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54. The Evils Around Her
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Sebastian
No, no, no, no, no. This can’t be, I refuse to believe it! My Elena…
Without so much as a backward glance, I shot out of the boardroom and sprinted to the car. I yelled at the driver to get to the hospital they had taken Elena to and told him to step on it. How did this happen? I made sure she had round the clock protection from ex-military bodyguards and sporadically swapped her drivers out. I also had her Phantom checked every day for tampering, so how did this happen?!
I am a ball of unrepressed nerves, yelling at the driver to hurry so I could see her. She’s pregnant, for crying out loud! I clutch my chest as a phantom pain seizes me in a panic. This cannot be happening! I cannot lose Elena or lose my child! Leaning with my elbows on my legs, I grip my hair out of frustration and feel the tears welling up in my eyes.
Elena is the love of my life. I will not lose her!
Ever since I discovered that my
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