《Ten Nights With The Call Boy 》全部章節：第 61 章 - 第 70 章

Author POV Ryder stared at her. He wished he could lie. God, he wished he could smile and tell her it was nothing. That Liam was wrong. That Flora’s phone was a dead end. That Kayla was safe. But he couldn’t. His phone still lay in his hand. The screen was dark now, but the message burned behind his eyes. Liam’s words. Three words that changed everything: “We know who it is" Kayla tilted her head. Her brow cocked. Suspicion flickered in her eyes, softened by exhaustion. “Aren’t you going to tell me what’s wrong?” Her voice was small. Worried. He forced a smile. It felt wrong on his face. “I will. Soon. When I verify everything with Liam.” His voice came out carefully. Measured. The kind of voice men used when they were about to deliver bad news. “Why can’t you tell me now?” She stood straighter. Anger crept into her tone. “Who’s responsible for the death of my unborn child, Ryder? Who?” She stared at him. Waiting,begging. Hoping the answer wouldn’t destroy her. “Why don’t

Kayla POVI jerked awake from the cold, suffocating slumber.For a moment my mind was dazed. Foggy. Clueless. Like I was floating somewhere between awake and dead.My throat was dry. So dry my chest hurt with every breath. The pain cut through me like glass. I blinked repeatedly, trying to clear my vision as the scene before I passed out flashed behind my eyes.The porch. The rain. The man in the hoodie. His hand over my nose. My breathing seized when I looked around.I tried to stand. Only then did I realize the rope biting into my wrists, tying me firmly to a metal chair. I yanked against it. Pulled until my shoulders screamed. Tried to free myself. Tried to remember how to be brave.Then I remembered who took me.It was futile. I looked around the empty warehouse. Concrete walls. No windows. One flickering bulb overhead that buzzed like a dying insect. The smell of rust and damp hit my nose.My chest tightened when I saw him.Jaden.Smoke puffed from his face as he dragged on a c

Author POVWhen Hewitt paused, Ryder’s legs gave out.His breath seized in his chest like someone had wrapped barbed wire around his ribs and pulled tight. For one horrible second the whole hospital hallway tilted. The fluorescent lights above him buzzed louder. The smell of antiseptic burned his nose.He stumbled. His hand shot out and gripped the edge of a plastic chair bolted to the floor. The chair screeched against the linoleum, the sound cutting through the silence.Doctor Hewitt stopped mid-sentence when he saw Ryder’s face.. The way his jaw locked. The way his eyes went glassy but refused to blink. The way his whole body was holding itself together by sheer force of will.Hewitt’s voice cracked like the words themselves could shatter Ryder into a million pieces.“I don’t think you're man enough right now, Mr. Brooks.” He dragged the words out slowly, like he was pulling a cigar between his teeth. His tone was clinical, but his eyes were tired. Old. “I know you’re scared. But y

Author POVThe door to an unfinished apartment burst open with a crack that echoed down the bare hallway.Flora was shoved inside. Hard."Ouch!" Flora screamed in agony when her hair caught on a piece of exposed iron rod jutting from the doorframe. The metal tangled in her strands and ripped a few out by the root. Tears sprang to her eyes."Why the fuck did you drag me here with all my things, Liana!" Flora shouted, yanking her hair free. She untangled it with shaking fingers, strands coming loose around her face. Liana closed the door behind them. The sound was heavy. Final. She leaned against it and crossed her arms."Now listen, and listen very carefully, Flora….or whatever name you're using this week. I don't want you spilling my name in whatever you and your brother did to Kayla. Because you both didn't do it properly."Flora flinched. She turned slowly, eyes narrowing. "Am I dreaming, or is this really an eighteen-year-old girl talking to me with zero respect?"Liana let out a

Kayla Two weeks later.I was given a month off work. A full month to recuperate and get myself back. Back to breathing without pain. Back to walking without limping. Back to being Kayla, not “the girl who survived.”Riley had been sorting things out for me all this while. Bills, calls, press releases, the rumors. She handled everything so I didn’t have to.I heard the news too. The secret. Everything I didn’t get to know before.Flora. Or whatever name she’d been using that week. She was my ex-husband’s sister. Jaden never told me he had a sister. Not once in two years of marriage. All those years I thought he was an only son. I’d only seen his parents twice. The first time was at our wedding ceremony, where his mother cried more than I did. The second time was at a charity event they invited us to,where I was first introduced to Ryder. Even then, his parents never associated themselves with me. I tried. God knows I tried to be upright. Perfect. The daughter-in-law they could brag a