[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-115":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},1600053,2067,"Chapter 115.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>Her brows knit together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You thought I was taken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes who wouldn’t .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression shifts again with something soft flickering there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You went to the bridge we fell from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And there was blood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She swallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hit my head when I climbed out,\" she says quietly. \"It wasn’t much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step closer and cup the back of her head gently, my fingers sliding into her damp hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Le t me see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She winces slightly as she tilts her head, there’s a small cut near her scalp. Nothing deep luckily\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the sight of it makes my stomach twist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you not to leave,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It wasn’t a suggestion .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I’m not a fuckign prisoner in this house, I don’t even know why I came back here. I could have just gone back to my house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re alive,\" I say. \"That’s the only reason I’m not having Aaron’s head on a platter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to control where I go because you have enemies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You almost ended up in the river and dead because of those enemies!..\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I didn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step back slightly, forcing space between us before I say something I won’t take back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You scared me, El.\" I say instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The admission feels strange in my mouth..... and her expression changes immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wasn’t taken,\" she says softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t know that then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence settles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chin lifts slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not fragile.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never said you were.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You treat me like I am... like .... Like I’m some glass that would easily break .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step forward again, lowering my voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I treat you like you matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That stops her and for a second, neither of us speaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water drips slowly from the hem of her clothes onto the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re shaking,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m cold.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I take her hand without asking and start toward the hallway to our bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are we going.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To get you dry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can walk by myself without you dragging me around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t let go anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upstairs, in the bedroom I release her long enough to grab a towel and press it into her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stands there watching me like she’s trying to read something in my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were going to tear the city apart,\" she says quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no hesitatio and it surprises even me cause this isn’t me. I’m a very selfish person I don’t do things like this for people, I most definitely do not risk my life for anyone and I did that today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her throat moves as she swallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to lock me away though,\" she says finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you don’t get to disappear on me like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re back at square one again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time she steps closer instead of away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t just disappear,\" she says. \"I just wanted to see my sister at the hospital, which btw till now I don’t know how she’s doing cause I lost my damn phone in that fucking water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I reach up and brush my thumb lightly over the scrape near her collarbone, my touch careful and gentle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not leaving the estate alone again,\" I say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s not.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not negotiable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She exhales s’softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll talk about it tomorrow,\" she mutters\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because right now she’s here and she’s standing in front of me and that’s enough for tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pull her into me again, less crushing this time, just enough to feel her warmth starting to return and my chest finally begins to ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the anger doesn’t leave, someone still has to pay for what happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s halfway dry now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hair is still damp at the ends, curling against her collarbone. She changed into one of my shirts now... with the sleeves rolled twice at the wrists.....and a pair of leggings she found in the drawer. She looks smaller like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which makes the memory of her standing soaked on the steps hit harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s watching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know what you’re going to say tomorrow,\" she says finally. Guess she re-thought the talking tomorrow thing she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t interrupt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She exhales slowly. \"But you knew I wanted to check on my sister. She wasn’t answering hwr phone. You knew that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stay silent on purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence makes people keep talking. She shifts her weight, crossing her arms like she’s bracing herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t look at me like that.\" She says when I keep looking at her without reponding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like what.\" I ask her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like I’m stupid. I didn’t have much of a choice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes narrow slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t have a choice?\" I ask quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t.\" Her voice tightens. \"I tried to talk to you about this but you simply wouldn’t listen. So I just had to do it my way .\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I let out a short breath that isn’t quite a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you thought it was a good idea to sneak out with Aaron,\" I say slowly, \"knowing full well my enemies are circling. That was the smarter option.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her chin lifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. Because at least I was doing something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did that work out for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flinches at that but she doesn’t back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to talk to me like I’m one of your men,\" she says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m talking to you like someone who could’ve died tonight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And againnnnnnn I didn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you make it back here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She blinks like she didn’t expect the change in question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I walked then hailed a car down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body goes still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You did what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well,\" she rushes slightly, \"I walked the distance from the bridge to the road, then I hailed down a car and had the driver drive me to the house\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands curl into fists at my sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So not only did you sneak out,\" I say evenly, \"you flagged down a total stranger, got into his car and had him drive you back here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders tense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was just some guy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the fucking point!.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1019,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","ec8f5093b6eec0e0594a013461993b63d9871060c8e24b490eb3cb7732d2087b","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-116","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-114",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]