Chapter 524 The Choice

    Chapter 524 The Choice

    Victor’s brows knit so tightly they could have crushed a fly.

    Watching James and Lily stand side by side, hand in hand with such deep affection, he couldn’t help but feel envy.

    He too had once imagined that if the day came when he met the right girl, he would hold her hand with the same resolve, shielding her, cherishing her, never betraying her, loving her until death.

    But Marilyn’s words just now had been too vile. He couldn’t bear them. He certainly couldn’t protect her.

    Lifting his gaze to her, his eyes were cold as ice, his refined features set in aloof rejection.

    “Before the truth has even been uncovered, you leap around spreading filth, ndering Lily. Mom’s p was exactly what you deserved. From now on, you will show her respect. If you dare stir up discord in this family again like some petty clown, I will reconsider marrying you.”

    iWhat/ii? /i

    Marilyn nearly popped her eyes out of her head.

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    He was going back on his word–did he not want to marry her anymore?

    Did he want to marry Adeline instead, that shameless little slut?

    He was hers. She would never allow Adeline to steal him away.

    Her teeth ground audibly in hatred.

    But fear of losing him smothered her rage. She forced herself to stay silent, stepping aside obediently, though her heart seethed.

    So what if the Luke family still defended Lily for now? Once the whole world turned on her, they would cast her out in shame.

    “Mr. James is on stage!”

    Gasps erupted when James appeared.

    “If Lily cheated on him, he must be going up to hit her!”

    “Of course! What man could stand such humiliation? If I were him, I’d break that whore’s legs so she could never stray again!“.

    The crowd buzzed with spection, convinced James was about to mete out punishment.

    Instead, he walked straight to Lily’s side.

    With undeniable affection and solemnity, he sped her hand tightly.

    Chapter 524 The Choice

    Lily, I’m here.”

    Lily had known he loved her, had known he trusted her. She believed he would never abandon her in the face of nder..

    But feeling his grip, hearing his deep, steady voice that wrapped her in security, her eyes still burned hot with unshed tears.

    She squeezed his hand hard. “The woman in the video isn’t me.”

    “I know.”

    James’s gaze cut to the frozen image on the background screen, cold and sharp. “Leave this matter to me.

    “Lily, how could you? Just to spite me, you bedded that disgusting old man?”

    John’s furious voice tore through the air, almost before James’s words had faded. He hade to the recording too.

    “You mean to tell me the child in your belly is his? How could you fall so low?”

    A moment ago, warmth had surged through Lily at James’s side. But at John’s voice, her face froze over like ice.

    Every time he appeared, it was a brutal reminder of how blind she had once been–how she had wasted her devotion on him.

    And every time, it made her love James even more.

    She was even grateful that Elsa hade back pretending to be ill.

    If not, she might still be shackled by her own foolishness, pouring her heart into that rotten cucumber John.

    “John, shut your mouth!”

    James’s tenderness vanished, reced by lethal cold. His eyes burnéd with a killing intent that chilled the air.

    “Lily would never do such a thing!”

    “Ha!”

    John let out a harshugh.

    “There’s a video of her with another man, and you still say she couldn’t? James, you’re only lying to yourself!”

    He no longer looked at James. His eyes lifted to Lily instead

    At first, they were aze with fury, as if he wanted to drag her, the so–called whore, into hell with him.

    But then, slowly, the fire dimmed. The killing edge faded, reced by helplessness and bitter self- mockery.

    b13:11 /bThu, 11 sept

    Chapter 524 The Choice

    Closing his eyes in near despair, he reopened them, facing what he could no longer deny. His voice brokei hoarse and low

    “Lily,e back to me. I don’t care that you married James. I don’t even care if you slept with the man in that video. I can ignore it all. I only want you with me. If you’ll just agree to start over, I can make this whole scandal disappear. Lily…e back.”