[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-109":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bound to my Enemy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1600047,2067,"Chapter 109.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-109",109,"\u003Cp>\"I don’t care about the situation my sister is alone and needs help .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s not alone, she’s in a hospital with nurses and doctors and definitely your brothers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s scared,\" I snap. \"She sounded scared, i need to get to her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He runs a hand through his hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll send security ahead. We’ll assess it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not waiting for an assessment to see my sick sister in the hospital .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firmness in his voice makes something hot flare inside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to decide that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do when it’s about your safety.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not a package you lock in a freaking vault Zane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That doesn’t mean you get to cage me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I’m doing this to control you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes you are,\" I fire back immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m doing it because someone just torched my property to get to me and they would probably come for you if we gave them the chance to and I don’t want to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that has nothing to do with me seeing my sister. I am not part of your war.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are whether you like it or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s been in a hospital bed for days and didn’t tell me because she didn’t want to worry me. And you’re telling me to..... to just sit here?.\" I say throwing my hands around in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m telling you to wait until we know what and who we’re dealing with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For how long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A few days probably.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A few days?\" I almost laugh. \"You want me to wait a few days while she’s hooked up to machines?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression softens slightly at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll have Aaron take you,\" he says after a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief fills me for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But not today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It disappears instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t be serious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to secure things first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m going,\" I say flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He steps closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No you’re not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he says it makes my chest tighten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t just choose to ignore a threat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not ignoring it. I just don’t think the world revolves around you and your enemies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhales sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I enjoy telling you to stay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" I snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I like watching you look at me like I’m the villain every time I try to protect you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t ask for yiur protection.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallow, when he doesn’t answer me\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really think they’d come for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they think it hurts me, yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now why would they think hurting me would hurt him, tsk we aren’t even that kind of couple. Buy the seriousness in his tone unsettles me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cross my arms over my chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not living like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think I want you to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then fix it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am trying to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By locking me inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By eliminating the threat before letting my wife outside\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not letting you walk into something that might endanger your life .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I’m not letting my sister think I don’t care.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studies me for a long moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tension in his face shifts into something else. Frustration and fear. But I have to mistaken Zane has no reason to feat for my life. None at all\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She didn’t sound well,\" I say quietly. \"I could hear it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looks away briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That softens me a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please,\" I say. \"Just let me go see her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looks back at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wait until tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s hours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if I don’t?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaron is outside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not an answer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is one I can give.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d have him stop me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger surges through me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t fucking own me, stop acting like you do\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m just trying to keep you alive!!.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not in a war zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t know that yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabs his jacket from the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have to go handle this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you’re just leaving me here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walks toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll call when I know more,\" he says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stand there, shaking slightly from adrenaline and frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stops at the doorway and looks back at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he’s gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look down at my phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And a message from Ivy lights up the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You coming El?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My throat tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at the door he just walked out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then back at my phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the first time since waking up, I feel torn in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between fear and my family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’ve already made up my mind and If I stand there too long, I’ll start doubting myself, I’ll start hearing his voice in my head. Wait. It’s not safe and just a few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days is too long, I need to go see what on with Vee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grab my bag from the chair near the staircase and head toward the front door. My pulse is still uneven from the argument, but underneath it is something steadier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not staying here and waiting like a dork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The morning air hits my face as soon as I step outside...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron is exactly where Zane said he’d be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against the black SUV near the gate, his arms folded over his chest, with sunglasses on even though the sun isn’t that strong yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He straightens the moment he sees me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, we just look at each other...and it’s kinda off given I.... I well ran out of his custody and most definitely caused issues between him and his boss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I notice he doesn’t look annoyed though he looks... hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something guarded in his eyes that wasn’t there before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I walk down the steps slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re going to the hospital,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did he clear it?\" he asks evenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw flexes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we’re not moving.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stop a few feet away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaron.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Up close, I can see the faint bruise along his cheekbone. Yellowing at the edges. Half-hidden under his glasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guilt slides into my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>",1020,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","913d958686131c8fb863806c0e98a537427c948a9b3969b975b5d301614fab90","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-110","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-108",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]