I Chose Me Over My Marriage novel Chapter 144

"I don't care how you treated me in the past, but I've already made myself perfectly clear. I don't love you, and we're divorced. And now you have the nerve to drag my brother's name through the mud? Maxwell, you're out of your mind."

At that moment, he saw the undeniable hatred in Lyra's eyes and finally realized the truth.

She truly would never love him again, nor would she ever look back.

But how could she?

She used to love him so much, ready to rip her own heart out and give him everything she had. How could she be so heartless now?

He couldn't accept it, and a dark wave of resolve washed over him.

He absolutely would not allow Lyra to turn her attention away from him.

"Brother? You call him that, but how do you know he doesn't see you as anything but a sister? He wants you, and that's why he did everything he could to tear you away from me! It's all for his own selfish desires! Don't let him blind you—he's a predator, he's..."

"Enough!"

Lyra had zero patience left for Maxwell's ridiculous accusations and cut him off sharply.

"If you keep causing a scene like this, I guarantee I will make you pay for it!"

Her patience had always been thin, and he had drained whatever was left.

In that fleeting second, Lyra even entertained a dark thought.

She should just drag Maxwell to hell with her.

But on second thought, he wasn't even worth it.

"Maxwell, if I were you, the only thing I'd be worrying about right now is running your own company, not spinning these insane fantasies."

"Call the police right now. Pull the security footage from the entrance and use everything he just said as evidence. Let him know we'll be pressing charges for defamation. Let's see if his fledgling business can survive this kind of scandal."

With one sentence, she had him exactly by the throat.

"You can't have both your career and your twisted obsession. That was true before, and it's still true now."

And his defenses were pathetically weak.

Following her orders, the guards immediately got to work.

Seeing that Lyra wasn't sticking around and was walking away, Maxwell belatedly realized how recklessly he had acted.

A smart man knew when he was beaten, and clarity finally hit him.

Staring at Lyra's retreating back, he shouted, "I won't give up! I'll never give up!"