Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 109

Madeline picked up her phone and accepted the call.

The heavy, unmistakable sounds of intimate passion drifted through the speaker.

Madeline wasn't some naive teenager; she had been married for years and knew exactly what those sounds meant.

Liliana was intentionally using Lucius's phone to broadcast a live performance.

She wanted to make absolutely sure Madeline heard every single detail.

Madeline knew without a doubt it was Lucius on the other end.

Even though she already knew perfectly well that Lucius and Liliana were practically attached at the hip.

Hearing it live was infinitely more humiliating than just silently accepting the truth.

Even if Madeline didn't love him anymore.

She still couldn't stomach it.

Madeline knew exactly what was happening: Liliana's sole objective was to torture her.

That was the only reason she had made this call.

If she let it break her, she would be falling right into Liliana's trap, yet the tears spilled down her cheeks anyway.

Like a dam that had completely shattered.

***

Two hours earlier.

Lucius had just been wheeled out of the operating room, his back and waist completely mummified in white bandages.

The longest gash had required 19 stitches. He was pretty badly banged up and had even undergone a CT scan, but it was mostly severe soft-tissue damage. The butler had clearly pulled his punches.

He was just mulling this over.

Suddenly, Sheri walked into the hospital room.

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