Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 324

Liliana’s eyes, still red-rimmed, fixed on him.

Linton's heart clenched. He couldn't read the expression in her gaze. After a moment, he spoke again, his tone deferential. “Liliana, don't be angry. I’ll go now. I won’t bother you anymore...”

With that, Linton straightened up, preparing to leave.

He cast one last, lingering look at her, his dark eyes filled with a greedy, desperate longing and a profound love.

He forced himself to look away, afraid that another second would only make her angrier.

Liliana watched him get up to leave, her lips pursed in silence.

Suddenly.

Linton turned back, a hint of embarrassment on his face. He looked at her, his lips parting and closing several times before his gaze fell, cautiously, to her swollen belly. He pleaded, his voice a low whisper.

“Please, Liliana... can I... can I just touch the baby?”

“She's eight months along, and I haven't touched her once. I haven't even spoken to her...”

Linton's throat tightened, his cool voice growing deeper, quieter.

He looked nervous and utterly terrified, but he couldn't suppress the deep-seated yearning for the woman and child before him.

He knew his chances to see her were few and far between, and they would only become rarer. He had to cherish this opportunity.

There were things he needed to say, things that had been bottled up inside him. If he missed this chance, he might never get another.

Liliana lowered her gaze. Her long, thick lashes were still clumped together with tears.

She remained silent, her head bowed.

Linton held his breath, his heart pounding in his chest. After what felt like an eternity.

Liliana slowly raised her head. Her face was pale as her crimson lips parted to utter a single, merciless word—

Liliana kept her eyes downcast, her lashes still wet with tears. She didn't watch him go.

After a long moment of silence, she slowly turned her head to look out of the room, a faint, self-mocking smile touching her lips.

She thought to herself.

In a way.

Maybe...

Maybe she and Matthew were the same kind of person.

Both of them, their physical bodies intact and walking this earth, but the souls hidden deep inside...

...had long ago, without them even realizing, been shattered into a thousand pieces.