Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 259 Chapter 259 NICK I had been holding onto the hope that once Xander showed up, everything would fall into place. That the mess would be cleaned up, and we could put an end to the nightmare that had been plaguing us.

Luke and Xander reached ssort of agreement, at least, that's what I gathered, but the specifics were still hazy in my mind. Luke had told Xander to bring Olivia, or he would destroy his father's remains.

What exactly that meant, I wasn't sure. It felt like a vague threat, but the tension in the air toldit wasn't just idle talk. Xander responded with ssort of counter-deal, loaded with things I couldn't follow. Honestly, I was drained. I didn't care about the details anymore. I just wanted this whole nightmare to be over. But Xander wasn't backing down, and neither was Luke.

Luke had his men tail Xander. And, as expected, Xander went straight to the hotel. He wasn't trying to outsmart anyone or go off the grid. He was playing by his own set of rules, one that I didn't fully understand.

As I sat there, I watched Luke, his eyes narrowed, burning with suspicion. "You are still not convinced, huh?" I asked, trying to sound casual. But underneath, a knot twisted in my stomach.

Luke shota glare, his gaze hard as stone. "Are you questioning my plan, Nick?" 1 sighed and leaned back, rubbing my temples. "I'm not questioning your plan. I'm just wondering why you think having him followed is going to solve anything." There was a brief silence as Luke stared at me, his expression unreadable. He ahead, but for once, I couldn't help but feel like we were in the dark together.

calculating, always two steps "You really think this is going to work?" I asked again, my voice softening. "What happens after this? After Xander brings Olivia, or doesn't? What do you expect to happen?" Luke's eyes flickered, his lips twisting into a thin smile. "I expect one of two things. First, Xander will keep his word, and he will return to the place where he's hiding Olivia. He will bring her back like he promised. Or second, he disappears, vanishes without a trace. And that means we are back to square one.” The words hung in the air, a heavy cloud that I couldn't shake. Back to square one. Searching for Olivia again, while Xander sat back, watching from the shadows, laughing at how foolish we were to trust him. I felt my stomach churn.

"We are gambling, then," I muttered, mostly to myself. But Luke heard me.

* "Yeah," Luke said, his voice cold but with a hint of grim determination. "And I'm willing to take that risk." I nodded slowly. "Fine. Call them off." I didn't like it, but it was the only move left. There was no point in keeping Xander under surveillance anymore, especially if we were just waiting for him to follow through with his promise or disappear. Either way, we would be stuck.

Luke raised an eyebrow at me, clearly surprised by my decision. "You want them to be called back?" I shrugged, feeling a twinge of annoyance. I wasn't in charge of this operation, but for sreason, the task had fallen tonow. When they were assigning the jobs earlier I wasn't involved. But now that it was tto call hack the men, it seemed like I was the one who had to do it I glanced at Ethan, hoping he would take sof the burden off ine. But as usual, he just shrugged. "You are the one who insisted on calling them back. So go ahead, Nick. Do it yourself." I shot him a frustrated look. "You are no help.".

Chapter 259 +25 BONUS But he didn't seem to care. So, begrudgingly, I did what I had to do. I picked up the phone and made the call, telling Luke's men to stand down. I could feel the weight of the decision in my chest as I hung up. The sense of impending danger seemed to intensify. We were making moves without knowing what would happen next, and that terrified me.

The hours passed slowly as we waited for word. Luke's men were stationed at the cemetery, watching for any signs of Xander and Olivia. But as the second day began and still no one had heard from them, the tension in the room reached its breaking point. There was a sense of unease, as if we were all walking on a tightrope, and one wrong move would send us crashing down.

My phone buzzed again. Another call.

Marcus.

I groaned, barely able to hide my annoyance as I answered. Marcus? What now?" "Tellwhen we are getting close," his voice crackled through the speaker. There was something in his tone that made my stomach twist.

I frowned, a sense of dread seeping into my bones. "What are you talking about?" He chuckled, but it wasn't a friendly laugh. It was the kind of laugh that sent chills down your spine. "It's alright, Nick. But when you start hearing about bombings across the continent, when you hear of random terrorist attacks happening out of nowhere... just know it's me. I'm looking for my family in the only way I know how." I froze.

My heart skipped a beat.

I couldn't breathe.

Marcus wasn't making an empty threat. He was warning me. The realization hitlike a brick to the chest. Marcus had already crossed lines that no one should cross, but this? This was a whole new level of el madness. He wasn't just trying to manipulate the situation. He was willing to destroy everything in his path to get what he wanted. And his family... do I tell him where we were or was that going to make matters worse, I didn't know. Smoke and fire. The words echoed in my head. Marcus wasn't bluffing. He was a man of action. If he was serious about this, if he truly started planting bombs, the consequences would be catastrophic.

I could hear the coldness in his voice, he didn't care who got caught in the ntin crossfire. He didn't dare about the lives that would be lost. As long as he found his family, nothing else mattered.

And suddenly, the stakes were higher than I could have ever imagined. We were no longer just dealing with m e!! missing persons and old grudges. We were on the brink of something much larger, something that could tear the continent apart. "Marcus..." I whispered, but he had already hung up.

The silence that followed was deafening. The air felt heavy thick with dread.

I wasn't sure what our next move should be. Xander, Luke, Ethan, Marcus, none of them were playing by the srules anymore. It was all chaos, and I had no idea where to go from here.

All I knew was that the world was about to change, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop it.

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