All Chapters of THAI Just One Last Embrace: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

NEW OUTLINEBefore a quick radio guesting, Kyle notices Veronica's bruises on her arm and neck which her makeup failed to cover up. She tells Kyle she saw Theo again, and they slept together again. She assures Kyle that Theo was only too drunk last night and that he never intentionally hurt her. But she tells Kyle she's afraid of what Theo would do to himself if she just pushed him away.She recalls Theo's behavior before she left the hotel and left him in New York by himself after another argument. She didn't want Theo to drive her to the studio so he threw a fit and they got into another argument that left her crying all the way to work.Veronica cries and seeks comfort from Kyle. Kyle gets upset and tells her to stop seeing Theo because he's obsessed with her and is wrecking her mental health. Kyle wants to take her to a doctor to get her checked.She convinces her she's fine and they do the radio guesting to promote their new single.

• Rome, Italy • ×××Théo leaves Veronica in the hotel room to get guns. He tells her not to open the door for anyone but him. Via panics when she sees the guns. She tells him to explain why he has guns and if he's still using drugs.Théo tells her to leave the country but Via doesn't want to leave yet because she had to go to a music fest to promote the band's album. Théo hesitantly leaves her at the hotel and tells her to limit her movements. Confused, Veronica gets upset when Théo doesn't explain much and leaves after he gets a text from Anastasia. Ana wants him to go back to the estate ASAP or she would kill

• Rome, Italy •"Where's she now?""Bre and J's apartment.""How long's she staying?" Théo played with his lighter and stood still while he waited for his best friend to answer the question.If he recalled correctly, Tomek just arrived back in Paris two days ago after weeks of working in New York. He had also found out five minutes ago from Tomek that his ever-busy ex-girlfriend was in Paris, too.According to Tomek, Veronica was in the city for her cousin's wedding preparations and to take care of some work commitments as well. The band must have finished recording their fifth record already."Till the weekend. She's taking a few days off. Not feeling well." Tomek yawned on the other line."Why not?" Théo pulled a face. At times, he hated that Veronica was such a workaholic, like him. Also one of the reasons their relati

15 days left• Rome, Italy •"Where's she now?""Bre and J's apartment.""How long's she staying?" Théo played with his lighter and stood still while he waited for his best friend to answer the question.If he recalled correctly, Tomek just arrived back in Paris two days ago after weeks of working in New York. He had also found out five minutes ago from Tomek that his ever-busy ex-girlfriend was in Paris, too.According to Tomek, Veronica was in the city for her cousin's wedding preparations and to take care of some work commitments as well. The band must have finished recording their fifth record already."Till the weekend. She's taking a few days off. Not feeling well." Tomek yawned on the other line."Why not?" Théo pulled a face. At times, he hated that Veronica was such a workaholic

10 days left• Piazza di Valtieri, Rome •The study. It was the only important room in the mansion he couldn't sneak into no matter how many times he tried for the past week. The room was always locked. First floor. Almost always empty.It was also Hugo's office and the door was always closed, especially since Hugo had been out of town and absent in the estate for days now.Out of desperation, Théo hatched a new plan. He had less than two weeks left, so time for Plan B. He couldn't exactly climb into one of the windows come nighttime. The estate's security staff were on shifts all day, all night. The property had CCTV cameras installed in every corner and floor as well. Probably Hugo and Alissa Valtieri's preference. He had yet to find the control room where the video feeds were being watched and monitored. For now, he had to focus on his priority objective.The ma