[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-170":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},1600108,2067,"Chapter 170.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-170",170,"\u003Cp>\"Look at what you did to me!\" I scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire finally manages to shove me away again, much harder this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve lost your mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you ruined my life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lunges toward me suddenly, her hand swings towards my face, the slap connects with my cheek and my head jerks sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a split second everything goes quiet again. Claire is breathing hard and her eyes wild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think you’re the only one who got hurt?!\" she shouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she doesn’t get another second because training takes over and my body moves before she can swing again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grab her wrist, and twist\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire yelps, her body bending awkwardly as I force her arm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tries to kick me but I shove her back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stumbles over the leg of the chair, then she crashes to the floor. Claire screams again as I move toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don’t get to cry now!\" I shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands grab at her again, her hair, her arms...Anything I can reach as Claire starts fighting properly nw, scratching at me, kicking and trying to shove me away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re fucking crazy!\" she cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the anger burning through me is stronger than anything she’s throwing back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years of pain, nightmares and trying to forget that night. She dragged it back like it was nothing...like..... like it was a game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My nails catch her skin again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire screams louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shove her again and she tries to claw at my face but I catch her wrist again and shove her sideways, her shoulder hitting the chair with a dull thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gasps in pain and that’s when strong arms suddenly grab me from behind, firm and Unbreakable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My body jerks as I’m dragged backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grip tightens around my waist, pullin me completely away from Claire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thrash immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let go of me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire is still on the floor breathing hard. Hee hair is a mess and there’s scratch marks streak across her arms and cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I barely see her, because the person holding me smells familiar. That scent hits me instantly.... That cologne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stomach twists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zane fucking whitmore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rage explodes again as I twist violently in his arms, trying to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get the fuck off me!\" I shout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His grip tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elaine.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t fucking touch me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shove backward hard against his chest but he barely moves, the strength in his arms is ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calm down?did he just tell me to calm down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get the fuck away from me!\" I scream, turning toward him... and the second I see his face something ugly rises in my chest. Because he’s the reason Claire was ever in my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason any of this happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t you dare touch me!\" I shout again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His arms loosen slightly but he doesn’t let go completely. I shove at his chest anyway, I’m furious and shaking\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay the hell away from me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zane doesn’t let go of me immediately, even after I twist in his arms and shove at his chest, he keeps a firm hold around my waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My whole body is shaking, not just from the fight..... from everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire struggles to her feet a few feet away, breathing hard, one hand braced against the tile as she slowly pushes herself upright\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Part of me wants to go back and finish it while Another part of me feels like I might collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elaine,\" Zane says again, his voice low behind me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those words are the worst thing he could have said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head snaps toward him so fast my neck hurts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calm down?\" I repeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anger in my chest spikes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think this is me not calm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightens slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s not worth this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I let out a short, disbelieving laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s not worth it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands push against his chest again and this time he finally loosens his grip enough for me to step away, the second I’m free, I move a few steps away from him like his touch burns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elaine....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s not worth it?\" I repeat louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire has managed to stand now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s leaning against the table, watching us both with slightly swollen eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zane looks at me steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should calm down,\" he says again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing actually happened between us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blink at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression stays serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We never had anything real.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And we definitely don’t have anything now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment I just stare at him dumbfounded.....then th anger explodes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think that’s why I’m reacting like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His brows draw together slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think it’s cause I’m jealous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words tastes bad in my mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That I’m screaming and fighting because I’m jealous of you with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zane’s mouth opens slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t say.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my God.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drag both hands down my face in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you actually that stupid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Claire lets out a quiet, humorless laugh behind us but I ignore her completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m staring straight at Zane now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You think this is about you sleeping with someone else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice rises again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I never slept with h....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My best friend was never my best friend!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words echo through the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zane’s jaw tightens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You put her up to being friends with me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest is heaving now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had someone spying on me for years!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elaine, listen.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" I snap instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand shoots up, pointing directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut the fuck up Zane!.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words come out so cut even Claire goes quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zane’s eyes darken slightly but he does stop talking, which is good because if he doesn’t I might actually lose my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands are shaking again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I trusted her, and never questioned her\" I say, my voice breaking slightly despite the anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We basically grew up together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memories keep flashing through my head, the countless sleepovers, late night phone calls.\u003C\u002Fp>",999,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","1e78934c982b19bff3a92bfeda33dc5d96384572dbc58a56163e95641cf3cd7d","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-171","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-169",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]