Chapter 0370
Zade!
| try to pull away, only for the blade to be pressed harder against my neck/I feel the sting as it breaks the top
layer of skin.
“Zade... | was calling you. If you were here, you should have answeredthen.” 1 say quietly, my heart
pounding, as he doesn’t ease the pressure on my neck.
“Take the hint then.”
The blade is removed, and | jump up, turning to face him, my heart skipping a beat at the fact he’s still here. He
didn’t leave. | step around the sofa, but he steps back, raising the knife, forcingto stop from advancing.
“Stay where you are.”
His words and expression are devoid of any emotion, but there's a deadly warning in that demeanour and | stop
in my tracks, looking him over properly.
His cargo pants and fitted T-shirt are torn in several places. He's covered in dirt, oil, ash and what looks like
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtblood and for a moment | find myself looking at the man whom | had met on that battlefield. His eyes are cold as
he looks right back atwith no emotion.
The eyes of a killer.
A sliver of fear ripples throughas | force myself to stay in place.
“Where have you been?” | ask softly.
“Why do you care? Leave,” he says quietly, turning his back on me.
It stings, but | can’t blhim when | had shut him out...
“Look, | need to talk to you. | know how | reacted that day wasn’t right, and | shouldn't have, but | didn't want
anyone to know that you're here-"
“You didn’t want anyone to know | was here? Or was it the fact that you didn’t want anyone to know what you
were doing with me?” he asks, turning the blade in his cropped gloved hands.
“No....” Wasn't it though? “I panicked ok and I'm sor-" Before | can even finish, he suddenly turns back toand
flicks the dagger, throwing it towards me, far too fast forto react. | gasp, my heart thudding as it whizzes
past my cheek, nicking a few strands of my hair.
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I let out a shaky breath, turning to see the dagger embedded deep in the wall
behind me.
| step back as he walks over to me. “I don’t want to hear it. Leave.” His eye blazes, his aura surrounding him,
and | don’t need any more proof that what | did has hurt him badly.
“Zade, please hearout.” | plead, placing my hand on his chest.
“I'm not interested. Now get the hell out.” With those words, he grips my wrist, removes my hand from his chest
and tugstowards the door.
He's kickingout....
“Zade, please! Listen to me.”
He doesn’t respond, draggingto the door at the balcony and only letting met go when | stumble out onto the
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“Zade!”
I'm met with the door being shut and | watch as he lifts the shelf from the wall on the left and places it in front of
the door, blocking it off.
“Zade!” But I'm met with silence through the gap on the side that the bookshelf doesn’t cover, | see him begin to
remove his shirt, and | catch a glimpse of the lower part of his sexy broad back before he disappears into the
bathroom, ignoringentirely.
| feel defeated as | turn away.
Great... he’s shutout and I’m responsible for it.
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Chapter 0371