Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 428

Chapter 428 Headache

Tess pressed her palm to her forehead.

The same tired stunt again. Another round of fake pity.

“Buy your own ticket.”

Her voice snapped like a whip. She yanked Lyra and Ken back into the room and slammed the door hard behind them.

At that instant, the door next door swung open with a creak.

Lachlan’s eyes glimmered with sudden joy, but the spark dimmed the moment he saw the man leaning lazily against the frame.

His brows twitched, his face shifting back into the mask of a star untouchable on any stage.

“Why won’t you let her go? What’s your angle?”

Finn’s stare was sharp enough to cut.

Lachlan gave a low laugh. His bright blue eyes slid to him, gleaming with derision. “Let her go? That’s funny. You’re the one who can’t move on. You’re nothing but something she already cast aside. And you still act like you’re noble?”

The words were smooth and clear as spring water, yet they carried poison. The sound made anger burn hotter, not fade.

For once, Finn’s cold, unreadable eyes burst alive with fire.

“That does it.”

He lunged forward, but Lachlan slammed his door shut in a flash. A thin crack remained, just wide enough for one blue eye to gleam through.

“Get mad all you want. The past stays in the past. You don’t even deserve to stand at her side anymore.”

Lachlan’s smile flashed through the gap, sharp and cruel.

Finn’s chest heaved, rage rattling inside him. But before he could strike again, the door slammed shut.

A sharp snap followed as the lock slid in place.

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His face twisted with fury, cracks spreading through the mask he wore, as if it might break

apart.

His teeth ground so hard that scrapes echoed through the silent hall.

His fist stayed on the door, but the strength bled from it, sliding lower and lower until it hung useless.

He let out a heavy breath, raw and uneven.

His eyes blurred with confusion, as if the man raging moments before had been someone else.

That loss of control, that reckless fire-it was everything he despised in himself.

He bit his lip and pushed himself straight again.

His eyes fixed on Tess’s closed door. Pain clamped down on his chest like an iron hand.

What burned the most was not Lachlan’s insult. It was the truth hidden inside it. He and Tess were already worlds apart, and he could not deny it.

He stumbled back to his own room, battered and humiliated.

The scene turns to Kingsland.

The sky was painted with streaks of crimson, the last light of day spilling over a vast estate. Not a lone mansion, but a spread of grand, towering villas rising against the glowing heavens.

A delivery man stood outside the gates. A cap shaded his eyes. A mask covered half his face. His gaze wandered upward, unable to stop staring at the opulent world beyond the walls.

He pressed the call button. Soon, a young woman drifted toward the entrance, dressed in soft loungewear.

One glance told him enough. She wore the newest Chanel release, the one that had sold out within days.

Even simple casual wear carried a price tag in the millions. And now, he saw it not in ads or catalogs, but right there on her.

“Good evening. I have a package for you. Please sign here.”

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Chapter 428 Headache

His head dipped, the brim of his cap hiding his face.

“Package?”

She frowned, pushing her hair back with restless fingers.

Her eyes scanned the label, flipping it over and over, but she found nothing clear.

“It’s from Aetheris? Could this have been sent to the wrong place?”

No. The sender also left a message for you.”

“Hm?” She muttered, phone already in hand. She snapped a quick picture of the box.

“No one here ordered anything,” she murmured.

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