All Chapters of The Club Star Ex-Wife He Wants Back: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Mandy’s POVThe picture on Lucas’s phone was burned into my mind. As his family was unaware of the danger closing in.The tension in the room became much more suffocating as Lucas paced back and forth with his jaw clenched so tight I thought he might crack a tooth. His phone was still in his hand, the screen dark now, but the threat it carried lingered like a storm cloud. “We can’t stay here,” he said finally, his voice low and steady, though the fury behind it was unmistakable. “They know too much and they’re watching us.” I nodded, my heart thundering. “Where do we go?” Lucas stopped pacing, his sharp gaze locking on me. “Somewhere they can’t follow. But first, we need to figure out what they’re after.” I hesitated, my mind racing. The thought of leaving felt like admitting defeat, but staying was a risk we couldn’t afford. “I might have a lead,” I said, my voice steadier than I felt. Lucas frowned. “What kind of lead?” “My dad had contacts,” I explained, my fingers twi

Mandy’s POVThe room felt like it was closing in on me. I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think straight. Lucas’s father had been involved with Horizon Enterprises, the very same Horizon that had been hunting us down for months. My mind raced, trying to piece together the fragments of this new reality. The betrayal was overwhelming—Lucas’s own flesh and blood, the man who had always been the picture of integrity, had been part of the enemy all along. I could barely look at Lucas as the weight of the revelation hit me. His father. The man who had always been the foundation of his strength, the man Lucas had trusted above all others, had been secretly working with the very people who wanted to destroy us. It didn’t make sense. It couldn’t be true. But Ma'am Elizabeth's words echoed in my mind, and the look on her face had been one of utter fear. She wasn’t lying. “Lucas…” I whispered, my voice trembling. “Your father… he was working with them. He was part of Horizon.” He didn’t resp

Mandy's POVThe world felt like it was closing in on me as I sat in the dark room, my hands bound to a cold metal chair. My mind raced, struggling to make sense of what was happening. How had they gotten to me? I tried to stay calm, but panic was creeping up. The thought of Lucas being out there, looking for me, gave me some comfort, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was part of something bigger. My father’s death. Horizon. The betrayal. It was all connected, and now I was a part of it—whether I wanted to be or not. Thank goodness Emily isn't anywhere stuck in the middle of these.However, I strained against the ropes, but they were too tight. My thoughts drifted to Lucas, to his face when he’d found the note. I’d seen the fire in his eyes, the rage that would push him to do whatever it took to get me back. But what if it was already too late? What if this was the beginning of the end? Suddenly, the door to the room creaked open, and I froze. A man stepped in, his prese

Mandy's POVSuddenly, the room became suffocating as my father who I thought to be dead stood across from me like a ghost I couldn’t escape. Every memory I’d clung to, every belief I had about him, shattered the moment he spoke. “I did this for you,” he said again, his voice steady but devoid of the warmth I once associated with him. “Everything I’ve done was to protect you.” “Protect me?” I spat, my voice trembling with rage. “You faked your death, lied to me, and now you’re using me as leverage in some twisted game. That’s not protection. That’s manipulation.” His jaw tightened, but he didn’t flinch. “You don’t understand the situation, Mandy. This isn’t about us. It’s about survival.” Hearing him speak, I wanted to scream, to claw at the walls and make sense of the problem swirling around me. But all I could do was stare at him, the man I’d mourned for years was now a stranger in every way that mattered. However, Lucas’s voice broke through the storm in my head. “You’re n

Mandy’s POVThe door clicked shut behind me, but the weight of Lucas’s words followed me like a shadow. I sank onto the edge of the bed, my hands trembling as I buried my face in them. Pregnant.The word echoed in my mind, sharp and cruel, as if it were a curse I couldn’t escape. I had been fighting so hard to rebuild trust with Lucas, believing we were finally past the messes of our past. But now, everything felt like it was slipping through my fingers.A soft knock at the door made me flinch. “Mandy,” Lucas called, his voice muffled but pleading. “Please, let me explain.”I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. My emotions were a tangled mess of anger, hurt, and confusion, and I wasn’t ready to face him. Not yet.The hours dragged on, and I tried to distract myself with anything I could—cleaning, organizing, even staring blankly at a book I couldn’t focus on. But nothing worked. My mind kept circling back to Vanessa, to the messages, to the fact that Lucas had kept something so massive from m