Chapter 195

• John POV
• “Tell Lily! Tell her John is waiting for her! Tell her!” I roared. My voice tore through the rainy night, raw and desperate. But in front of those trained bodyguards, all my rage and strength looked pathetic. They were a wall I could not break.
• I stumbled back to the car like a ghost. Rain smeared the windows. I refused to accept it. Those damn burner SIMs. With shaking hands, I pulled out the last one and dialed the number burned into my memory—once, twice, ten times… dozens of times.