The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 604

Chapter 604 The Madman

Adeline was sickened to the core by his twisted behavior.

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She slapped him hard. “I cut ties with Hailey long ago. I have nothing to do with them. They took your money–what’s that got to do with me? Norman, I’ll say it again: I don’t like you, I will never marry you. Stop pestering me, or every time I see you, I’ll hit you again!”

“You smell so good…”

Norman stepped closer, breathing in her fragrance, lost in the memory of her hand striking his cheek.

Trembling, he grabbed her hand and pressed it to his face.

“Hit me again. Your hand is so soft, so fragrant. I love it…”

Revulsion swept through her, her body shaking.

She wanted to scream.

Who enjoyed being struck like this?

She struggled to pull her hand free, but he held tight, eyes closed in intoxication—then bent down and licked the back of her hand.

Her stomach turned, nearly driving her mad with disgust.

With all her strength, she kicked him hard.

“Your foot smells sweet too. I want to kiss it…”

His

eyes, bloodshot with obsession, locked on her feet.

Suddenly he lunged like a starving beast, crushing her beneath him.

“I can’t hold back anymore… I want to kiss you now. Our parents already agreed to our marriage. Tomorrow we’ll get the license…”

“Get off me! I told you–I’ll never be with you!”

His weight bore down like a boulder, impossible to shove away. She was frantic, desperate.

His once decent face was now twisted by madness.

“You took my money, so you’re mine. This life, the next, forever–you belong only to me! I love

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you so much. As long as you stay with me, everything I have will be yours!”

His trembling hands clutched her waist as he bent toward her lips.

Adeline recoiled in horror.

She raised her hand to slap him again, harder, to jolt him awake.

But before she could, he seized both wrists and pinned them above her head.

His crazed

eyes

fixed on her, as if she were his only reason for existing.

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His lips trembled, breath ragged with fevered excitement, as he lowered toward her face.

“Lunatic! Don’t touch me! Stay away from me, you psycho!”

“Bang!”

Adeline braced for the vile press of his mouth–but instead, Norman staggered back from a heavy punch.

Another blow landed on his face, sending him sprawling to the ground.

And then she saw who had struck him.

Victor.

“Victor…”

Norman froze in shock, never expecting Victor to interfere.

His family owned a small business, but compared to the Luke family, they were nothing.

The last thing he wanted was to cross Victor.

Still, Adeline’s mother had taken his money. That made her, in his mind, his rightful fiancée.

Clambering up, he forced a smile. “You must be mistaken. Adeline is my fiancée, I wasn’t bullying her. She’s just sulking–we had a small fight, that’s all. I need to coax her.”

To make his lie convincing, he added quickly, “Yes, we’re already engaged. Tonight I gave her mother eight–hundred–eighty thousand.”

Adeline’s heart sank.

She knew she and Victor could never be.

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But she had once loved him in secret, and hearing Norman bring up money in front of him still burned her with shame.

She opened her lips to explain–yet Victor spoke first.

“She clearly rejected you. The one who took your money was her biological mother. The one who agreed was her biological mother. It was never her choice. You have no right to force her.”

When Victor had his men check where Adeline lived, they had gone further, uncovering parts of her past.

He knew she had once been sold off by her parents for money.

He knew, too, that with Lily’s help, she had severed ties with them and was later adopted by Greg and Holly.

But he hadn’t expected her parents—after already taking money years ago when they cut her off—to shamelessly take another eight–hundred–eighty thousand and sell her again.