My Husband's Affair My Anniversary Gift (Lily and David) novel Chapter 268

David didn’t argue right away. He slipped the phone back into his pocket and looked at her for a long moment, like he was choosing his words carefully.

“You were drunk,” he said finally. “But you weren’t unconscious. You answered me.”

“That doesn’t make it right,” Lily snapped.

She lifted her hand between them, her finger shaking slightly as she pointed at the ring on her finger. The diamond caught the light, sharp and cold, like it didn’t belong to her at all.

“And what is this?” she asked, her voice low but tight. “Explain this to me.”

David followed her gaze. He didn’t look surprised. If anything, he looked too calm, and that only made her angrier.

“I bought it five years ago,” he said simply. “.when I saw it, I know it will look good on your finger. And I just thought now was the right time.”

Her eyes widened. For a second, she couldn’t even breathe.

“What?” Lily laughed once, sharp and disbelieving. “You thought it was the right time?” She pulled her hand back like the ring had burned her. “You don’t get to decide things for me whenever it suits you, David.”

She turned away from him and started pacing the living room. Her head was pounding, every step making it worse. Her chest felt tight, like something heavy was pressing down on it.

“You brought me out of the city without telling me,” she went on, her voice rising. “You brought me to some place I’ve never seen before. And then you put a ring on my finger like it’s nothing. Do you have any idea how crazy this is?”

David didn’t raise his voice. That calm tone of his only fueled her anger.

“You’re not locked in here,” he said. “You can leave whenever you want.”

She stopped and spun around to face him.

“Oh really?” she snapped. “Then give me my phone. My bag. My car keys. Right now.”

David opened his mouth, then closed it again. His eyes shifted away, just for a moment.

That was all the answer she needed.

Lily let out a short, bitter laugh. “Exactly.”

She walked toward the large glass doors and looked outside. The garden was quiet, too perfect. Green grass, still water in the pool, not a single sound except the wind. It looked like a place people came to escape the world.

Or to be hidden from it.

“So what now?” she asked without turning back. “What’s your plan?”

David’s voice came from behind her, lower this time.

“I think we never had a real chance,” he said. “Every time we talked, it turned into a fight. There were always people around us. Always noise. Always someone watching.”

She turned to face him again, her eyes sharp.

“And you think dragging me here will magically make me listen?”

He hesitated, then answered slowly, carefully.

“I think… you won’t run this time.”

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify