NovelEnglishChapter 353
As we walked away, Lucas deliberately put his arm around my shoulders. | could feel Ethan's intense gaze
following us until we
disappeared from sight.
Behind us, | heard Ethan's broken whisper to our daughter: "Lily, tell Daddy what you want in your dreams. As
long as it's what
you want, Daddy will fulfill it for you."
"I only ask that you cto see Daddy in a dream, even if it's just once!"
His pain meant nothing tonow. It was two years too late.
Lucas droveback to my cottage in Maple Grove. The encounter with Ethan
had leftemotionally drained, and Lucas was
considerate enough not to pressabout his proposal again.
When we arrived, | didn't immediately get out of the car. | looked at Lucas, struggling to find the right words.
He was everything Ethan wasn't-kind, considerate, patient. But the scars from my first mating ran too deep.
Loving Ethan had
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costeverything, including my precious daughter. The thought of risking my heart again terrified me.
"Olivia, don't feel pressured," Lucas said softly. "I was too impatient. As long as you're willing to consider me, I'm
willing to wait
as long as it takes."
"Lucas..." | began, but couldn't continue. His kindness only madefeel worse.
"Go upstairs and rest early. Don't think too much," he said, leaning over to help unfasten my seatbelt.
| pushed open the car door and got out. Lucas walkedto my door, waiting until
| was safely inside before leaving.
| leaned against the closed door, my thoughts in chaos. Was | hesitating because Lily's revenge remained
unfulfilled? Or had Ethan's betrayal damagedso completely that | couldn't trust anyone with my heart again?
A knock at the door interrupted my thoughts. Assuming Lucas had returned, | opened it without hesitation.
“Lucas-"The ndied on my lips. "How is it you?!"
Ethan stood in my doorway, his amber eyes intense. | immediately tried to slam the door shut, but he was faster.
He pushed his way inside, closing the door behind him with one hand while the other hooked around my waist.
He pressedagainst the door, trappingbetween his arms.
"Liv, did Lucas Blackwood propose to you?" he asked, his voice low and urgent.
| glared at him, struggling against his hold. "Ethan Stone, letgo!"
| kicked and punched him with all my strength, not holding back. I'd stopped restraining myself around him after
Lily died. Every blow carried my grief and rage, but he barely seemed to notice the pain.
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"Liv, did you agree to him?" he persisted, his eyes never leaving my face.
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"Let go!" | shouted, hitting him harder. “Ethan Stone, can't you understand common tongue? | told you to let me
go! Did you
hear me, let go!"
"Liv, answer me. Did you agree to him?"
| finally stopped fighting, leaning against the door as | caught my breath. The
metallic scent of blood filled the air-I'd reopened
one of his wounds from our previous encounter.
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Still, his expression remained unchanged. "Liv, did you?"
"Yes!" | snapped, too exhausted to fight anymore. "Ethan Stone, listen clearly.
There's no possibility between you andin this
lifetime. | can be with anyone, but | can't be with you."
| met his gaze with cold finality. "Leave my house immediately!"
My future with Lucas might be uncertain, but my feelings about Ethan were crystal
clear. He was responsible for Lily's death.
There could never be anything between us again.
Pain flashed across his face. "Liv, you can't be with Lucas Blackwood. | won't allow it!"
His voice carried a slight tremor despite his commanding tone.
"Ethan Stone, you're nothing to me," | hissed. "I don't need your permission to be with anyone! Get out of here!"
| looked at him like he was a madman, which he surely was to think he had any say in my life after what he'd
done.
"What do | have to do for you to not be with Lucas
Blackwood?"
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