CHAPTER 884. MY LITTLE BELOVED. At the Gates of Disaster

The phone was still warm in Gigi’s hands. She had spoken with Anja just ten minutes ago when a loud knock echoed at the door. Galia started howling like crazy, so intensely that Gigi assumed Ingrid was rushing over with some kind of emergency. Because, of course, there was no one else she knew well enough to be knocking at this hour.

"Calm down, Galia!" she whispered as she walked to the door, her heart pounding.

She opened it without thinking too much, but what she saw was nowhere near what she expected.

Niko.

He was there.

He was standing right in front of her.

Why…?

Why was he…?

The world seemed to freeze for a second, and before her mind could process what was happening, the ground disappeared beneath her feet. Everything went black for Gigi, and Niko barely had time to react—but his reflexes were quicker than his surprise. He took a step forward and caught her before she collapsed, just as John rushed toward them.

"Gigi!" N