Chapter 253

Lily’s eyes snapped open. Fear vanished. Only pure instinct remained. “Don’t you touch my son.” One of the men stepped forward and kicked her in the side. The chair toppled. Lily hit the floor with a hard thud, rope digging into her skin. Pain shot through her whole body. She gasped, curling in as much as the rope allowed. “You still dare to shout at the boss?” he growled. He kicked her again, this time in the stomach. Tears blurred her vision. No one cared. No one even flinched. “Enough,” Marina snapped. “I’m not done.” She crouched beside Lily, grabbed a fistful of her hair, and yanked her head up. Lily winced, her sight swimming. “I never understood what he saw in you,” Marina said. The calm in her voice was worse than the shouting. “He stayed untouched for seven years. Do you know how insane that is? For a man like him?” Lily stared, breath shaking, unable to process what she was hearing. “Seven years ago,” Marina whispered close to her ear, “I drugged him. Gave him enough to knock