A Divorce He Regrets

Chapter 242:

I eyed her warily. “What are you on about?”

She turned utterly somber. “I know what Eliza did.”

That froze me in place. My heartbeat thudded once, loudly. “What do you mean you know?”

“She called me.” Vanessa’s jaw clenched, the memory seemingly revolting her. “To gloat.”

I watched her, waiting to see if she was lying, but I saw only frustration on her face. Maybe something else, too—something close to regret.

“What did she say?” I repeated, my voice lower now.

Vanessa let out a bitter laugh. “That she’s not done. That you and I would all be at her mercy once she got Dom back.” Her eyes met mine. “She was so sure of herself, Raina. Like she’d already won.”

My stomach twisted. The thought of Eliza being that confident, that smug, sent a wave of unease through me. Vanessa lifted a brow. “So… how’s that going?”

I narrowed my eyes. “That’s none of your business.”

She shrugged. “Maybe not. But I do want to know how I can help get her out of our lives.”

I laughed humorlessly. “If you actually wanted to help, now wouldn’t be the time to talk about it. You could’ve reached out before. To me. To Alex.”

Vanessa’s face turned hard. “Alex won’t even talk to me. He’s blocked me on everything. And you? I assumed the same from you.”

“For good reason,” I volleyed back.

Her eyes glowed with something I didn’t know how to decipher, but before she could speak, a weird sensation washed over me.

Something was wrong.

I quickly scanned the area past her, around the airport. And that’s when I saw them.

𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕧𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞: 𝕘Ɐ𝕝𝕟𝕠ν𝕖𝕝𝕤﹒ⅽ𝕠𝕞

Men. All of them in black.

They weren’t huddled together, but they were spaced out at all the strategic spots—near the exit, by the check-in counters, near the waiting area. They fit in well enough, but there was one thing they couldn’t conceal.

They were all staring at me.

I tensed. My instincts were screaming that something was off. Vanessa noticed the change in my expression, and she furrowed her brow.

I whirled around to face Vanessa, my pulse hammering in my ears. “Did you tell anyone you saw me?”

She blinked, confused by my sudden urgency. “What?”

“Did. YOU. Tell. Anyone?” I forced out, my voice sharp, my stomach tightening.noveldrama

Vanessa hesitated for a second before she shrugged. “I just texted my mom. Why?”

A cold claw of foreboding sank into my chest.

Damn it.

Nathan.

If their phones were compromised, that meant he was tracking them. Watching. Waiting.

I forced my face into a neutral expression, swallowing back the panic. “It’s nothing,” I lied, rocking back onto both heels and scanning for the nearest exit. “I have to go.”

I swung around on my heel, but before I could take a step, Vanessa’s lily-white fingers darted out and caught my arm.

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