Chapter 424 No Ties Left

Chapter 424 No Ties Left

The address Lily had used for her online orders was the city–center villa James had once transferred to

her.

She checked the delivery app and saw that her package had arrived.

She knew James had already made it clear–he didn’t want to see her again. But to put his mind completely at ease, once she had the forged abortion record in hand, she decided to go to his villa one last time and give it to him personally.

The passcode to his villa hadn’t changed. She entered the main house easily.

When she didn’t see him in the living room or the master bedroom, she guessed he was in the study

The thought of what had happened between them there the night before sent a rush of shame through her. She didn’t want to step foot inside that room again.

But if it meant protecting the baby in her belly from him, she had no choice but to face him.

“James, I—”

The study door was half open. She lifted her hand to knock politely–only to freeze at the sight inside.

James was dressed in black slacks and a white shirt, the collar slightly open, lounging in his chair.

Sitting on his lap was a beautiful woman in a deep–red, plunging V–neck dress. Her makeup was light and fresh, her smile charming, her eyes filled with invitation.

two were close, skin brushing skin, gazes locked in an intimate, electric

from crossing

woman’s eyes met hers, filled

James had once said when he was

told herself that drunken

hadn’t been talking nonsense at all.

Just… not her.

up, they would probably already be tangled in each other’s arms. The thought was like a knife in her chest. She nearly

still hadn’t been delivered. Swallowing the ache

throat, she forced.

easy–I won’t trouble you again. From now on…

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424 No Ties

was a new secretary in

that when Ashton asked someone to deliver a document, the secretary would somehow end up perched on him. Her sudden move had startled and disgusted him,

known she wouldn’t keep

her say it out loud–that she’d ended the pregnancy–felt like having his heart crushed

reactions. He didn’t

voice raw, as if dragged over gravel. “What

we’re

the abortion record on his desk, turned, and headed

“Ms. Lily-”

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