Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 382

Wyatt continued relentlessly, "Don't forget, you promised me you would take good care of the son you share with her. If you die, who is going to look after and protect a child that young?"

"I don't know!" Lucius sobbed. "I don't know what's wrong with me lately. It just feels like there's absolutely nothing left in this world worth living for!"

"When I finally learned the truth about everything, it crushed me. How could I have been so blind?"

"I destroyed the best marriage anyone could ask for! I loved Madeline, but I kept hurting her, pushing her further and further away!"

"Everything I did to repay my supposed debt was wrong!"

"Because of some despicable fraud."

"I wasted over a decade of my life and energy serving a worthless bitch!"

"Madeline and I were supposed to be completely in love. I could have given her the perfect, happy family! She and I could have spent the rest of our lives together."

"And I destroyed it all! I'm an animal. I'm the biggest sinner in the world. You shouldn't have pulled me out! You should have let me drown."

Lucius wept, "The only way I can atone is with my life. It's the only way to end it."

"Are you out of your damn mind?" Wyatt roared.

"Yes, you were blinded by that bitch Liliana, and yes, you did horrible things to Madeline. That is one hundred percent your fault."

"But killing yourself is not how you make amends! All it will do is add another 'billionaire heir found dead in river' headline to tomorrow's paper."

"You need to choose a new way to treat her. Yes, she's with someone else now, but loving someone doesn't mean you have to own them."

"You can protect her from the shadows. Help her. Support her in becoming the best version of herself."

"Can I... can I really?" Lucius was jolted. He hadn't understood what love was, much less how to love someone. Now that he was certain of his love for Madeline, he had no idea how to express it.

"Can I still love her? But she's already..." Wyatt immediately replied, "Of course you can. Love isn't necessarily about possession. You can protect her from the shadows...

"And you can take all that love you have for her and pour it into your son. Make sure he doesn't walk down the same dark path you did. Let him finally feel what it's like to have a father's love."

Lucius rigorously dried his hair and handed the towel back to Wyatt. "Wyatt... you're right. She was so good to me before, so I need to be good to her now. I made terrible mistakes, but I can still find ways to help her. And I need to love our son. I need to give my child the love I never received when I was growing up."

"Thank God you finally snapped out of it, Lucius!" Wyatt breathed a massive sigh of relief.

Wyatt genuinely didn't want to lose a friend he had instantly clicked with.

He also knew that if Madeline truly was the Prescott heiress, she might eventually end up leaving Quentin anyway, which meant Lucius might still have a chance.

But those were just hypotheticals.

He still leaned toward it being a simple coincidence.