Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover novel Chapter 1028

When Connor spoke, his words came out in that old-fashioned English he always slipped into when things got serious.

Lucas didn’t say a word. He just stood there, smiling, and the smugness in his eyes was impossible to miss.

That was all the confirmation Connor needed. Everything he’d guessed—it was all true.

He’d known Linda could be obsessive, but he never imagined she’d go this far. To actually use her own body to carry a child that belonged to Chloe and Lucas...

If Linda were still alive, Connor was pretty sure he could guess exactly what she’d try next. The thought alone made his stomach turn.

Suddenly, something clicked in his mind. “Back then, when Linda did all that and you hated her so much, you took her to the hospital. You wanted her to end the pregnancy. But then she just disappeared. And the next time she showed up, the baby was almost due. I remember thinking—what could Linda possibly have done to make you change your mind?”

“So you knew the truth then, didn’t you? You knew Linda used her tricks to carry your and Chloe’s child. That’s when you started planning to win Chloe back. From the start, you intended to use that child as leverage, didn’t you?”

Honestly, the whole DNA test thing had played right into Lucas’s hands.

He snapped, “Low? Petty? Sure, call me whatever you want. But honestly, who isn’t? Who in this world isn’t selfish? Don’t act so righteous. I kept the child because I couldn’t let go. I love Chloe. I needed something that connected us. When you married her, I genuinely wished you both happiness. I tried to give up. I thought if Chloe was happy, that would be enough. I even left the country just to keep myself from messing things up between you two.”

“But when I came back, do you know what I saw? I saw her, covered in blood, standing right in front of me. She was with you, but her life was still full of danger, of manipulation—even the threat of death. You were the one who pushed her back to me.”

“Connor, that’s just how life is. We all fight for our happiness, however we can.”

“But you—you kept lying to her. You made her lose herself. Your so-called happy life was just a performance, a web of your own making. You never gave her a real choice. Everything looked calm on the surface, but underneath it was all just your manipulation and schemes. You don’t love her, Connor. You only love yourself.”