Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 241

Liliana had no desire to listen to his nonsense. She simply turned her back on him and went to bed.

If he wanted to climb, fine. If he fell to his death, it had nothing to do with her.

...The madman.

Linton’s lips trembled, drained of all color.

The fever hadn’t broken, and his body was devoid of strength. He struggled to keep his hazy eyes open.

He stubbornly gripped the railing, pressing himself as close to the window as he could, desperate to make his voice heard.

Shards of broken glass tore through his clothes and sliced into his arm. Blood trickled down, melting into the snow in a gruesome, winding trail.

“Liliana...”

Linton’s throat was tight. With red-rimmed eyes and lowered lashes, he summoned every last bit of his strength to explain.

“Back then... I wasn’t trying to push you away. I don’t want to make excuses about my own troubles, but there were things... things I was afraid you’d find out. I was terrified you’d leave me if you knew.”

Liliana lay with her back to the window, her eyes gently closed, long lashes quivering.

Linton’s voice was faint, but he pushed himself to the limit, trying to make sure she could hear him.

“The Cooper family... they were involved in a lot of dirty business. My father started dragging me into that world when I was just twelve.”

“I saw the darkest, cruelest side of humanity far too young, and I despised it. I was ashamed of having his blood in my veins, Liliana. I felt... dirty. I knew I didn’t deserve you.”

Especially when compared to Matthew.

Next to someone so pure and bright, Linton always felt like a shadow, woefully inadequate.

Sometimes, even Linton couldn’t understand it.

The three of them had known each other since they were children. Everyone always said that the refined eldest son of the Grayson family was a better match for the radiant, spirited princess of the Hart family.

Everyone expected them to be together.

Even Linton himself felt that someone as tainted as him had no right to stand by Liliana’s side.

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