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Chapter 74

Auteur: Miss Catty Lu
last update Date de publication: 2026-07-11 05:33:17

Wren

The creak of the floorboard hadn’t even fully faded before Dani reacted.

He didn’t just step in front of me; he became a wall of muscle and pure instinct. With a brutal, sweeping motion, he shoved me sideways, sending me crashing onto the floor behind the heavy leather sofa.

“Stay down!” he roared.

In the next microsecond, Dani launched himself into the pitch black toward the dining room opening.

What followed was a terrifying, chaotic symphony of violence in the dark. I pressed myself aga
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  • Off-Side Love With My Best Friend's Brother    Chapter 84

    Wren"Out. Everyone out," Ross’s voice barked through the warehouse, cold as shattered ice.The paramedics didn't need to be told twice. They were already scrambling backward, their eyes wide with a mixture of terror and utter bewilderment as they packed up their unused defibrillator pads. A man who had just flatlined was now standing up, his chest completely unmarred except for a smear of drying, dark blood where a fatal wound had been seconds ago."Detective, we need to log this—" the lead medic started, his voice shaking."You logged a faulty monitor grid and a superficial flesh wound that looked worse due to the dark," Ross interrupted, stepping directly into the medic's space. His posture was imposing, his badge glinting under the harsh halogens. "You will sign the standard tactical non-disclosure agreements at the precinct, or I will personally ensure your medical licenses are reviewed for gross incompetence in the field. Am I clear?"They nodded frantically, grabbing their gear

  • Off-Side Love With My Best Friend's Brother    Chapter 83

    WrenThe world dissolved into a chaotic blur of flashing red and blue lights as paramedics flooded the warehouse. Strong hands gripped my shoulders, forcefully pulling me away from Dani’s unmoving body. I fought them, screaming, kicking, my fingernails digging into the turnout gear of a medic who was only trying to do his job."Let me go! Dani! Please!" My voice was a shredded, unrecognizable rasp."Ma'am, you need to step back and let us work!" a paramedic yelled, pinning me back as two others dropped a trauma jump-kit beside Dani.They tore off the rest of his blood-soaked shirt. I watched, paralyzed by terror, as a female medic pressed a manual resuscitator bag over his mouth, while the other began heavy, rhythmic chest compressions. The sickening sound of his ribs flexing under the pressure made me vomit onto the gravel.Ross stood a few feet away, entirely frozen. He wasn’t looking at the medics. He was staring at the gaping wound in his brother’s chest. The blood pooling on the

  • Off-Side Love With My Best Friend's Brother    Chapter 82

    WrenThe gunshot didn’t just break the darkness; it shattered the world.In the microsecond of strobing muzzle flashes that followed, the warehouse became a hellscape of sound. I was violently thrown to the concrete floor as a massive, heavy weight crashed over me, shielding my body entirely from the lethal spray of bullets whistling through the dark."Stay down!" a voice bellowed. It was Ross, his weapon barking from a secondary angle near the western crates.Two distinct, heavy thuds echoed through the room as Julian's henchmen dropped to the floor, their rifles clattering away. Through the chaos, the sharp, frantic revving of an engine exploded from the rear of the building. A pair of headlights cut through the darkness as a blacked-out SUV smashed through the weak wooden loading docks at the back, tires screeching as Julian fled into the rainy night.The small win. The ambush had failed. Julian had lost his leverage, his men were neutralized, and he had been forced to run like a r

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