Chapter 55. Brooklyn Is Leaving Forever

Nikolas sighed for the umpteenth time in the day. After being busy the whole day, he returned to his house in Yakima, but was restless. He had received the money that Brandon owed him, but he purposely kept delaying the acknowledgement call. He knew that he would have to free Brooklyn now and his whole body protested against it. No, he wouldn’t free Brooklyn ever.

‘She’s mine!’ his mind chanted like always.

He lay on his bed and conjured up different plans to force Brooklyn to stay, but nothing worked. Would he have to free her forever? But where would she go? Who would protect her? Deeply worried and desperately thinking of a way to prevent Brooklyn from leaving, Nikolas lay awake all night, tossing and turning in his bed. He finally decided to wrap up his work and leave Yakima at the earliest. What if Brandon took her away from him?

The next morning, on his way to work, he received a call from Brandon. Feeling anxious and still undecided, Nikolas didn’t accept th