Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 160

Linton’s lips were pale, completely drained of color. He pressed them together tightly, struggling to maintain his composure. “I understand. Keep investigating.”

Lucas opened his mouth, then closed it again, hesitant.

Just now...

Did he actually hear a tremor of fear in Mr. Cooper’s usually calm and collected voice?

...No, that couldn’t be right.

He must have misheard.

Lucas suddenly felt as if the entire world had turned surreal.

Who was Linton?

He was the famous heir of Crownport’s Cooper family, a man who had looked down on the world from the day he was born, who had won life’s lottery at the starting line.

He began learning business from his father at the age of five. At eighteen, he founded a company from scratch that went public within a year. It was later merged into the Cooper Group, boosting its market value by tens of billions and catapulting it into the world’s top ten corporations.

He was a legendary figure in the business world, a double Ph.D. in economics by the age of twenty-two, an undisputed child of fortune.

A man who had feared nothing for over two decades—what could he possibly be afraid of?

Oh.

That wasn’t entirely accurate.

Lucas slapped his forehead, suddenly remembering something.

That was all in the past.

Now, Liliana had publicly announced the end of their engagement, making a clean break.

He was genuinely, deeply terrified that Liliana would leave him for good.

Lucas’s own feelings were complicated.

He knew that as an assistant, it wasn't his place to say anything more; it had nothing to do with his job.

But he had been with Linton for so many years.

He had followed Linton through thick and thin since before he even graduated from college. He had his own personal loyalties.

Lucas hesitated for a moment, then cautiously spoke up, testing the waters. “Mr. Cooper, in my opinion, the problem between you and Miss Hart... is that one of you never speaks, and the other never asks.”

Linton was silent.

It slowly dawned on Lucas what he had just done. His eyes widened in horror, and a cold sweat broke out all over his body. He was filled with regret.

His mouth!

Why did he have to talk so much!

Couldn’t he have just said a little less!

Lucas’s face contorted in agony. “Mr. Cooper, I...”

Linton’s throat moved slowly. His face was deathly pale.

He doubled over in pain, the lit cigarette held between his long fingers. His narrow eyes were unreadable as he asked in a hoarse voice, “Then tell me, what should I do?”

“How do I win Liliana back?”

Lucas was quiet for a moment, then said in a serious tone.

“Mr. Cooper, if you really want to win Miss Hart back.”

“Why don’t you start by cutting ties with your adopted sister for good?”