Swapping a Broken Heart for a New Start novel Chapter 219

Dennis Williams’s eyes glinted with a quiet intensity as he lifted his glass and clinked it gently against hers.

The crisp ring echoed through the air, so pleasing it seemed to wash away the evening’s earlier troubles.

After dinner, Dennis insisted on driving everyone home himself.

By the time they reached their building, Mr. and Mrs. Davis’s opinion of him had soared.

As they made their way inside, Melissa George couldn’t help but murmur, “Mr. Williams is such a catch—well-mannered, successful, the total package. Whoever ends up marrying him is one lucky woman.”

…

Meanwhile, at the hospital.

When Lucas Smith was brought in for examination, the Smith family got the call right away.

Barbara and her husband rushed over, and by the time they arrived, Lucas was already sitting up, able to speak—though most of what he said was a string of curses aimed squarely at Camila Davis.

“That bitch, I swear she won’t get away with this. Once I’m better, I’ll make her pay…”

Barbara Jones was still trying to process who had made her youngest son so angry. But when she saw his swollen face and split lip, she was stunned.

“Lucas, what the hell happened to you? Who did this?”

Jordan Smith, trailing behind his parents, took in his younger brother’s battered state with a deepening frown.

Someone in Harrisburg had the nerve to do this to his brother?

Lucas spat, “Who else? Camila Davis, that slut. She brought some random guy and they both jumped me—knocked me to the ground, almost broke my hand! My face and mouth—she did this!”

“What?!”

Barbara exploded. “That woman—how dare she?”

Jordan’s expression darkened.

Just then, Sandra Taylor arrived, carrying a bouquet of flowers.

She hurried in, her face full of concern. “Lucas, are you okay?”

The moment Lucas saw the woman he’d been crushing on, his mood brightened—until he remembered how pathetic he must look. His anger toward Camila only grew.

Sandra, not the least bit put off by his bruises, leaned in closer. “What happened to you?”

Lucas, moved by her kindness, blurted out, “Camila Davis did this. She even tried to force meds down my throat…”

He quickly recounted what happened. As Sandra listened, she couldn’t help but smirk inwardly: So Camila Davis, who always acted so high and mighty, was just another desperate woman chasing after men.

But for someone to actually lay hands on Lucas Smith? Even Walter Wilson would think twice before going that far. Who was this mystery man? And how would Jordan handle it?

She doubted Jordan would let Camila off easy after this.