Chapter 121

• “You’re talking like you’re still with him, Lily. How can you forgive what he did to you? I am your fiancé, not him! Stop saving him every time; he doesn’t deserve this.”
• Lily felt stuck, her heart torn between the past and her present. She knew Lewis was right in many ways, but abandoning Ethan felt impossible. The silence stretched between them as they sat in the car, each lost in their thoughts.
• Lily remained silent, grappling with the conflicting emotions swirling inside her. She wanted to defend Ethan, to explain that despite his mistakes, he wasn’t the monster Lewis painted him to be. But she also understood Lewis’s frustration and the pain of her own past. The weight of her loyalty to Ethan felt heavy, yet she couldn't shake the feeling that she had to stand by him during this crisis.