Loving You In Secret

Chapter 1077

Lincoln looked apologetically at her and said, "I'm sorry, Vicky. This is the only way I could think of to make sure Tyler doesn't take you away. Please bear with it for the time being. I'll arrange for you to go abroad once security is not as tight."

"Thank you. You've actually been an immense help to me. I might have been taken away by Tyler already if you hadn't asked Old Mister Hart to help me," said Vicky quietly. Guilt immediately filled her heart when she saw the wound on the corner of Lincoln's mouth. "I'm sorry that you got hurt because of me."

Tyler did not hold back at all when he punched Lincoln in the face, and up till now, there was still a bruise on the corner of Lincoln's mouth.

Lincoln smiled to show that he did not mind. "This? This is nothing. Besides..." He suddenly paused and changed the topic. "Vicky, Tyler's men are stationed outside of this place, so don't ever leave until I give you the green light."

multitude of feelings flashed across Vicky's eyes as she looked

you and Tyler to make him hate you so much?" Then, realizing she had overstepped her boundary, she quickly added, "You don't have to tell me if you

looked at her gently with his deep, dark

instinctively backed away to avert her gaze from his. Noticing this, Lincoln's eyes darkened but

a lot of rumors about what happened between me and Tyler, like how I'm worried about him usurping my position as the heir, so I deliberately set up a plan to frame him to the extent of using you as a bargaining chip to destroy him. To be honest, I've never cared about all those rumors, so I didn't feel the need to clear them up. While I might not care about what others think about me, I do care about what you think

from her face

you a few times. He had been trying to throw me out of the family ever since he found out that we were not related by blood. He would've gotten his way if my parents didn't intervene," Lincoln continued in an indifferent

the years of infighting to