Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Husband's Affair, My Anniversary Gift : Kabanata 171 - Kabanata 180

Noah shot David a suspicious look, her hands on her hips. She didn’t trust him one bit, but she could also see the determination in Lily’s eyes. After a short silence, she sighed. “Alright then… call me if anything happens, okay?”Lily nodded. “I will.”Noah gave one last glare at David before she got into her car. “Don’t try anything stupid,” she muttered as she started the engine. Then she drove off, her car disappearing down the street.Lily stood there for a moment, watching her friend’s car vanish. The silence that followed was thick and uncomfortable. Without glancing at David, she turned toward the entrance and started walking.David stepped ahead and pushed the glass door open for her. She didn’t thank him, just walked past as if he wasn’t even there.Roy was already waiting by the elevator with the bags.Roy pressed the elevator button, waiting quietly as the doors slid open with a soft ding. He stepped aside for Lily to go first, but she didn’t even glance at him or David ju

Lily stepped into the bathroom, still feeling the heaviness of everything that had just happened between them.Her head ached from the tension, and her right arm throbbed faintly beneath the plaster. She opened the cabinet and placed her clean pajamas on top, glancing at her reflection in the mirror, pale face, tired eyes, hair slightly tangled.She sighed quietly and reached to pull her t-shirt off, but it wasn’t easy with just one hand. Her left arm struggled to lift the hem, her right arm uselessly hanging by her side. She tried again, gritting her teeth, but the fabric refused to come off properly.“Damn it,” she muttered, frustrated, tugging harder. The more she tried, the more the pain spread through her shoulder. It was humiliating, standing there half-stuck in her own clothes, but she didn’t want to ask for help especially his help.And just as she thought of him, the bathroom door creaked open.She froze. “Are you crazy?” she snapped, spinning around to see David step inside.

“David!” Lily’s voice trembled in anger. “Have you completely lost your mind?”“Yes,” he shot back, his eyes burning. “I lost my mind the moment I saw you talking sweetly to another man, in front of your husband!”“Your what?” Lily scoffed, almost laughing in disbelief. “You really won’t stop, will you? How long do you plan to keep pretending we’re husband and wife? You act like one when it suits you, and forget it when it doesn’t!”He moved closer in one swift step and grabbed her jaw in one hand, his grip firm but not painful, his other arm wrapping around her waist.“I’m not pretending, Lily,” his voice was low, trembling with restrained rage. “And I’ve told you a thousand times you’re not leaving me. And you’re sure as hell not having anything with Jabco.”Lily stared straight into his dark eyes, unflinching.“You don’t get to decide that,” she said stubbornly, her voice steady even as her heart raced. “Who I meet, who I talk to that’s my life. You don’t own me.”She tried to pull

She felt the pressure of him, his chest rising and falling against ear. For a second the room felt too small, as if her breath belonged to him now. He rested his cheek on the crown of her head and whispered, almost to himself, “I’m sorry.” The words were low, slow an apology that came out of habit more than honesty.He knew he’d gone too far tonight. When he lost control, his sharp edges showed, and he couldn’t think straight. She’d just come from the hospital; she shouldn’t have been forced into anything.A hot sting of tears gathered at the corner of Lily’s eyes. She swallowed hard and blinked them back. She would not let them fall. Not here, not now. She’d learned to keep everything inside because outward weakness only fed the things she hated about herself and about him.It was unbearably uncomfortable to sleep pressed against him. She shifted, trying to wriggle free, to turn so her back faced him.Her shoulder bumped awkwardly against his arm. David growled softly and tightened h

Roy silently nodded, sensing the dangerous calm in David’s voice. When he left the office, he immediately called Lily’s lawyer.“Mr. Hardison has added a condition regarding the divorce settlement,” Roy said professionally. “The debt of thirty million that Mr. Hardison covered for Mr. Collins, Miss Collins’s father must be repaid. According to relevant business laws and the terms of their prior agreement, Mr. Hardison has the right to reclaim that amount after divorce.”He paused, flipping through the documents David had handed him. “There’s also a list of all financial investments Mr. Hardison made into the Collins family company attached. If Miss Collins wants the divorce finalized, the total must be settled.”The lawyer remained silent for a few moments before replying stiffly, “Understood. I’ll inform Miss Collins.”When Roy ended the call, he leaned back in his chair for a second, exhaling heavily. Even he could feel the weight of what David was doing.He returned to David’s offi