Chapter 319


    Elio frowned, “I bet Emmett already knows! It’s already the afternoon of the next day.”


    “What?!”


    Elio showed her his phone, and sure enough, it was the next day.


    ra immediately stood up to leave, but Elio grabbed her, “You can’t go! Someone’s out to get you. It’s


    dangerous out there! You’re safe here!”


    “I don’t get it, if you’re looking out for me, you should tell me everything.”


    “I can’t tell you yet; you just need to stay here. I’ll protect you.”


    “You’ve got me all confused. I don’t know who’s out to get me or why I can’t leave.”


    ra was anxious, but it was clear Elio wasn’t nning on letting her go.


    “If you trust me, just rx here: Once it’s safe, I’ll bring you back to Emmett.”


    ra took a deep breath and frowned, “Fine, give me my phone back. I need to call Emmett and let


    him know, or he’ll be searching all over for me. If he finds this ce, I’m afraid he might blow a gasket


    at you.”


    Elio’s mood suddenly turned sour, “So you think I can’t protect you and only Emmett can?”


    “No, that’s not it. If Emmett finds out I’m missing, it’s normal for him to look for me, isn’t it? If I don’t tell


    him, he’ll still be searching, won’t he?”


    Elio didn’t respond.


    “Why are you being so unreasonable? I just don’t want you to get dragged into this. If Emmett knows


    I’m with you, will hee after you or me?”


    “I don’t care about all that. I just want you safe.”


    ra took another deep breath, “You know how Emmett is; he’s capable of anything. If you’re really


    looking out for me, let me tell him. Emmett won’t hurt me!”


    Elio scoffed, “Who do you think hurt you?”


    ra was speechless, “Can’t you just tell me straight? Elio, what’s happened to you?”


    She remembered Elio as a bit prickly but fundamentally good. If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t have helped her


    when they didn’t know each other that well. But now ra was finding it harder and harder to read him.


    “Do you think I want this? Do you know how much it hurts?” Elio clenched her wrist, forcing her to look


    at him.


    “What are you trying to do?”


    “Ever since you left, I’ve been alone in that empty house. Without your frequent phone calls checking in


    on me, I suddenly feel like an orphan!”


    ra was taken aback, and she felt guilt welling up inside her.


    “I’ve gotten so used to your presence over the years that sometimes leven feel like we’re married and


    that we have a cute kid. But what about you? Do you realize how much you’ve hurt me? You’ve


    completely wrecked my life!”


    ra was at a loss for words. She had plenty to say, but she was unable to say it.


    “But I know you’re happy now with the Melendez family, with two kids by your side, so I let you go!”


    ra fell silent.


    “If there was no danger, I wouldn’t havee back to find you! I’ve already let you be with Emmett. No


    matter how much it hurts, I won’t regret it.”


    ra bit her lip, “I’m sorry, Elio. It’s all my fault! I know you’re trying to help, but you have to let me tell


    Emmett. He’ll worry!”


    “So you still don’t trust me?”


    “That’s not it! I’ll call him, and I won’t tell him I’m with you, okay? I just want to let him know I’m safe.”


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