Semua Bab My Husband's Affair, My Anniversary Gift : Bab 251 - Bab 260

Lily woke with a sharp pull in her chest, like her breath had been yanked away. Her head felt heavy. Her eyes fluttered open, and all she saw at first was a cracked ceiling and dust floating in the air.Her wrists burned before her mind caught up. They were tied behind the chair with a rough rope that scraped her skin every time she moved. Her ankles were bound too, tight enough that she couldn’t shift her legs. The chair itself wobbled a little, old wood, one leg shorter than the others.The room smelled like sand, rust, and something damp. When her eyes adjusted, she realized she was in a desert house, the kind that looked like it hadn’t seen people in years. The walls were bare, patches of paint eaten away. A single bulb hung from the ceiling but wasn’t turned on. Light only seeped in through a broken window covered with a bent metal grille.She listened.Men’s voices drifted from somewhere far in the building. Not shouting, just talkin

“St… stop.” Lily’s voice was barely a whisper. “Don’t call me that. I hate you.”David shut his eyes for one second, pain ripping through him. “Okay. If you want that, I won’t say anything. I promise. Just… please don’t leave me.”“It… hurts… I can’t…” Lily struggled to breathe. “I’m sorry…”Her vision dimmed. Her head dropped to the side. Her body went slack in his arms.“Lily!” David yelled. His voice cracked. “Lily, open your eyes!”“Lily!” Jabco said urgently, patting her cheeks. “Hey! Stay with us!”Riyana pressed her fingers on Lily’s wrist. Her face went cold. “Her pulse is weakening. Her body’s getting cold.”“No… no… no,” David whispered. It felt like the floor had vanished and he was falling into nothing.

David pulled out his phone right away, his other hand still on her face like he couldn’t move it even if he wanted to. He called Roy.“Bring Lily something to eat,” he said, voice firm but soft at the edges. He hung up and slipped the phone back into his pocket.“How is Danish?” Lily asked, her voice shaking.David turned his eyes back to her. “He was scared. Really scared. But he’s fine now. He left with Mum just before you woke up. You want me to call him back?”She shook her head weakly. “Let him be.”“Alright.” He stood up slowly, adjusting her pillow and helping her lie down more comfortably. “Rest. Your body needs it.”She kept watching him. Every move he made. Every small thing he did. His face, the exhaustion in it. The way his hands trembled when he touched the blanket. The way his eyes softened each time they met hers.His calmness felt new. Different. It

Lily wrapped both her hands around the warm cup of coffee, staring at the surface like it might give her an answer.“I really don’t understand him,” she said, her voice tight with frustration.“He’s so unpredictable. One moment he’s there, the next he’s gone. He doesn’t explain anything.”Noah was sitting across from her in her office, leaning back slightly in her chair. She took a slow sip of her coffee and watched Lily carefully. Since she arrived, all she had talked about was David. Every complaint, every sigh, every confused thought somehow circled back to him.“Then try to understand him,” Noah said calmly.Lily looked up at her, annoyed. “How? He doesn’t say anything. Not a word. What am I supposed to understand from silence?”Noah sighed. She set her cup down and leaned forward, resting her elbows on the table.“Have you looked at yourself lately?&rdquo

Jabco didn’t speak. For the first time that night, he seemed genuinely caught off guard. His jaw tightened, and he glanced at Riyana without meaning to. Riyana immediately lowered her head again, her fingers curling into the fabric of her dress.“Miss Collins…” Riyana said carefully, trying to ease the tension.Lily turned to her at once. “Miss Rivan,” she said firmly, “you don’t need to be scared of him. He can’t shut me up.”Then she turned back to Jabco.His lips pressed into a thin line. He was annoyed now, but he was holding it in.“Lily,” he said, voice low, “what are you actually trying to say? I invited you for dinner, not an argument.”Lily leaned back more comfortably, crossing her arms.“I’m not trying to start anything,” she said. “I just want you to give her tomorrow off.”Jabco blinked. “Tomorrow off?” He