Chapter 5 - Sebastian Arrives Unannounced At My Apartment Building Gates
The autumn sun had barely cleared the horizon when a fleet of black luxury sedans pulled up outside our modest apartment building. The neighborhood dogs barked frantically as men in dark suits stepped out, securing the perimeter with quiet efficiency.
I stood by the second-story living room window, pulling the curtains back just enough to see Sebastian step out of the lead vehicle. He looked exhausted, his hair slightly disheveled and his coat collar turned up against the morning frost.
Before I could even turn away from the glass, a heavy, urgent knock echoed against our apartment door. Maya grabbed a heavy kitchen skillet while I stepped forward, slowly unlocking the deadbolt and pulling the door open a crack.
Sebastian stood in the hallway, his chest heaving as if he had run up the stairs instead of taking the elevator. “Please, Elena... let me talk to my children,” Sebastian pleaded, his voice breaking with a raw vulnerability I had never heard before.
“You have no right to be here, Sebastian; you walked away four years ago without a backward glance,” I whispered fiercely. Sebastian pressed his palm against the doorframe, preventing me from closing it in his face.
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“I didn't walk away, Elena—your letters were stolen, my grandfather locked me out of my own life, and I am going to burn Vale Tower to the ground for this,” he swore. Little Noah wandered out from the hallway rubbing his sleepy eyes, staring up at the tall stranger standing in our doorway.
“Mommy, who is that man?” Noah asked innocently, his unmistakable gray eyes locking onto Sebastian’s face. Sebastian dropped to his knees right there in the hallway, tears spilling over his eyelashes as he looked at his eldest son.
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