Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 154

Liliana trembled all over, tears shimmering in her eyes.

She had never been looked down upon with such absolute contempt.

Moments later, the police arrested her for grand theft. As they dragged her into the police cruiser, she was still screaming frantically.

"Lucius, I can't go to prison! I won't go to prison!"

"Don't abandon me! I didn't abandon you eighteen years ago, you can't abandon me now!"

"Lucius Whitman, I regret the day I met you! I hate you!"

"Lucius, I love you! Don't betray me and our baby!"

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The ordeal was finally over.

Madeline had lost her appetite for the gala and was driving straight toward her new home when her chauffeur warned her that a car was tailing them.

Madeline knew instantly who was following her: Lucius.

She honestly didn't want to engage, but since it wasn't the right time to expose her connection to Quentin Prescott, she instructed the driver to pull over inside a tunnel.

Seeing her stop, Lucius immediately slammed on his brakes.

Madeline had only stopped to tell him to get lost, but to him, it seemed like she was deliberately waiting for him.

Overjoyed, Lucius hurried forward and almost instinctively reached out to pull her into a hug.

Madeline dodged him instantly, her face flashing with sharp caution.

Madeline couldn't fathom what point he was trying to make with his excuses now.

She simply asked, "Are you done? Can you get the hell out now?"

Sensing her cold fury, Lucius couldn't stop himself from pushing further. "Leo... I only found out he was Liliana's a month before you did. You were away on a business trip when she suddenly returned and dropped the bomb on me. I demanded she abort him years ago, and she agreed! I was totally blindsided. If I had known Leo was hers, I never would have let you adopt him. Once I found out, I figured since you didn't want more kids, keeping him would keep you company. When you two had that misunderstanding, I even tried to send him away! Madeline, I honestly don't know what I did so wrong to make you hate me this much."

Madeline listened to him with a deadpan expression, as cold and unyielding as a stone.

"What is the point of saying any of this now?" Madeline asked sharply. "Didn't we already make our choices? You chose Liliana. I chose to love myself."

"Right now, you should be handling your PR disaster and figuring out how to explain this to Arthur. Of course, if you want to sign the divorce papers and marry Liliana, you have my full blessing."

She bluntly reminded him that he was wasting his time here.

Suddenly, a desperate thought struck Lucius. He completely abandoned his pride, collapsing before Madeline as he looked up with desperate eyes. "Liliana can't go to prison. Just sign the Legal Waiver of Liability, please? I am begging you, throwing away all my dignity to apologize for her!"