Chapter 5
I smiled, about to say something, when a cold male voice cut through the air behind me.
“She’s not available.”
My whole body went stiff. When I turned, I saw Jeremy leaning against the doorway, his eyes fixed on us with a sharp, icy glare.
“Why are you here?”
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He ignored my question and walked straight up, wrapping an arm around my waist.
“I’m here to wait for my wife to come home.
Wife? Was he out of his mind? We’d been divorced for years!
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I stiffened at the sudden closeness and tried to pull away, but he just tightened his grip.
Jeremy’s gaze shifted to Nicolas, his tone biting.
“I haven’t seen you in years, Nick.
“Still know how to take advantage of a moment, I see.”
Nicolas stayed calm, handing me a business card.
“Eli, I’ll go first.
“If you ever need anything, you can reach me here.”
Relief washed over me when Nicolas finally drove away.
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Before I could say a word, Jeremy snatched the card from my hand and ripped it to shreds.
I stared at him, baffled.
“Jeremy, are you insane?
“He’s already gone, so what are you doing?”
“I’m insane?
‘You’re the one driving me insane.
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The hatred burning in twisted my stomach. In the next second, his hand was around my neck, pushing me back against the wall.
“Gaspard is Nicolas’s son, isn’t he?
“You two really had something going on back then!‘
My face turned red, and my breath caught in my throat as I coughed.
“What are you talking about?
“That’s ridiculous! I barely even know him!”
Seeing that I was choking and struggling for breath, Jeremy finally released me.
His eyes were like ice, but each word he spoke shook with a dangerous mix of pain and rage.
“Eloise, don’t even think about escaping me.
“If you try, I’ll make sure that bastard of yours goes down with you.”
Maybe it was the rain, or maybe it was the fear still clawing at me, but all night I felt dizzy and restless. When I finally drifted off, the nightmares
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In my dream, Jeremy drove Gaspard and me to the edge of a cliff.
Gaspard clung to me, sobbing in terror, his small body shaking in my
arms.
I dropped to my knees before Jeremy, begging him to let us go.
Yet, he did not flinch.
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His brows knit together, his gaze cold and sharp as a blade.
“Eloise, I told you that I want him dead.”
Then, with a cruel smirk, he shoved Gaspard over the edge.
“Gaspard!”
I screamed and lunged forward, but my hands only grasped empty air. I could not even catch the corner of his shirt. I could only watch, helpless, as he fell into the abyss.
“No… No…”
I jolted awake, my heart pounding, my breath coming in short gasps.
The horrific scene kept flashing in my mind, making my skin crawl.
Jeremy had always believed I had betrayed him, so he always saw Gaspard as a stain on his life.
If he truly lost control one day, I could not even imagine what he might do to my son.
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The voice came from the dark corner of the room–calm, cold, and all too
familiar.
I froze.
I turned toward the sound, and there he was–Jeremy–sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, his eyes fixed on me like a predator.
Why did he always appear so silently?
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I pulled the blanket tighter around myself, my body instinctively curling into a defensive posture.
“What are you doing in my room?”
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