Chapter 43. Not the Happily Ever After

Ryder Hawk had his eyes set on the Monroes. The ones who ruined his life, who snatched the one thing he had loved and walked off without bothering a glance back.

He did everything within his power to find them, but it was as though all his efforts were in vain.

Now, he had access to them and could inflict the most painful death possible yet undeserving of these two. But he decided against it.

He respected Isabella too much to do that. Regardless, they would still suffer for the pain they’d cost him for more than twenty years.

That was certain.

“What do you want us to do, boss?” Don questioned, standing on alert as he waited for Ryder’s instructions.

His men had taken turns following every movement of the Monroes, watching and listening for anything that may suggest their escape again.

They gave him hourly status updates, spilling every information they’d gathered in that short time, leaving no stone unturned.

“Are they planning on leav