Chapter 119

Kelly POV

Anderson wouldn’t stop.

No matter how many times I ignored his calls, deleted his messages, or blocked his number, he always found a way back in. Not directly at first, but through reminders—small, deliberate, impossible to fully ignore.

‘Kelly, just five minutes.’

‘You owe me a conversation.’

‘You think Adrian will protect you forever?’

‘I miss you.’

At first, it was easy to dismiss them as desperation. Words sent in frustration, regret, maybe even guilt.

But then it changed.

It escalated.

I started noticing him in places he shouldn’t have been. A familiar car parked too long near the grocery store. A figure across the street when I picked Harper up from daycare, standing still enough that it didn’t feel accidental anymore.

Always just far enough to deny if confronted.

Never enough to be a coincidence.

It wasn’t subtle anymore.

It was intentional.

And the worst part was that h