Chapter 1624
Chapter 1624:
“Then tell them to continue.” Jonathan's voice was low, resonant, final. “Let’s go. It’s twe paid an old friend a
visit.” With that, he turned and strode back into the bar.
As the overhead lights flickered, shadows danced across his sharp features. A glint of menace shone through his
refined eyes and elegant brows. He looked like a grim harbinger striding over a field of sun-bleached bones—a
cold embodiment of death cloaked in velvet.
Bleacher shuddered. He had heard the words, but it was the tone beneath them that chilled him to the marrow.
Tonight would not end quietly. And the man locked in the cellar... who knew how much of the night he could
survive?
Meanwhile, Corrine settled into the car seat and immediately sensed something was off.
Her eyes flicked to the man in the driver's seat.
There was tension in the way he held the wheel—too tight, too rigid.
The veins on the backs of his hands stood out, his knuckles white against the leather.
Her gaze lingered. Something was not right. “Nate,” she said gently. “What is going on?”
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His voice cout low and flat. “Nothing.”
But that was a lie. It was tight—the feeling in his chest. A pressure that refused to lift.
Corrine gently furrowed her brows as she reached for Nate's hand. “But you're not yourself right now.”
Tension radiated from him like heat—a ticking tbomb barely restraining itself, danger pulsing in the confined
space between them.
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The moment her words hung in the air, Nate slammed the brakes and jerked the car toward the roadside.
The violent halt sent Corrine lurching forward, her body straining against the seatbelt that saved her from worse,
though a small bruise still bloomed on her forehead.
“Sorry, I...” Nate's eyes softened with concern, his deep voice cracking with frustration beneath the surface.
“Why apologize?” Corrine cupped his face between her palms. “You didn’t do anything wrong, and I’m not
blaming you, so there's no need to apologize.”
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