Chapter 56\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not fooling anyone,\u201d Nolan said, glaring down at me. \u201cYour behavior is completely transparent. You can\u2019t possibly think I haven\u2019t noticed-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNoticed what? That I\u2019m not interested in being around you? That I can\u2019t wait to get divorced? That I\u2019m avoiding you as much as I possibly can so I don\u2019t have to see you and your little girlfriend hanging all over each other?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWatch your mouth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy don\u2019t you make me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His jaw tensed. His eyes narrowed. And for a second, I thought he might actually hit me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But instead, Nolan turned and stormed out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shut the door behind him and leaned against it heavily, taking a few deep breaths to try to calm myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He absolutely knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I had to get out of here before he could do something to trap me, before he could force me to stay. Before he could take my baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took my phone from my pocket with shaky hands and opened my contacts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kieran\u2019s name was there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If I hadn\u2019t been so afraid, maybe I would\u2019ve hesitated to dial it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He answered quickly, and my voice was shaky as I spoke.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s Ellie. I need to get out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEllie?\u201d Kieran said, sounding confused for a moment. \u201cWhat do you mean, you need to get out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as possible,\u201d I said, sitting on the edge of my bed, gripping the phone so tightly I thought it might break.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid something happen?\u201d he asked, concern slipping into his tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t talk about it. I just need to leave. Please-you said you\u2019d help me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hated the desperation in my voice, but I couldn\u2019t hide it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will help you,\u201d Kieran said gently, \u201cbut you need to try to calm down. Leaving out of the blue like this\u2026 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean it\u2019s not a good idea? Why would you offer to help me if-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTake a breath, Ellie,\u201d he cut in. \u201cI will help you. But if you just vanish one day, it\u2019s going to cause more harm than good. Nolan might even think you\u2019ve been kidnapped. And if that happens\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He let the sentence trail off. I exhaled slowly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n
})\u00a0<\/p>\n
If it looked like I had disappeared under mysterious circumstances, Nolan would have no choice but to hunt me down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
It would be a PR nightmare if he just let me vanish.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I need to get out,\u201d I said softly. \u201cI can\u2019t afford to wait forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook-Nolan\u2019s in the middle of that big deal with the Moonstone pack, right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he\u2019s distracted. We\u2019ve got time to put together a plan. I promise you, I\u2019m going to help you escape. But you need to be just a little more patient,\u201d Kieran said, his voice calm and serious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not backing out, right? You are going to help me leave?\u201d I asked shakily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thought of Nolan tearing my baby away from me kept repeating in my head and it made me feel like I was going to be sick. I wouldn\u2019t let that cold, heartless bastard take my baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I needed to get away from him, but I didn\u2019t have anyone to turn to. At least not anyone with the means and influence to protect me so I could actually get away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have my word,\u201d Kieran replied. \u201cI promise, I\u2019m going to save you from Nolan.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A Cold Marriage That Turned Warm 56 Chapter 56\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re not fooling anyone,\u201d Nolan said, glaring down at me. \u201cYour […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-unremembered-mate-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}