Chapter 147

• Lily’s POV
• "Wife?!" John’s face darkened instantly, as if ink were spilling across paper. He looked as though he’d just heard the dumbest joke in the world. In his twisted, possessive little world, I—Lily—was supposed to belong to him forever. He couldn’t bear any other reality, least of all that Ethan called himself my husband. He was like a cornered animal, completely enraged, and he roared: "What you two have is nothing but a business deal your parents forced on you! She never wanted to be your wife! She told me that herself! In this life and the next, in every life, she wants only me, John Palmer, to grow old with! Never to be apart! Ethan Green, stop fooling yourself! Lily! Come here! Come home with me!" He reached out for me again, his gaze fixed on me with terrifying intensity.
• Ethan merely shot him a cold, sidelong glance, as if watching a clown jumping around.