Chapter 71

• Lillian's POV
• I stood there, staring at the crowd as Nathaniel walked away. My heart was still thundering from everything that had just happened. Maxwell Arlo’s disgusting persistence, the way Adrian had abandoned me, and then… Nathaniel.
• I had not expected him. I had not expected him to care. But he had, he had seen me, really seen me, and stepped in without hesitation. Like the man I used to know. Like the man I used to… love.