Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1021

Chloe studied his face, noticing how serious he looked.

A bad feeling started to build in her chest. She couldn't ignore how strange Lucas had been acting these past few days.

"What is it you want to say?" she asked quietly.

Lucas took a deep breath. "I can't keep it from you any longer, Rose. We're not safe. Not at all."

Chloe's brow furrowed. "What are you talking about?"

He looked her right in the eyes. "Do you remember why we came to Japan in the first place?"

"You said we had no choice," Chloe replied, her voice uncertain. "You told me some powerful guy drove us out someone dangerous, someone who made it impossible for us to stay."

Lucas hesitated, then said, "Connor is that man."

Chloe stared at him, completely stunned. "What are you saying?"

He repeated, slower this time, "Connor is the reason we lost everything. He's the one who forced us to leave, and these past few days, he's been keeping me prisoner."

head. She

of person," she said, her voice almost steady. She hadn't spent much time with Connor, but he always came across as polite and thoughtful, a

always something sad about him. She could feel it, a kind of quiet pain that made her want to reach out and comfort him. She knew, deep down, that this man had been through

her disbelief and looked defeated, but he didn't argue. Instead, he pulled out his phone and tapped on

looked like security footage,

of the Disney hotel

people in the

Connor and Grayson.

collar and landing blow after blow, his fists merciless.

forehead, pooling at his lips. He lay there on the

did Connor stop. He pulled out a cigarette, his

it.

any sound in the video, so Chloe had no way of knowing what they'd said. All she could see was

blood drain

looked at Grayson, lost

silence. "Do you believe

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on a show. Back then, Ke was obsessed with you, your beauty. He got between us, ruined our marriage, forced you to marry him. We were just ordinary people—what chance did we have

Mumu and ran. But I