Revenge After Divorce (Olivia and Nick) novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240 

Chapter 240 

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“Why would he do this?” Luke’s voice broke through my thoughts, and it took all my restraint not to snap at him. 

“Why would he do it?” I repeated, my tone getting sharper. “I don’t know, Luke. But whatever it is, it has something to do with you. No man targets your daughter without a damn good reason. Think. What happened between you and him? What’s the history here?” 

Luke looked offended, his face flushing with anger. “Nick, never dealt with that boy. I don’t know who he is or who his family is.” 

I let out a frustrated breath, my patience wearing thin. “His mother died when he was five,” Ethan said, his words coming out tightly controlled. “She had cancer, and she passed away. His father… well, he was shot dead. That’s all I could dig up on him. Not much else.” 

Ethan’s voice was quiet, still shaken by the situation. “I will look into it, but from the moment we got here, that kid has been nothing but nice. His shown no signs of resentment or anger toward me or Olivia. In fact, he looked like he was trying to get close to Olivia, maybe even build a relationship with her. I don’t get it. I don’t know what this is all about.” 

I turned to Luke, frustration bubbling up inside me. “When did you become so naïve, Luke?” I couldn’t believe he was falling for Xander’s act. “How are you not seeing past his façade? His playing you, and you are letting him.” 

Luke opened his mouth to respond, but I cut him off. I didn’t have time for this. We needed to deal with the situation at hand. 

“Whatever,” I muttered. “Let’s just figure out what’s going on with these two. We can worry about Xander later. Right now, we need to get answers.” 

I could see the way Luke bristled at my tone. He wasn’t used to being spoken to like that, he was the one who gave orders, not the one who took them. But I didn’t have the luxury of worrying about his pride right now. There was a bigger issue at hand, and it was pressing. 

“If it was Xander who…” Luke trailed off, unable to finish the sentence. The frustration, the anger, it was all starting to boil over inside me.