep in the pockets of my coat, and

The immediate claustrophobia hits me like a physical weight, pressing down hard o

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