Chapter 440 Questions
He glared at Max, his stare sharp as a knife. His look spoke one clear thought. You’ve lost your mind.
Max’s blurred eyes cleared the instant they met Lachlan’s. A sharp gleam cut through his face, cold and alert.
“And who the hell are you supposed to be?”
His voice was dark, filled with danger.
“I’m just a man.”
Lachlan shrugged with a careless tilt, his tone blunt and dismissive.
The odd back–and–forth broke the tension choking the air. Tess and Lyra both eased slightly, though Lachlan’s jab rang true.
Max’s behavior was twisted.
His intentions were rotten to the core.
“What do you want from me?”
Tess’s brows tightened, her voice harsh and dripping with hate.
Max’s head snapped toward her as if pulled by force. For a brief second, his body trembled. Her cold eyes cut him down, and the rejection stabbing deeper than any blade.
“You’re divorced from Finn now. Come with me. Please. He can’t clear your name anymore. I can.”
He had followed her all the way from Krigan.
He had stalked her footsteps. He had overheard every word she spoke to Finn. The memory of her wedding night still tortured him. That pain burned like fire inside his chest.
He had waited too long.
She had once loved him deeply, but now she was finally free. Though the divorce had been not too long ago. Who knew what might happen? He would never give her up.
He would use threats, promises, and lies–anything at all.
“Come with me. I can end this tomorrow. You don’t need to drag yourself through this.”
His gaze clung to her, hungry and desperate.
“Why?” Tess’s eyes narrowed.
For a moment, her heart jolted. Something clicked inside her mind. But she swallowed the thought and buried it deep. She stepped closer, her voice like a blade cutting air.
“Why are you so sure you can clear my name? Why bring up last year?”
Max froze in place, his body shrouded in shadow, like smoke that refused to fade.
Lachlan trailed last. Before stepping away, he cast one glance back. His blue eyes gleamed with a flicker of cold mockery.
Inside the car, Lyra’s voice burst sharp with disgust.
“He calls himself your childhood friend? That’s beyond vile!”
“No one knows what he truly wants.”
Tess leaned into the seat, her eyes narrowed, her body wrapped in stern calm.
Max had hovered around her ever since she left prison. He had clung like a ghost that refused to die. Only when she moved into the villa in the north had his shadow faded. She had almost forgotten him. But now he returned, bold and filthy.
She pressed her hand against her brow, easing the weight that pressed behind her eyes.
The engine rumbled alive. The car rolled forward. The window cracked open, and night air drifted in cool and soft.
It brushed against her face. Her lashes fluttered. Her mind drifted.
Streetlights flickered faintly outside. Aetheris lay hushed in silence. The car was just as still. Days of running had drained Lyra. The moment her head touched the seat, her breathing fell deep and steady. Lachlan’s hands stayed firm on the wheel, though his eyes flicked to the mirror now and then.

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