Chapter 315 The Last Second

“Let me go…”

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Lily didn’t want to show weakness in front of these monsters–but she was panicking. She was scared. And no matter how hard she tried to hold it back, tears slipped down her cheeks.

“Why does everything Mathilda says get taken as the truth? I swear–I can prove she set me up!”

Bodger’s expression darkened, his grip tightening with fury. “You nearly killed her, and now you’ve got the nerve to make excuses?”

Sean stood off to the side, arms crossed, watching with cold detachment. He was waiting for Lily to break

-waiting for her to look his way and beg..

Jonah just pulled Mathilda into his arms and snapped, “Bodger, what are you waiting for? Stop wasting time. Throw her into the rocks and make her pay for what she did to Mathilda!”

Tears spilled down Lily’s face, dripping onto Bodger’s hand. The warmth of them made his chest twist uncomfortably.

Looking at her–red eyes, completely crushed–he couldn’t help but remember the way she used to be. Before Mathilda had come back, Bodger had always hated seeing Lily cry. Her tears used to rip him apart. And now? Even after everything, her tears still got to him.

What pissed him off more was how ungrateful she’d become–cold, selfish, like none of it ever mattered.

Mathilda had already suffered enough. He wasn’t going to let her be hurt again. So whatever it took, Lily was going to pay for it.

“Lily!” A shout tore through the tension.

The call Lily had taken earlier–in the parking garage–it had been from James. He knew her heart wasn’t with him anymore. They were just days away from finalizing the diyorce. He had no right to feel anything for her.

But the moment he landed back in the country, she was still the first person he called.

she told him to call the police–when she said she needed help–it was clear something

rushed over without wasting a second. And the first thing he saw when he got there? Bodger was about

him,

kick to Bodger’s chest–knocking him off Lily and sending him staggering back. Then he caught Lily

had been shielding her

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the rocks, she had shut her eyes–100 afraid to see what was coming. She couldn’t face the moment her baby was torn from

the pain

James’s

then, like waking from a nightmare, she found herself in his

second, she thought it had to be

But no–this was real.

hallucination caused by

He’d

to being killed by those maniacs, Lily felt a wave of fear and helplessness crash over

distance. But right now, she didn’t care. She wrapped her arms around him and held on like her life depended on it. She wasn’t letting

you okay?” he asked, voice

sharp and dangerous. If he hadn’t been holding her, he might’ve gone after

“James…”

line–she shouldn’t be

the comfort of his arms so much. She held on tighter, like if she let go, he

of cold and cruelty, his arms were the only place

trembling nonstop, James knew she was scared

what happened. He didn’t push. Instead, he held

patted her back like you’d soothe a child, and he whispered, soft

I’m here now. I won’t

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