Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 231

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Please Come Back, My Love

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Elena: POV

I slapped him.

The crack of my palm against his cheek echoed through the say department, sharp enough to make nearby shoppers turn and stare.

The man-this stranger who’d just kissed me like a drowning man gasping for air-stumbled back a step, his hand flying to his reddening cheek, shock and disbelief warring across his handsome face.

“What the hell is wrong with you?” I hissed, my heart hammering against my ribs as I stepped protectively in front of Lila.

Every instinct screamed that this man was dangerous, unhinged, possibly deranged.

“You don’t just grab random women and kiss them like some kind of psychopath!”

He stared at me like I’d spoken in an alien language, his hand slowly dropping from his face.

When he spoke, his voice came out rough, broken.

“Elena. It’s me. It’s Julian. How can you not-” He stopped, his throat working as he swallowed hard. “How can you not recognize me?”

“I don’t know you,” I said firmly, my pulse still racing from the unwelcome assault.

I could still feel the ghost of his lips on mine, the desperate pressure of his hands framing my face, and it made my skin crawl.

“I’ve never seen you before in my life, and what you just did was completely inappropriate. I could call security right now and have you arrested for assault.”

Something flickered in his gray eyes-pain so profound it almost made me/falter.

Almost.

But then I felt Lila’s small hand grip the back of

my coat, and my protective instincts surged forward again.

“But Mummy,” Lila’s voice piped up behind me, uncertain and confused, “he’s the nice man who helped me find you. Why are you being mean to him?

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I glanced down at my daughter, whose earlier trust in this stranger now seemed dangerously misplaced.

“Sometimes people do nice things and then do bad things, sweetheart. And what he just did was very, very bad.”

“I’m sorry,” Julian said, and his voice cracked on the words.

“I shouldn’t have-I just saw you standing there, alive, and I couldn’t- He stopped, running a shaking hand through his hair.

“Elena, please. I know this sounds insane, but you have to listen to me. We know each other. We were He hesitated, his gaze dropping to Lila. We were very close.”

“I think you have me confused with someone else,” I said, keeping my voice steady despite the way my hands wanted to shake.

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Chapter 231

name is Elena Hunt, not whatever you think it is. Am I’ve never mek you before in my life.

“Hunt? Julian’s brow furrowed, genuine confusion crossing his fare.

“But your name is Vance. Elena Vance You were using a different name?”

He stopped, his expression shifting from confusions something harder, more suspicious. Why are you

“Because it’s my name,” I said, lifting my chin.

‘Elena Hunt. I’ve been Elena Hunt for the past four years, ever since I came to London. And I’m already married. There’s no way I could have had an intimate relationship with you.”

“Husband.” The word came out flat, disbelieving.

“You’re married? Why?”

“Yes,” I said firmly, even as something in his tone made my stomach clench with unease.

“Why not? My husband and I are very much in love. Sir, please get a grip on yourself.”

“Who is your husband?” He asked, and there was something almost desperate in his voice now.

“How could you marry someone else?”

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