Chapter 57

Chloe’s POV

Instead, I stood up, walked to the window, and stared out at a town that didn’t know my name, didn’t know my past. For the first time, anonymity felt like safety.

Whatever Drake wanted… whatever he felt…

It no longer had the power to pull me back.

The next morning, I woke up right beside my sister and checked up on her. She was still unconscious with the machine still beeping and stabilizing when my phone beeped.

It turned out to be a message from Jack.

[Chloe, my love. You are mine. You are mine whether you like it or not and I will not allow you to continue your relationship with my father.]

My fingers went cold around the phone.

For a moment, the room felt smaller, the steady beeping of the machine suddenly too loud, too sharp. I stared at the message, my jaw tightening as disgust crawled up my spine.

My love.

The audacity of it made my stomach churn.

I glanced at Hilda instinctively, as i