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“Summer. Did you really think you could run away from me?”
“What… what are you—howare you…” Too many thoughts rushed through my mind and the panic in my chest solidified into heavy fear. Instinct had me pulling away sharply and his grip slipped on my arm. Taking a chance, I started to run but only made it a few steps before his molten hand was back on my arm, searing into my skin and pulling me back under the canopy of a shop already closed up for the evening.
“Uh, ah!” he tutted as I struggled against him. “You’re not trying to run away from me, are you? After everything I did to find you?”
“What the fuck?” I gasped and his unrelenting grip finally had me standing still. My heart pounded slowly in my chest and a tremble swept down my arms.
“When I followed you to that fancy-ass house a few weeks ago, I never expected you to just vanish like that,” Felix snarled with a twisted grin. “Thought I’d lost you for good until the news was flooded with that upcoming Helix anniversary and how the CEOs were able to party thanks to their new nanny. Didn’t take me long to use a few old contacts and track you down, Summer.”
I couldn’t speak. The very fact that he was here, crashing my reality into the fantasy bubble I had created was too much to comprehend.
“Youstalkedme across the world?” I choked out.
“Like I said, I’m not done with you, Summer. I had four years to think about how I was going to repay you; you can’t just run away like that. Ideserveto watch you suffer.”
“You’re insane!”
“And you?” Felix glanced around and scoffed. “Pretending your blood is rich enough to be in a place like this? How do they feel, letting a drug addict around their children?”
“Ex,” I spat out, trying to pull myself free. “While you were getting what you deserved, I turned my life around. I got clean without you stabbing needles into me in my sleep.”
Felix laughed as if such a thing had just beengood timesbetween friends. “You think you’re better than me, Summer?”
“I know I am,” I growled.
“We’ll see what that fancy family thinks when they find out what you’re really like.” Felix bared his teeth and a whimper caught in my throat.
“They’d never believe you.”
“Wouldn’t they? I looked up who you worked for; I think you’ll find I’m quite familiar with one of them.”
“Is everything alright here?” A man and a woman paused nearby, the man a full two heads taller than Felix and broader too. The woman by his side sent me a sympathetic glance as I ripped my arm away from Felix.
“It’s fine, fuck off,” Felix spat.
“I’m sorry,” I gasped. With my arm free, I took my chance and broke into a full sprint racing down the corridor with my bags flying wildly. The last I saw of Felix, he was being body-blocked by the tall stranger giving me a chance to escape. I ran until my heart was ready to burst right out of my chest and I could barely breathe, only stopping when I made it to the foyer and into the quiet line for the cable cars.
I didn’t care who was looking; all I cared about was getting into that cable car and getting back to the chalet as fast as possible.
Felix was here. That monster was here! He tracked me across the world like a fucking stalker all because he’s hellbent on making me pay for handing him over to the police. I couldn’t fathom his presence even though his grip still burned like a phantom on my arm.
What if he followed through? If he got in contact with Theo or Luke or Jax and told them about my past? Would they believe him or would they trust me?
“Summer?”
My rampant thoughts halted abruptly when a familiar pinched voice said my name, and I turned to see none other than Marina standing a foot away, her thin lips pursed and her gorgeous green dress hugging her body like molded silk.
Fuck. I was never leaving the chalet again.
“Marina.”
“What on earth… why are you so sweaty?”
I straightened up and forced a few calming breaths, gripping my bags.
“It’s hot.”
“Is it?” She arched a brow and slowly glanced me up and down. Her gaze was like a heated laser, sweeping over me and judging every thread. More heat flushed through my body and a sharp, prickling warmth stole down my spine.
