Chapter 250

Chapter 250 Book 3 Chapter 85 ~WILLOW~

“I can’t believe we are sneaking out for the first time,” Caroline whispered as we entered the elevator. “It feels like I’m suddenly wild and free.”

“You don’t have to whisper anymore,” Winter tells her. “They can’t hear us in here. Don’t get too excited, there’s still a chance for someone to realize we’re missing and raise the alarm.”

Caroline shrugs her shoulders, “I still feel like they can hear us. I’ll be whispering for the rest of the night until we return home.”

I’d convinced them to let me see Dante one last time. However, they’d only agreed because they were tagging along. They didn’t want me roaming around alone, especially since Cassius would be watching our every move from now on.

“Remember, you’re only going there to stop the fight.” Winter reminds me. “We’re not staying long. Dante can’t know where you’re staying. You have to keep everything a secret. Once you stop the fight, we will be returning home immediately. We can’t risk mother finding out what we’ve been up to. If she finds out, we will all be punished severely. Especially you. I can assure you that you don’t want to know what her punishments are like. Since you’re pregnant, we want to avoid mother’s punishments.”

“I know,” I answer her. “You’ve told me this fifteen times for today alone. Trust me; I remember every word.”

I wasn’t even exaggerating. She kept repeating it to me. I knew I couldn’t stay after stopping the fight, but part of me wanted to be by Dante’s side a little longer. I know that I was the one that made the decision to leave him but it was never an easy one.

“The fight already started,” Caroline informs me. “We aren’t going to make it in time to stop it. Are you sure you still want to go there?”

“What?” I demand as a shiver runs down my spine. “How could it have started already? That’s not the time I was told it would be starting.”

I wanted to get there to stop it, I didn’t want to reach there when Dante was already bruised from head to toe from his match.

“They started earlier today for some reason.” She informs me. “It looks full. It must be a sell-out. Most of them are girls still hoping that Dante will win this last match. He has a lot of female fans.”

Of course he did, even in the academy, there were plenty women who were crazy over him.

“There’s something else,” Winter notes as she checks her phone. “Willow just might make it to his last match. He’s doing both tonight instead of leaving a match for tomorrow.”

Tonight? Two matches?

Was he insane?

Why was he doing this to himself? It seemed like Dante was determined to suffer tonight. He wanted this. He was intentionally hurting himself.

“He must feel guilty towards Anya. He must be using this opportunity to hurt himself now that I’m gone. He knows if I were there, I would have stopped him from doing something that risky. Now that I’m no longer there, he’s doing what he wanted to do since the day she died.”

It’s the only explanation for this. He always wanted to harm himself after Anya’s death. This was his chance to do it without me there.

But what about his family? Why weren’t they stopping him from doing this?

They must have tried. Dante was very stubborn when he wanted to get something done. I’m sure they are all worried about him.

“Are you sure you’re ready to see your husband again?” Caroline asks me. “I know he’s still hung up on Anya. I know the pain you went through because his heart was never yours. We were keeping an eye on you. We know everything. I’m surprised you are concerned about him after everything he did.”

We were already in the car, and I was thankful it was dark, and she couldn’t see my eyes.

It still hurts every time I’m reminded that Dante never loved me.

“Indeed, he never loved me, but it’s also true that I’ve loved him since the beginning,” I tell her. “I can’t see him destroy his life and do nothing about it. I hate to admit it, but I miss him. I knew it would be difficult, but my emotions have intensified since I got pregnant.”

Caroline sighs, “It’s a good thing our mother never allowed us to be with a man. I can’t imagine loving someone and having him rip my heart into a million pieces. It must be harder to know that he’s in love with someone you originally thought was your sister.

Men are such fools sometimes. Anya tried to destroy his family; she never loved him, and still, he seems to love her. You’re the one he should be crazy about; you’re the one that cares about him.”

I knew this, everyone around him knew it as well. Dante was the only person that didn’t see it that way. His love for her was pure and true. My sister was very lucky and she threw it all away.

I could feel my heart begin to race as we pulled into the parking lot that brought me nightmares.

“You don’t have to do this.” Caroline repeats. “We can turn back around and forget any of this happened before it’s too late.”

I narrow my eyes, “I have to. He’s the father of my unborn child. I can’t let him do this to himself. I love him.”

She nods and exits the vehicle. Winter is next, I’m the last to climb out of it.

I could feel the fear in my heart increase with each step that I took closer.

The cheers and cries were loud. I could hear it even though we hadn’t reached the arena.

The moment I pushed the door open, everything around me begins to spin.

My heart squeezes tightly at the sight in front of me.

Dante.

No. No. No. No!