Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 198

“You can hit me. I won’t fight back.”

“After all, if you hit me, she’ll only feel sorry for me.”

Liam leaned in closer, his eyes suddenly dangerous as he chuckled.

“I couldn’t compete with you before. You were relentless, like a mad dog. There was nothing I could do.”

“But... I never expected this. You had her and you didn’t cherish her. She loved you so much, and you completely ruined it yourself.”

Liam couldn't help but sigh dramatically.

His lips curled into a wide grin, the satisfaction on his face almost bursting into laughter.

Forcing it back, he reached out and patted Linton’s broad shoulder, offering a magnanimous-sounding consolation.

“It’s fine, really. If you weren’t such a bastard, I never would have had this chance.”

“From now on... I’ll take good care of Liliana and her baby. No need for Mr. Cooper to worry.”

Liam’s voice was light and dismissive. With a final, provocative glance, he shut the car door.

“So long, Mr. Cooper. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”

Linton’s face turned to stone.

A storm of rage and bitterness churned in his chest, suffocating him.

His jaw was tight, his teeth clenched. The sound of his knuckles cracking echoed in the quiet air as the veins on his powerful arms bulged.

A bloodthirsty rage filled his eyes. He wanted to tear that hypocritical smile off Liam’s face, to force Liliana to see his vile, despicable true colors!

But Liam had been right about one thing.

He had brought this on himself. He didn’t cherish what he had, and now that it was gone, he was filled with regret.

Linton’s eyes reddened.

He stared at Liliana, who sat in the back seat, her head turned to the window, refusing to grant him even a single glance.

Her silhouette was distant and cold. She treated him like he was nothing but air.

Linton’s heart seized, the pain so sharp it bleached the color from his face and lips.

“Liliana...”

He called out her name, his voice raw and choked.

Liliana’s ear twitched. She looked at Liam in the driver's seat, her expression blank. “Drive.”

Amusement tugged at the corner of Liam’s lips.

In that moment, Linton was forced to face a devastating reality.

His beloved Liliana.

The girl he had longed for.

She truly didn’t want him anymore.

She had thrown him away.

Just like the engagement ring.

She had cast him into a lonely darkness, left to sink in the cold, murky depths of the King’s Moat, just as she had once been left to face her own despair.

Linton slowly closed his eyes, his long lashes trembling with pain. A bitter, self-mocking smile touched his lips.

He had truly brought this on himself.

Liliana was right.

Everything that was happening now...

It was the retribution he deserved.