Reborn Fake Heiress Watch the Whole Family Burn novel Chapter 679

"But he was so worried about your safety that he refused to let me tag along. No matter how much I begged, he wouldn't allow it. In the end, he went entirely by himself. He was so reckless—he knew it was dangerous, but he still risked his life."

"Eventually, I couldn't shake my bad feeling, so I followed him anyway. By the time I found him, he was lying in a pool of his own blood. I had never seen so much blood in my life. That was when I realized just how much a human body could bleed. Even now, thinking about that scene makes my stomach turn."

"Miss Elena Whelan, you must be incredibly important to Mr. Maddox. He was willing to throw his life away for you! On the way to the hospital, he slipped into a coma, but he kept murmuring your name. I think he must love you very, very much."

Elena was hearing all of this for the first time.

She had no idea Sean had gone to such extremes for her.

No one felt more devastated about what happened that day than she did. Sean had shielded her with his own body, taking the brunt of the attack to keep her safe.

He made absolutely sure that Lucas Maddox couldn't lay a finger on her.

He could have just ignored it. He could have stayed entirely out of it.

But he had willingly walked straight into the fire for her.

Elena felt a dull ache in her chest.

"Lane, you have feelings for Sean too, don't you?" Elena asked.

She had always felt there was a unique bond between Lane and Sean.

To her surprise, Lane bluntly shook her head.

"No, I don't love Mr. Maddox like that. I have nothing but the utmost respect for him. Even if you want to call it love, it's not romantic. He saved my life."

Back then, she had been just another fighter locked in an underground cage, battling others day in and day out just to survive.

In that underworld, she was nothing more than a slave, bought and sold multiple times.

She was eventually trafficked overseas and permanently trapped in a dismal basement.

They didn't treat her like a human being. Besides fighting other people, she was sometimes forced to fight wild animals.

The audience lived for that kind of sick thrill.

To stay alive, she honed a lethal set of skills, but she was constantly covered in cuts and bruises.

When Sean first came to see her, she kept her head pressed to the floor, too terrified to meet his eyes.

She assumed she had just been handed off to another owner and would inevitably end up back in the ring.

"Lift your head," Sean's voice rang out.

His tone was incredibly gentle.

It felt like a warm ray of winter sunlight piercing straight through to her soul.

She had never heard a gentle voice before. Her days consisted of nothing but the boss's curses and the deafening screams of the crowd.

It was the very first time she had been spoken to with such kindness.

She raised her head and saw a man with an air of absolute nobility and striking features.

He was handsomer than any man she had ever laid eyes on.