Chapter 288

"Lysander, stop lying to yourself!”

"It's always been you-back then and now-you were the one who abandoned her first! Time and again, you threw her away, pushed her to the edge, until she finally broke!"

"You're nothing but a coward!"

"Face it: if you hadn't schemed every step of the way back then, Mimi and I would've been married long ago! You destroyed us!"

Lysander's eyes blazed red at the words.

His last thread of self-control snapped. Like a man possessed, he tackled Forrest to the floor, raining down blows, blood spattering across the hardwood.

The older generation of the Montgomerys had all served in the military, and Lysander had grown up training with the best of them. Once he lost control, he was a force of nature. Forrest, a scholar through and through, never stood a chance he was utterly overpowered.

Harper hovered anxiously nearby, terrified things would go too far, but too afraid to intervene.

Thankfully, Leonard came bursting in just in time. With the help of a few others, they managed to pull Lysander off Forrest and restrain him against the wall, keeping the two men apart.

Forrest, quick to recover, lashed out with a kick the instant he was freed.

then stepped back, dabbing at the blood on his face, fixing Lysander with a

it's you and

that, Forrest

had no time or patience

...

a black Mercedes rolled to a

to the cuts on his

Leonard stepped into the room, expression unreadable. "Ms. Harvey

Giselle?

he could respond, Giselle swept

room.

on earth

went straight to the blood on his face. Worry etched across her features, she hurried

boss,

was cool and distant. "What

why Lysander had mobilized half the city last night, turning Kingsford upside down. Others might be in the dark, but she could guess

That was why she'd shown up so early, trying to gauge

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