He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 244

Helena was utterly drained.

A fine sheen of sweat clung to her skin as she sank bonelessly into the sofa, gasping for air.

Sebastian had already pulled away, striding toward the en-suite shower without a word.

The sound of running water filled the silence.

Helena didn't speak. She just focused on breathing, completely mute.

By the time Sebastian stepped back into the room, his dark hostility had visibly faded.

She had already cleaned herself up in the vanity area.

But the aggressive hickeys littering her neck were impossible to hide.

She knew he had done it on purpose. It was a blatant marking of his territory.

So she tied a silk scarf tightly around her throat.

Sebastian's gaze darkened when he saw it, but he kept his mouth shut.

He had completely ruined her jacket earlier.

The fresh cardigan she had to change into had a lower neckline, leaving the faint, creamy swell of her chest visible—a subtle but fatal seduction.

He scowled at the sight. "Are you planning to roll straight out of my bed and go seduce Julian?"

His long, calloused fingers pinched the delicate skin of her collarbone without a shred of gentleness.

Helena flared with a sudden, overwhelming sense of shame and rage.

It was the ultimate insult.

She and Julian had never been involved like that.

Pushed to her absolute breaking point with nowhere left to run, she swung her hand and slapped him dead across the face.

The sharp, cracking sound echoed violently in the quiet room.

The temperature instantly plummeted to below freezing.

She stared into the pitch-black abyss of his eyes.

She was terrified.

But she refused to flinch. "Sebastian, stop projecting your own disgusting behavior onto everyone else!"

The moment the words left her mouth, she couldn't stand being in the same room with him for another second. She turned to bolt.

In a flash, his hand shot out and violently yanked her back.

The second he grabbed her, she braced herself for his retaliation.

Instead, he just stared down at her, his gaze heavy, dark, and utterly unreadable.

It was a chilling silence.

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