Chapter 264

Chapter 0264

Like I’ve been told multiple times, you aren’t my family, so he wasn’t my father. Despite the fact that that

man treated me like a damn abomination, I would never wish him harm, and besides, he should have

had them Investigated before entering into a contract with them.”

“So you’re saying it’s his own fault he’s dead?” Travis asks between clenched teeth.

I shrug. “What the hell did you expect? You don’t betray a criminal organization and expect to walk away

happily.”

“I can’t believe you would say that,” Mother whispers, fighting back tears.

I

“And I can’t believe you’re here. What are you even doing here? I would have expected you three to be

praying for my painful death.” I retort with bitterness in my tone

else was i

I’m surprised at the words coming out of my mouth. This isn’t really like me. It’s like someone else total

control of my body. I couldn’t stop the venomous words that were pouring out of my mouth.

in

Emma stands up in a fluff of anger, throwing her hands in the air. “I told you. I tried warning you. She’s

still

a fucking bitch, even with her memories gone.”

pure fury

“Emma” Rowan growls, standing up. His face was contorted in pure

Before any of us can do anything, we are all surprised when we see a fast movement before Emma is

shoved back. She falls on the couch, luckily. Though I wouldn’t have shed a tear if she fell on the floor.

“Don’t you ever talk to my mom like that again.” Noah screams at her, his fist firmly on his side.

This startles Iris, and I try to soothe her before she can burst out crying.

Noah looked ready to commit murder.

The way he looked at her with so much hate let me know that there was something more to this. It wasn’t

just because Emma was rude to me.

“Noah…” mother tries to say something, but Noah cuts her off.

“No!” Noah shouts angrily. “You just sat there as your daughter disrespected my mom.”

“Ava wasn’t nice to her either,” Travis tries to justify.

“And you have never been kind to her either,” he breathes. “It took some time, but after what Grandpa

Theo said at the hospital, things started making sense in my head. You’ve never liked my mom and

made sure to treat her badly.”

you

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They all freeze. I don’t know what the hell happened, but it looks like Noah came to some realizations on

his own.

Noah, it’s okay.”

What they did to me wasn’t okay, but this was my battle. Not his. I would never drag him into whatever

was wrong between them and me. He loved Mother and Travis. I would never get in the way of that.

“No, it is not,” he clips. His stance and his mannerism remind me so much of his father.

He is, after all, his father’s son.

“You have two options: either you play nice or get out of our house.”

“You don’t mean that, Noah,” Mother says with a teary frown.

“Yes, I do,” he growls. “No one, and I mean no one, hurts my mom. You get that?”

I didn’t know whether to be proud of him or scared of his forceful nature. I just hope that one day it won’t

be a problem.

They all nod. For Mother and Travis, it’s because they would do anything for Noah, but for Emma, it’s

because she didn’t have a choice.

Her eyes kept swinging to Rowan, meaning she was agreeing because of him. I don’t know how to feel

I

about that because she was still clearly in love with him, and part of me is afraid that the feeling is

mutual.