Semua Bab GOING TO LOSE YOU FOREVER: Bab 21 - Bab 30

City lights faded into the distance as Kc's vehicle rushed along the empty road, the air between him and Valeria heavy with tension, suffocating to swallow. They'd said nothing—nothing since they'd gotten out of the warehouse, nothing since Joel crashed to the ground, nothing since the truth was torn from him once more.Kc's knuckled white grip on the steering wheel clinched tighter, teeth locked in agony. His brain was in an uproar with questions, fury, and suffering that nearly tore him asunder. Joel was his only hope.And he was dead now.He yanked on the brakes at a red light, and the abrupt jolt of it made Valeria catch her breath next to him.She spoke to him, her voice trembling. "Kc… you're going too fast. We just barely escaped in one piece—""Shut up." Icy voices.Valeria sat rigid, her fists clenched on the seatbelt. Valeria was frightened, she had reason to be it's because of Kc.He wheeled to confront her, his black eyes blazing with pent-up rage. "Did you know Valeria?"

The room had tilted on its axis as Valeria gazed at the low-resolution picture on the computer monitor.Valeria's eyes widened in a gasp of breathlessness.The person fooling with her vehicle…was someone Kc trusted.Mark went pale while he spoke low, "I told you. you don't want to know."Valeria's hands began to tremble. "Who is he? What is his name?Kim zoomed in, bringing the image into focus. Although the video was poor quality, the man's face was clear enough to identify now.And when Valeria saw it—her stomach was in a tight knot of pain.She refused to believe it."Oh my God." Kim breathed.Valeria took a step back, her heart thudding.It was a person Kc worked with.A person constantly by his side.Sebastian Cruz.Kc's right-hand man. His most trusted investigator.The man who had been providing him with information, bringing him up to date about Valeria's location.The man who had informed him she was guilty."No… no, no, no," Valeria breathed, her head shaking. "This doesn't

The air was thick with tension in the room as Kc and Valeria met eyes. The burden of betrayal, of deception, of hurt—it all came crashing between them like an unspoken tempest.Kc gritted his jaw so tightly it hurt. He was holding on by a thread, barely keeping himself from needing to destroy something—someone.Sebastian Cruz.A man he trusted. A man he counted on.A snake.And here was Valeria—the woman he vowed to destroy—standing in his presence, the sole holder of the truth.His world had been turned around.Valeria drew breath, shattering the silence. "We have to have proof."Kc snorted, tugging frantically at his hair. "Proof?" He sounded laced with fury. "You want proof to finish him? I could have him pulled off the earth by morning."Valeria's heart thudded at the icy, deadly threat in his voice."Kc," she warned slowly, moving forward. "If we do this wrong, he'll get off. He'll cover up the proof just as he did last time."Kc's fists were bunched at his sides, his entire body

"Kc," Valeria whispered softly, the words barely above a whisper, "you don't have to do this. You don't have to hurt yourself to hurt me."His jaw was set, his whole body coiled like a spring waiting to break. "I do.""No, you don't Kc." Valeria inched closer, close enough to feel the rage brewing in his eyes, close enough to smell the heat off him. "You're working so hard not to hate me. You're grasping for your anger because you think that's all there is. What if you're wrong Kc?"Kc's intake of breath slowed, but the show of fury was still raw. "You don't get to ask me that Valeria.""But I did Kc," she answered, her voice toughening. "Because you have to hear."Kc laughed, his head moving back and forth in a scornful gesture with his hands pulling on his hair. "You don't get it, do you Valeria?"His gaze snapped, cold and cutting. "I will not let this go. I will not. Because the minute I let go of grasping on to hate for you, the minute I let myself even consider there could be a p

Valeria strode away, her heart beating so hard she could feel it in her ears. Her hands shook at her sides, the argument with Kc making her tremble. But she wasn't going to let him see it.Not when he was still staring at her like an animal who did not want to let go of his prey. She took a deep breath as she reached the corridor where Manager Kim waited.Kim immediately stepped forward, sensing the tension radiating off her. “What happened?”“He’s not letting this go,” Valeria whispered, voice thick with emotion. “Even with the proof against Sebastian, Kc still thinks I’m guilty.”Kim cursed under his breath. “That bastard.”Valeria swallowed the bulge in her throat, her hands clenched into fists. "I thought… I thought that once he realized the truth, he'd stop Manager Kim."Kim shook his head. "Kc Page isn't a man who forgives, Valeria. He's the type of man who ravages. And at this point, he still thinks you're the one who destroyed his life."She clamped a hand over her temple. "I