Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 53

"You've got some nerve."

Liliana was not impressed.

She didn't believe for a second that his words came from a place of love.

After all these years, she knew he saw her as nothing more than a possession to be summoned and dismissed at will.

Liliana's mind was crystal clear.

A man's selfish, toxic need for control was not love.

She pushed Linton away and turned to leave.

Linton's face hardened as he grabbed her slender, pale wrist. "How long are you going to keep this up this time?"

Liliana was caught off guard. "What?"

Linton reached out with his long, elegant fingers and gently tapped her on the forehead, as if dealing with a naughty child.

"Be good."

His voice was cool, but tinged with a hint of resignation.

The onlookers chuckled, seemingly accustomed to scenes like this, and began to chime in.

"Mr. Cooper really has his hands full. It must be exhausting having a fiancée who throws tantrums all the time."

"Oh, what do you know? It takes two to tango. Maybe this is just how they spice things up."

"Well, Liliana is a pampered heiress, so of course she has a temper. Not everyone can be like Isabella, so gentle and understanding."

The casual, detached remarks of the crowd were like a thousand tiny cuts, slicing into Liliana until she could hardly breathe.

Living in this circle, she had tried so hard not to care what others thought of her.

But being constantly subjected to their cruel gossip, being endlessly compared to others and treated like a fool… she felt like she was about to lose her mind.

Liliana's chest heaved, her fingertips trembled slightly, and her vision began to blur.

The same feeling from the hospital—the numbness in her limbs, the cold, the dizzying pressure in her head—crashed over her like a tidal wave, threatening to pull her under.

Liliana squeezed her eyes shut. Her face was pale, and a bizarre thought surfaced in her mind.

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