After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 101

Elijah never saw the punch coming. Lucas's fist connected with his jaw, sending him sprawling across the rooftop.

For once, Lucas's carefully cultivated control shattered completely. Each blow landed with brutal precision. If his security team hadn't finally intervened, Elijah might not have made it off that roof alive.

Lucas ignored his bloodied knuckles, glaring down at the man gasping at his feet.

"What kind of hatred makes you keep trying to destroy her life?" he demanded.

"Do you have any idea how many people watched her birthday tonight? How many saw your little drone show? What do you think the headlines will say about her tomorrow?"

"Are you only happy when she's humiliated in public?"

"No, I wasn't trying to—" Elijah choked out, blood trickling from his mouth as he struggled to sit up.

Lucas shut him up with a swift kick that sent him back to the ground.

"Wasn't trying what? Listen carefully-if Gloria didn't still have some misplaced sympathy for you, you would've disappeared the day you landed in London."

Elijah lay there, unable to rise again.

Lucas stood over him, his voice dropping to something dangerous. "Something else you should know today wasn't just her birthday. It's also the day Gloria found out she's pregnant."

The words hit Elijah like electricity. His mind went blank as he stared up in shock. "What did you just say?"

Finding some hidden reserve of strength, Elijah staggered to his feet, lunging toward Lucas.

"You son of a bitch! She's way too young! How could you do this to her?"

team immediately slammed Elijah back

each other and want this child together. That's

throwing a woman with cold sensitivity into a freezer?

you to protect her, and you almost killed her. So tell me again

face drain of color before

her out and put her at risk. If you

He tossed his torn jacket aside and headed back

and making sure no trace of the fight remained, he slipped

there, one hand protectively resting on her stomach, softened something in him instantly. He carefully gathered her into his arms and drifted off

next morning, she

eyes open, he kissed her

that had kept her awake loosened its grip.

wedding plans. Despite the compressed timeline,

wedding photos together. Gloria couldn't help smiling at the thought that

arrived with surprising speed. Though deliberately intimate, the ceremony spared no

secretly commissioned by Lucas months

bride, they invited

vows to the ring exchange, Gloria and Lucas remained in their own world, focused entirely on

like they had all the time in the world, barely noticing the applause

moment, nothing existed beyond

stayed out of the press. Back home, Elijah didn't hear about it until photos appeared online the

urge to do something drastic flared briefly, but reality quickly extinguished

he closed his eyes, he heard

contact-that's the healthiest ending for both of

make himself let

never receive, clinging to the fantasy that