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.

at the blood on his face, fixing Lysander

anything happens to Mimi, Lysander-I swear, it's

that, Forrest stormed

with Lysander. She'd vanished without a trace, and Forrest had no time or patience to

...

after Forrest left, a black Mercedes rolled to

to the cuts on his face.

stepped into the room, expression

Giselle?

before he could

room.

what on earth happened

blood on his face. Worry etched across her

his boss, but didn't hand

and distant. "What do you

pounding. She knew why Lysander had mobilized half the city last night, turning Kingsford upside down. Others might be in the dark,

she'd shown up so early, trying to gauge his mood. Seeing that he hadn't lashed out, she breathed a small sigh of relief-he must not

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