Chapter 1354: Chapter 1351: Tell me, Lily, who do you love more, me or him?

Aidan Lucas’s deep and gentle tone of voice gradually suppressed Lily’s fear of the man before her.

Feeling that the woman in his arms was no longer trembling, Aidan Lucas carefully picked her up and placed her on the bed.

Released from Aidan Lucas’s embrace, Lily breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though Aidan Lucas was being gentle and considerate, she had been deeply hurt by this man.

That kind of fear was etched into her very bones and couldn’t be erased in a short time.

Her heart loved Aidan Lucas, but her body had begun to fear him.

However, before Lily had fully relaxed, the man standing by the bed suddenly reached out and pulled off the clothes wrapped around her body.

“Ah–no, don’t–”

Memories like a nightmare came flooding back.

The scene of being stripped by Aidan Lucas and brutally treated on the desktop almost materialized before her eyes as soon as he removed her clothes.

Lily clutched her head, crying out in panic and pain, “Don’t, don’t… please don’t…”

She was wrong, she really was wrong…

Please, not the humiliation again.

She truly was wrong…

“Lily, don’t be afraid, don’t be scared…” Aidan Lucas just wanted to confirm that his memory was correct.

In his heart, he still harbored a sliver of hope that everything he had seen in his dreams was false.

Yet, the purplish-red marks on the woman’s porcelain white skin told him just how cruel reality was.

He saw clearly the brand below Lily’s collarbone and even bite marks on her chest.

And her back, that fragile woman, had a large area of skin that was raw.

All these declared the ruthlessness she had once faced.

Aidan Lucas couldn’t bear to look at it anymore.

He knelt in front of Lily and wrapped his arms around her waist.

“Lily, I’m sorry… It’s my fault… It is, I’m so sorry…”

The man who never knew what tears were buried his face in Lily’s embrace, his eyes gradually filling with moisture.

But Lily, as if she couldn’t hear his words at all, was just desperately trying to push him away, trying to shrink back.

This panicked woman nearly shattered Aidan Lucas’s heart.

His Lily wasn’t like this.

His Lily was flamboyant and sweet, vivid and cheerful, with the woman’s shyness but also the grandeur of a great lady.

She loved to smile and to be spoiled, her glances and laughs always brimming with a spirited vitality.

Aidan Lucas regretted it, he truly did.

He held her against her will, hugging her tightly this time.

The man held the struggling body in his arms and declared solemnly, “Lily, listen to me… listen to me…”

“I, I won’t… let go…”

“Lily, be good, listen to me, it’s important,” Aidan Lucas restrained Lily, whispering in her ear, “Tell me, Lily, have you… have you ever loved me? Have you?”

Lily was slightly startled, she hadn’t expected Aidan Lucas to ask her this question.

Now, her feelings towards Aidan Lucas before her were extremely complex.

There was fear, guilt, and of course… love.

But…

Seeing that Lily didn’t speak, just staring at him with panic-stricken, bewildered eyes, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, yet he said with a smile, “Alright, I’ll ask you another way. Lily, do you love me more or… love him?”

They both knew who ‘he’ was.

“I…”

This question was even harder than the last.

If it had been three days ago, she might have found an answer.

But now…

Lily hung her head, covering her ears with both hands, “I don’t know… I really don’t know…”

“No, you know… you must know.” Aidan Lucas, who was so protective of her, was insisting on removing her hands now, making her answer.

“Lily, be good, I need to hear your answer. Tell me, do you love me more, or do you love him more?”