A Forced Contract Marriage with the Devil novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

I stiffened and took a step back; My pulse hammered in my neck. My lips parted slightly, but no words came at first. I kept shaking my head in small, jerky movements, denying her words as if that could somehow erase them.

Does she work for Alessandro now?

Is this a trap?

Did he know?

“Running away? I’m not going anywhere…” I said slowly, my voice strained and sharp at the edges, too calm to be believable.

Leah stepped closer. She didn’t look threatening, her heels clicked lightly against the tiled floor, her red lips curved in a way that should’ve seemed kind. But I didn’t trust the softness in her voice or the way she glanced over her shoulder like she was watching for someone else.

“I’m not here to hurt you,” she whispered. “Don’t bother lying, I know how heartless you’re and what you capable of doing“, I spoke and her eyes darkened, but she held my gaze steadily.

“I know you know me but I’m not working for him, I have come to help you” she said, her voice low and urgent now, like she knew time was running out. “Alessandro doesn’t know I’m here. He wouldn’t want me anywhere near you.” She added.

“And what? You just came out of nowhere to play the hero?” I asked, disbelief thick in my tone.

“No.” Her eyes flared. “I came because I know what it feels like to sleep beside a man who could kill you in the middle of the night and make you thank him for it.”

I shook my head, “I don’t believe you still, just leave me alone“,My words came out cold, a wall to keep her out.

“I’m not your enemy, Nikolai this time. I was trapped too. I escaped, and I want to help you do the same.”

“Leah, I don’t believe you, just leave me alone‘, I spoke.

She let out a breath, now pissed off. “Don’t force me to become your enemy again, you either collaborate with me, we fight Alessandro and avenge for the death of your parents or you keep running and risk losing everything,” Leah said sharply, her voice edged with frustration and pain. “I’m not here to hurt you, Nikolai. But I can’t do this alone, and neither can you.” She murmured and went on.

“I know what you’re feeling. The fear. The guilt. The confusión. He makes you feel like he owns every part of you, even the parts you hate. But you’re not his possession, Nikolai. You can leave him. And you don’t have to do it alone.”

“My driver is waiting for you in a black Jeep“,

“If you wait too long, there won’t be anything left of you to save.” With that, she stepped back. Didn’t try to touch me. Didn’t beg. She just

left.

She left me puzzled. I didn’t know what to really do,

I needed to leave, I needed to go. But Leah’s words echoed in my mind, weaving through the chaos of doubt and fear that gripped me. Was this really a way out? Could I trust her after everything? Could I risk everything on a stranger’s promise?

My hands clenched into fists, nails digging into my palms as I fought the whirlwind of emotion threatening to pull me under.

My mind raced. The driver… the Jeep… It felt like a lifeline tossed into a stormy sea. But what if it was a trap? What if Alessandro was already one step ahead?

I swallowed hard, heart hammering like a wild drum.

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Chapter 160

I glanced at the door Leah had just closed behind her. Could I finally break free? Or was I doomed to remain a prisoner of a monster, forever haunted by the shadows of the past?

No more running in circles.

It was time.

I took a steadying breath, squared my shoulders, and stepped toward the exit.

The driver was waiting. My chance to vanish from this nightmare was just beyond that door.

And this time, I wasn’t going to look back but my heart broke with every single step. I don’t know what was going on with me, why it felt like my lungs were collapsing in on themselves, why my knees felt like they could buckle at any moment.

Alessandro had ripped my heart out of my chest and he drove a knife through it as much as he could but still, I thought of all the times we spent together. Still, I remembered the way his voice dropped when he said my name like it meant something. I loved that man with my entire being all the while he was lying to me. He was never the person I thought he was…

All the while, he was destroying me piece by piece, wearing the face of a savior while building my prison brick by brick.

And I let him.

I let him in. I let him touch every part of me, carve himself into my bones, invade the corners of my soul. I mistook possession for affection. Power for passion. Obsession for love.

And now?

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