Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 272

Even though my mother lost her mind, you said the Whitmans owed her dignity. Arthur, what happened between Lily and me was just an accident..."

Before Lucius could finish, Arthur delivered a vicious backhand straight across his face. "You lunatic! Are you trying to destroy this family?!"

Several of the top-level government officials Arthur had just been sucking up to were watching. The fact that his own grandson was publicly humiliating the Prescott Heiress filled Arthur with absolute terror regarding the fallout.

Lucius stood paralyzed. Arthur immediately signaled the guards to drag Seraphina away.

Seraphina was strapped into the wheelchair with heavy restraints to prevent her from attacking anyone else.

Completely powerless, she was wheeled out, screaming her son's childhood name until the doors slammed shut.

Arthur leveled a lethal glare at Lucius. "Get upstairs and change your clothes immediately. Liliana had them prepared hours ago."

His soul completely hollowed out, Lucius turned and walked away.

He had never seen Arthur erupt with such volcanic rage.

He hadn't realized just how absolutely terrified the Whitmans were of the Prescott empire. His stunt had severely crossed the line.

But all he wanted was to cancel this nightmare of a wedding. He was willing to give Liliana anything else she demanded.

Except this. He swore to himself he would never marry her.

Since the divorce, he had been spiraling into a suffocating depression. He never expected losing Madeline would trigger such agonizing physical withdrawals.

After watching Madeline passionately kiss another man last night, his reality completely fractured.

He spent the entire night locked in his private theater, obsessively rewatching the footage of his and Madeline's wedding.

He was only standing here today because Arthur had dragged him out by the throat.

He had used the excuse of picking up Seraphina purely to delay the inevitable.

But it seemed absolutely nothing could stop this grotesque farce.

Lucius changed into his tuxedo.

The grand ceremony officially commenced.

To the swell of sweeping romantic strings, Liliana wore the flawless, triumphant smile of a victor.

The timestamp and hotel room number flashed clearly across the top. Right in the center of the frame stood Liliana, still wearing her engagement dress.

And what played next was an absolutely jaw-dropping scene.

...

The entire ballroom erupted in utter chaos.

Every single guest stared in horrified fascination, dozens of cell phones instantly shooting up to record the screen.

Liliana slowly turned her head and watched in sheer terror as the footage from her private club room played for the world to see.

The video wasn't just a brutal visual violation.

The truly devastating part was that the men participating in the vile act were all highly recognizable figures within their elite social circles.

And there were at least five or six of them swarming her. The crowd completely lost their minds, disgusted to realize these men shared such an intimate, horrifying history with the bride.

The sheer depravity of the scene completely shattered everyone's moral compass, blatantly crossing both ethical and legal lines.