NovelEnglishChapter 288 "Lysander, stop lying to yourself!" "It's always been you-back then and now-you were the one who abandoned her first! Tand again, you threw her away, pushed her to the edge, until she finally broke!" "You're nothing but a coward!" "Face it: if you hadn't schemed every step of the way back then, Mimi and I would've been married long ago! You destroyed us!" Lysander's eyes blazed red at the words.
His last thread of self-control snapped. Like a man possessed, he tackled Forrest to the floor, raining down blows, blood spattering across the hardwood.
The older generation of the Montgomerys had all served in the military, and Lysander had grown up training with the best of them. Once he lost control, he was a force of nature. Forrest, a scholar through and through, never stood a chance he was utterly overpowered.
Harper hovered anxiously nearby, terrified things would go too far, but too afraid to intervene.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThankfully, Leonard cbursting in just in time. With the help of a few others, they managed to pull Lysander off Forrest and restrain him against the wall, keeping the two men apart.
Forrest, quick to recover, lashed out with a kick the instant he was freed.
He then stepped back, dabbing at the blood on his face, fixing Lysander with a cold, furious glare.
"If anything happens to Mimi, Lysander-I swear, it's you andto the bitter end!" With that, Forrest stormed out.
Mila wasn't with Lysander. She'd vanished without a trace, and Forrest had no tor patience to waste on empty threats. He had to find her-fast.
Soon after Forrest left, a black Mercedes rolled to a stop outside Crimson Gardens.
Inside, Lysander sat on the couch, sullen and brooding, while Harper tended to the cuts on his face. Harper's worry was obvious, but he didn't dare say a word.
Just then, Leonard stepped into the room, expression unreadable. "Ms. Harvey is here." Giselle? Lysander's brow tightened, but before he could respond, Giselle swept into the room.
"Lysander... what on earth happened to you?" Her eyes went straight to the blood on his face. Worry etched across her features, she hurried to his side, reaching for the ointment in Harper's hand.
Harper glanced at his boss, but didn't hand it over.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmLysander's voice was cool and distant. "What do you want?" When Harper wouldn't give up the ointment, Giselle slowly withdrew her hand, heart pounding. She knew why Lysander had mobilized half the city last night, turning Kingsford upside down. Others might be in the dark, but she could guess -something had happened to Mila.
What terrified her was the possibility that Lysander had found out she'd leaked those documents. That was why she'd shown up so early, trying to gauge his mood. Seeing that he hadn't lashed out, she breathed a small sigh of relief-he must not know. Not yet.
Trying to sound casual, she said, "It's about the company project..." "The Falcon Technologies project-handle it yourself. I won't be available for the next few days." Lysander's patience was gone. He signaled to Leonard to show her out.
But Giselle quickly grabbed his hand. “There's something else—a message from overseas just cin." Lysander froze, eyes locking onto hers. After a tense moment, his expression finally softened a shade. "Let's talk in the study."
While chaos reigned in Kingsford and everything spiraled out of control, on na .Q the outskirts of town, a quiet village, a mud-splattered black SUV screeched to a halt outside a lonely cottage.
A tall, striking young man-no more than nineteen-jumped out, sleeves rolled up against the early Spring chill. Heyanked open the back door and carefully lifted out a woman, bundled in a denim jacket. Her pale arms hung limp, unmoving.
Clutching her tightly, he pounded on the cottage door, voice desperate. "Please—I have money, I can pay whatever you want! We just need a room and shot water, please!"
A middle-aged woman opened the m door, eyes widening at the urgent scene. She reached out touched the woman's exposed skin, and recoiled at how icy it was. Without hesitation, she waved them inside. "Hurry, cin!"
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