The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 494

Chapter 494

She must have been blind to ever think of him as a younger brother.

If she had known he would turn into someone this twisted, she should have agreed when her parents wanted her to study abroad. She should have stayed overseas and built a life there.

Back then, before graduation, she had already been accepted into Liono City University. Her parents had also arranged for her to study overseas, but she turned down the chance to leave and chose to stay in Liono City.

She never imagined that two years after she made that decision, Dominic would tear off the mask he had been wearing.

The boy who had refused to call her his sister, yet had once loved and protected her in his own way, was gone forever.

And Liono City had become the cage that trapped her.

How many years had it been?

She no longer had the heart to count.

All she knew was that these dark, hopeless days seemed to have no end.

Especially in the past few years, after Dominic had grown more powerful and taken full control of the family business. He looked careless and unserious on the surface, but underneath that act, he was ruthless. Their parents could no longer control him.

Even the usual cool distance in Lily’s eyes had faded into emptiness.

“Why do you have to keep holding on to me?”

There were so many women in Liono City. He could have anyone he wanted. Someone younger. Someone prettier. Someone willing.

“Who says I have to keep holding on to you?”

Dominic lowered his head and kissed her cheek, his smile gentle.

“Maybe one day, when I get tired of you, I’ll let you go.”

He was close enough to feel Lily’s body stiffen.

A silent smile curved his lips.

Then he heard Lily ask, her voice full of bitter self-mockery, “When will you get tired of me?”

Eleven years.

It had been eleven whole years.

Chapter 494

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Dominic lowered his eyes to the sleeve of his white shirt.

Lily had struggled hard just now, reopening the cut she had left on his forearm two days ago. Blood had soaked through the bandage and stained his sleeve red.

A stark, glaring red.

As he stared at it, his mind somehow drifted back to that first night with Lily.

That same vivid red had been there that night too.

He turned to look at Lily’s cold, strikingly beautiful face and curved his lips.

“Maybe tomorrow. Maybe next month. Maybe…”

His voice lowered.

“I’ll haunt you for the rest of your life.”

The body in his arms stiffened, then began to tremble.

In the next second, Lily shoved him hard.

Dominic had already loosened his hold, so she managed to push him away.

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