Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 243

Linton paused.

He lowered his eyes, his voice raspy. “Liliana...”

“I’m not asking you to forgive me now. All I’m begging for is a chance to atone.”

“Let’s start over. Let’s face a new tomorrow, together. Please?”

He realized then that if he just stood still and waited for her, she would never turn back. They both had to move forward.

If she was moving on, then he would move on with her, as a completely changed man.

Liliana looked down at him, clinging desperately to the window frame.

Sharp glass had shredded his palms and arms, and his clothes were soaked in a shocking crimson.

His handsome face was flushed with an unnatural heat. From her vantage point, she could easily see the immense pain he was in.

His vision was blurry, his hearing was fading from blood loss, and the cold wind howled around him.

Linton clenched his jaw, his lips turning a bruised purple from the cold. His long fingers trembled uncontrollably, as if he could lose his grip at any moment.

Liliana watched him for a long time, her lips pressed together in silence.

As if possessed.

Her mind inexplicably drifted back to the nightmare that had plagued her for a month.

To this day, Liliana couldn't be sure.

Was it just a bad dream, or was it a vision of something real that had yet to happen, projected across time and space into her sleep?

But there was one thing she was certain of.

Her lips trembled as she suddenly asked, “I heard you reported Isabella to the police. That you had her arrested?”

Linton’s fingers tightened their grip, his deep, narrow eyes fixed on her. “Liliana, she has to pay for what she’s done.”

“Did you ever trust our love?”

She stared at him, a mist slowly clouding her vision.

She sniffled, her voice a shaky whisper.

“I thought you did. Just like how for the past decade, no matter what we faced, I always chose you without hesitation.”

“I thought... you felt the same way.”

Liliana paused, a faint, mocking smile touching her lips. “But I was wrong. I just realized it.”

“Call it insecurity or arrogance, I don’t care. You had your reasons, you did so many things behind my back for the sake of our love.”

“You said the Cooper family had its dark secrets that you had to deal with. You said you were afraid their enemies would target me, so you had to keep your distance.”

“You said you felt dirty, that you weren’t good enough for me. You were scared, insecure, and you needed my constant submission and affection to confirm my unwavering love for you...”