Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 359

13:01 Mon, Jul 13

Please Come Back, My Love

Chapter 359

‘You can’t-

“I can. And I will,”

My blood turned to ice. “Why? What do you possibly gain from this?”

His lips curved into a cruel smile. But his eyes–his eyes were empty.

“Because I want you to suffer.”

The words hung in the air between us, heavy and suffocating.

I stared at him, my vision blurring. “What?”

“You heard me.” He straightened up, releasing my shoulders but not stepping back. “I want you to feel every second of it. The sickness.

The exhaustion. The fear. I want you to lie awake at night, terrified of what’s coming. I want you to carry this baby knowing that every

day, you’re one step closer to being tied to me forever.”

A sob caught in my throat.

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“You think you can just erase me from your life?” he continued, his voice soft and vicious. “This baby will make sure that never happens.

Every time you look at it, you’ll see my face. Every time it cries, you’ll hear my voice. And you’ll know–you’ll know–that you can never

escape me.”

I couldn’t breathe.

My hands trembled as I wiped at my eyes. “Then just kill me,” I whispered. “If you want me to suffer so badly, just kill me. Wouldn’t that

hurt more?”

For a moment, he didn’t move.

Then, slowly, he reached out and cupped my face in his hands. His touch was surprisingly gentle–almost tender.

But his words were anything but.

“Don’t even think about it,” he said quietly. “Because if you die, Sophia, your parents will suffer. And I’ll make sure they know it’s your

fault.”

My breath hitched.

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“So no. His thumb brushed away a tear. “You don’t get to die. You don’t get to escape. You’re going to stay right here, with me, and live with the consequences of every choice you’ve made.”

I wanted to scream. To fight. To claw his eyes out.

But I couldn’t.

Because he was right.

If I died, my parents would pay the price.

And I couldn’t let that happen.

“You…” My voice cracked. “I regret ever meeting you.”

Lucas’s expression darkened. He stepped closer, his presence overwhelming, suffocating.

Then, suddenly, his hands were in my hair, tilting my head back.

“Don’t say that,” he murmured, his voice low and dangerous. “Don’t you dare say that.”

Before I could respond, his lips crashed down on mine.

The kiss was slow. Deliberate. Punishing.

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He kissed me like he was trying to consume me, his mouth moving against mine with a controlled ferocity that left me breathless. I couldn’t pull away. Couldn’t think. Couldn’t do anything but feel the weight of him pressing down on me, stealing the air from my lungs.

When he finally pulled back, I gasped for breath, my chest heaving.

He rested his forehead against mine, his eyes dark and unreadable.

“It’s too late for regrets, Sophia.”

My vision swam. My heart pounded so hard I thought it might burst.

And then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw her.

Claire.

She was standing just outside the doorway, half–hidden behind the frame. Her face was pale, her eyes wide with shock.

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She’d heard everything.

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