Chapter 86

• Lily's POV
• My heart skipped a beat as if I had fallen into an icy cold pit. The revenge Grace and her daughter were plotting - was it really that vicious? My fingers clenched in my palm and a sharp pain shot through me, just enough that I couldn't disguise my voice. "I've got it. Thank you, Brown. I'll..."
• "You don't have to thank me, Lily." Brown interrupted me, something complicated resonating in his tone - weariness, perhaps, or a kind of grim determination. "If I've made it this far and become John's top beta, it's only because of your help back then. Think of it as... my repayment to you. That's all I can do. You have to protect yourself."