Chapter 239 CHAPTER 0239

Chapter 239 CHAPTER 0239
ROMAN'S POV

I stood there in shock, staring at Elizabeth in front of me.

For a moment I couldn’t even move. My hand stayed frozen on the door handle, my shoulders stiff, my breath slightly stuck in my chest. I wanted to speak, but no words came out at first. My brows pulled together on their own, because honestly… I never thought Elizabeth or any woman in her right senses would do what Elizabeth just did.

I thought I had seen it all.

From betrayal, to finding out I had a child, to watching that same child be taken from me, to fighting tooth and nail just to locate her and bring her back home. I’ve been pushed mentally, physically, emotionally — I’ve been broken and pieced back together more times than I can count.

But I never expected something like this.

Elizabeth stood right at my door, biting down on her index fingernail, staring at me with that lust-filled look that she didn’t even bother to hide. And what made it worse, what made it far more shocking was the fact that she came here half naked, her entire skin practically on full display.

She wore a robe that slightly covered her breasts, slightly, I'm sure she did that on purpose because I could clearly see her breasts from where I stood, her nipples staring at me in the face, waiting for me to grab them, she might just as well come here fully naked.

Her underwear was wet? Was that water or something else?

I didn’t even want to know.

She didn’t care that there were maids working.

She didn’t care that security cameras were watching every step she took.

She didn’t care that every single thing she was doing right now was being recorded.

All she cared about was whatever lust she could no longer keep inside.

Her voice snapped me back.

“You like what you see?” she asked, her eyes dragging down my bare chest as if she had already claimed it.

“What is this?” I asked, still stunned. “Have you gone mad?”

“Yes,” she whispered, with no shame — absolutely none. “I’ve gone mad for you. The way you resist me, the way you keep choosing my sister over me… all those little factors make me want you even more. And I’m not going to stop until I get what I want.”

She took a small step into my room, her foot crossing the doorway slowly, like she was tempting the line on purpose.

I took one step back, staring at her like she was speaking a foreign language.

“You think this is some kind of joke or something?” I asked. “Your sister is rooting for you. She always has your back. She’s excited to have you here. She’s happy she has another family member, someone she can trust. Someone she believes won’t hurt her. And all this time she has no idea that the same person she supports so much is the one trying to sleep with her fiancé. Don’t you have a heart?”

I tried to reason with her.

Honestly, I tried one last time.

Because Lauren for once in her life finally had someone she thought she could rely on. Someone she could call family. Someone who wasn’t filled with hate like Ethan and Sophia.

But from the look on Elizabeth’s face, my words weren’t going to change a thing.

“I do have a heart,” Elizabeth said softly. “But you see… that heart is beating only for you, and not anyone else.”

I let out a slow breath and shook my head in disappointment. I didn’t even hide it anymore.

“You know,” I said quietly, the exhaustion obvious in my voice, “I didn’t want to say this before… but now I know you’re sick. You need help. Serious help. And if you allow us, we can help you.”

Her lips curled slowly, her eyes dark with something I didn’t want to identify.

“The only thing I’ll need your help with… is taking off my underwear right here, right now”

Before I could even react, she grabbed the edge of the white robe that barely covered her and slowly began pulling it off. I knew exactly what would come next and I wasn’t about to let her take this any further.

I quickly stepped forward, grabbed her gently but firmly by the wrist, and pulled her out of the room.

“Hold on, I thought…”

Before she could even finish that sentence, I slammed the door shut in her face and locked it immediately. I twisted the lock twice just to be sure she wouldn’t try to push it open.

The moment the lock clicked, I exhaled, long and deep.

I walked back toward the bed and sat down heavily, running a hand through my hair. My head felt hot. My chest felt tight. I wasn’t angry anymore, I was tired. Completely tired and honestly confused at this point.

I have seen Elizabeth for who she really is.

For what she’s after.

And the part that breaks my chest the most… is that she doesn’t care about Lauren. Not even a little.

Lauren is excited about her.

Lauren talks about her like she finally has someone.

Lauren is trying to build something with her sister, trying to support her, trying to include her.

But Elizabeth?

She’s just like the rest of them.

They all want to hurt Lauren.

From Ethan to Sophia and now Elizabeth is no different.

They just come in different faces with different motives.

I still can’t believe that her own twin sister would even try to do something like this.

I don’t have a sibling, not a single one. I’ve always walked alone. It has always been just my mom and I against the world. So right now, if I found out I had a sibling, I would probably be excited the same way Lauren is excited about her sister.

But I know for a fact I could never imagine doing something like this to them.

No matter how bad things got.

No matter the situation.

Nothing could ever push me to betray them like this.

Either way… this thing Elizabeth is doing has to end today.

I’m going to tell Lauren everything that Elizabeth has been trying to do since day one.

Everything.

I know she might be heartbroken.

She might blame herself for bringing Elizabeth into her life.

She might think she did something wrong.

But if I don’t tell her now, one of the maids will eventually misunderstand everything they’ve been seeing and hearing and they will run to Lauren with the wrong version of the story.

And that situation would be way worse than this.

So… I have no choice.

I’m ending this today.