He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 283

When Julian threw caution to the wind, Helena knew she couldn't stop him.

When he set his mind to something, not even he could rein himself in.

"Well?" Julian pressed, his gaze intent.

Before she could formulate an excuse, his tone shifted, growing even more resolute.

"Marry me. I'll handle the fallout," he said, his voice a low rumble. "Leave all your worries to me. Be good."

It sounded like he was coaxing her.

Julian seemed to reserve all his patience exclusively for Helena.

"Julian, I..." Helena finally found an opening to speak.

But before she could finish her sentence, the hospital room door violently burst open.

Helena and Julian both snapped their heads toward the entrance.

Sebastian stood in the doorway, his face a mask of lethal fury.

The moment Helena saw him, the color drained from her face.

Before she could even gasp, Sebastian was already charging forward, his fist raised, aiming a brutal, calculated strike right at Julian.

Julian didn't even try to dodge.

The two men instantly collided in a vicious scuffle.

Helena was paralyzed with shock. "Stop... stop fighting..."

The spike in adrenaline caused a sharp, tearing cramp to seize her abdomen, leaving her face ghostly pale.

Seeing Helena's agonizing reaction, both Julian and Sebastian instantly froze.

Ignoring Sebastian completely, Julian practically threw himself toward Helena.

Because of the sudden movement, Sebastian's fist connected hard with Julian's side.

Sebastian immediately yanked his arm back and shoved past Julian, rushing to the bed.

Julian stumbled from the blow but recovered quickly.

Without a single word, Sebastian scooped Helena up into his arms.

"Sebastian, she can't handle being tossed around right now!" Julian roared, stepping forward.

The instant the line connected, Donovan's furious roar tore through the speaker.

"Julian! Do you have any idea what you're doing? Having an affair with a married woman—and the wife of Riverton's Hayes family, no less!" Donovan spat, furious at his grandson's poor judgment.

He usually turned a blind eye to Julian's unrestrained lifestyle.

After all, everyone respected Julian's undeniable business acumen.

But his behavior was too erratic, making him dangerously uncontrollable.

It was the exact reason Donovan still hadn't officially handed the Campbell empire over to him.

He lived in constant fear that Julian would place a wild bet and drag the entire family down with him.

The more Donovan thought about it, the angrier he got.

"I'm drawing the line right now. The Campbell family will not suffer this humiliation. I can ignore your usual arrogance, but this? Absolutely not," Donovan declared fiercely.

He paused, taking a breath to steady himself.

When he spoke again, his tone was slightly softer, though no less firm.

"Julian, I don't ask for much, but your future wife must come from a clean background. The family doesn't need you to marry for power or wealth, but your wife cannot bring a stain of scandal to you or the Campbells." Donovan made his boundaries crystal clear.