[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-189":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},1600127,2067,"Chapter 189.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-189",189,"\u003Cp>I head back toward the kitchen to see Margaret is there, moving around like usual\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where’s Elaine?\" I ask not bothering with greeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turns to me immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh.....she went out,\" she says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Went out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice drops slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Aaron.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That stops me Completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With Aaron?\" I repeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind starts ticking immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometime during the day,\" she replies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nod slowly but something already feels off..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why wasn’t I informed?\" I ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My tone sharpening just slightly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret hesitates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I... I thought.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I gave strict instructions,\" I cut in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anytime she leaves the house, I get notified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw tightens. No one disobeys that, no one. I pull my phone out immediately and call her. It rings once, twice then...Voicemail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest tightens as I try again bt it’s the same thing. Straight to voicemail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold feeling settles in my gut as I switch to Aaron. It rings and rings and rings. No answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now my jaw clenches hard, Something is definitely wrong. I can feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t waste another second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thomas,\" I call out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He appears almost immediately but the moment I see his face.... I know Something is wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" I demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice drops dangerously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck is going on?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas hesitates just for a second but I catch it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just about to inform you,\" he says carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My patience snaps instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression hardens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were attacked,\" he says and my stomach drops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the ice cream shop they went to.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hands curl into fists at my sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean attacked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice is low now bt Thomas knows to take a small step back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shots were fired,\" he says\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They got caught in it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean ’caught in it’?\" I ask\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who shot at them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas swallows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re still gathering details, but.....\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He exhales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were shot at inside the shop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room goes completely still as something dark settles deep in my chest. My fist hits the wall before I even realize I’ve moved, the impact cracking through the room. Pain shoots up my arm, sharp and immediate, but I don’t care cause I barely feel it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When?\" I demand my voice rough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas doesn’t flinch, but I see the way his shoulders stiffen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It happened about a few hours ago,\" he says carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours..... My chest tightens so hard it feels like something is squeezing the air out of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"hours?\" I repeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My hand curls into a fist again, blood smearing slightly against the wall where my skin split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I’m just hearing about it now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas exhales quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were in the meeting with the investors,\" he says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn to him sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You said no one should disturb you,\" he continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I drag a hand through my hair, pacing once, twice, my boots hitting the floor harder than necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t give a fuck what I said,\" I snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice rising\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing.....\" I turn back to him, jabbing a finger in his direction, \".....nothing is more important than my wife.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My wife.....Mine.....and she’s out there, somewhere after being shot at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My jaw clenches so hard it hurts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have pulled me out of that meeting,\" I continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t care who was sitting in front of me. I don’t care what deal was on the table.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest rises and falls unevenly now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If something like this happens, you come get me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas nods once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I’m not done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else?\" I demand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where are they now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hesitates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" I press.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression shifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We lost contact after the crash,\" he says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My stomach drops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean you lost contact?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There was a collision,\" he explains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their car was forced off the road.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mind starts racing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\" I push.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And when our men got there...\" he pauses\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The word echoes in my head and my hands curl into fists again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gone?\" I repeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My voice drops this time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No sign of them,\" he says.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No bodies, no driver, no Elaine and no Aaron.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence, heavy and suffocating so much that my chest feels tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this..... this isn’t random.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t some street attack, this is planned and targeted. And the thought that she’s out there..... probably Hurt and alone or worse....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lock everything down,\" I say, my voice calm now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every road, every exit. I want eyes everywhere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas nods immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s already in motion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I start moving again, grabbing my phone, already dialing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get me footage from that shop,\" I add.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From Every angle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My grip tightens around the phone, because whoever did this..... Whoever thought they could take her..... They just made the worst mistake of their life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn away from Thomas before he can say anything else. I don’t want to hear it, not right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My feet move on their own, fast, taking the stairs two at a time, I head toward the bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she’s not there, she hasn’t been there in days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That thought hits harder than it should, I push the door open anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bed is untouched on her side, like she never came back. My chest tightens painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I step in, just for a second, my eyes scanning the room like she might magically be there, sitting somewhere, reading and Ignoring me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’d take that...God, I’d take that. Instead, there’s nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silence presses in heavily and Unforgiving. As dread starts creeping in, It floods every lart part of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look down at my hands..... and They’re shaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at them for a second like they don’t belong to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can’t remember the last time this happened, not in a fight, not with a gun to my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even when I thought I might die. But this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is different.\u003C\u002Fp>",999,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","d97af96e457676bb8855a746c822079afffb025d736e026f7339a74fc83f4cc1","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-190","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-188",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]