NovelEnglishMy headlights were still on. | jumped behind the wheel, cursed again, and floored it, tires screeching as | tore out
of the gravel
lot.
Then | saw the car.
Just ahead, coming around the bend. Silver compact. My eyes
narrowed. That car... | recognized it.
Without thinking, | swerved in front of it and slammed the
brakes. The other driver jerked the wheel and honked in panic. |
was out of my car in seconds, already stomping to the driver's
side.
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“Ava!” | barked.
The window rolled down, and sure enough, there she was,
wide-eyed and nervous as hell.
“Ethan?” she stammered, trying to stay calm. “What-what are
you doing in the middle of the road?”
“Where is she?”
“Who? | don’t know what you're talking about,” Ava said
smoothly, but | saw her hand tremble near the steering wheel.
| didn’t wait. | marched around the car, yanked the passenger door open, and got in. She tried to lock it, but |
was faster.
“What are you doing? Get out!” she snapped, voice rising now.
| pulled the door shut. “Not until you tellwhere Olivia is.”
“I told you. | don’t know”
“Drive” | ordered, eyes locked on hers. “I'm not leaving until you
do”
“Ethan, this is insane”
“Drive, Ava. Or | will.”
Ava gritted her teeth, but started the engine again. We rolled
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forward slowly down the narrow road. Her fingers were
clenched around the wheel, knuckles white.
Then her phone buzzed on the dashboard.
My hand darted before she could react. | snatched it up.
“Hey!” she shouted. “That's private!”
“Not tonight, it isn't.”
| unlocked her phone easily, opened WhatsApp, and scroned to
her most recent chat.
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It was Olivia.
Her last message had a pin.
“I am at Spaghetti Bistro,” | read out loud, jaw tight. | scrolled
further. My eyes scanned the chat rapidly, and then-
Alexander.
The npopped up over and over. Ava had been updating
Olivia. But what made my blood boil was Ava’s comment just a
few hours ago:
“He totally has feelings for you!!!”
| stared at the line for a long moment, a bitter taste forming on
my tongue.
“She’s with him,” | said quietly, voice low and dangerous. “That
bastard took her.”
Ava flinched.
| opened Google Maps and punched in the address. “Drive there.
Now!”
“I'm not doing this,” Ava said shakily. “She left because she was scared of you. What are you even trying to
prove?”
“| said drive, Ava.” My voice was steel now.
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She didn’t move.
| leaned in slowly, my eyes burning into her. “If you don’t drive me, | will just drag you out and take the wheel
myself.”
“You're insane.”
“Yeah?” | tossed her phone back in her lap. “And you're a lousy friend if you keep helping her run when all | want
is to fix
things.”
“She doesn’t want you anymore, Ethan,” Ava snapped, eyes glossy. “You humiliated her, you cheated on her, you
hurt her.”
“She's still my Luna,” | growled. “My wife. That hasn't changed.”
“You think threateningis going to fix that?”
“No,” | said coldly. “But it might buytime.”
Ava'’s jaw clenched as she turned onto the main road again, the bistro’s pin now blinking on the dashboard
screen. Her silence
said everything.
She wasn't scared for herself. She was scared for Olivia.
Good.
Let her be scared.
Because if Alexander really thought he could steal my Luna, he
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had another thing coming.
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Although Alexander and | were supposed to be waiting for our
food at the burger joint, he ended up bringingto a small,
cozy pasta place tucked between a pharmacy and a bookstore.
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“I understand,” | muttered as | walked-limped-through the
door.
The warm scent of basil, butter, and garlic hit me, and | realized
just how hungry | was. He helpedsettle into the cushioned
booth by the window and flagged the waiter down. As we
waited, | sent a quick message to Ava: “Dropped by this pasta
place. You around? Cover if you're free. Ordered your fav
with extra meat”
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“Oh! | was just hungry.” | said, a little embarrassed.
“Clearly.” He looked at the table, then leaned back and teased,
“So, I'm guessing the pasta with extra meat is mine now?”
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