Chapter 3The Heir's Secret Obsession: He Played It Cold, But Begged Me Not to Leave

I lowered my head and tried to walk away, but Oliver stretched out his leg to block my path.

"Since you're here, aren't we going to catch up?"

I kept my eyes down. "We have nothing to talk about."

"Nothing?" Oliver scoffed. "Right, because even if I died right in front of you, you wouldn't blink an eye."

He stared at me, his face as cold as ever, but the veins on the side of his neck were bulging.

I looked at him and said softly, "Oliver, back then—"

"Back then? You actually dare to bring up back then?" he cut me off, his tone turning vicious. "Back then, I was like an absolute idiot, holding onto hope, thinking you would soften. I lay in that hospital bed, hoping every single day that you would visit. And what did I get? You leaving without a single word."

He grabbed my wrist.

His eyes were dark and heavy.

"Lily, aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

"You won't," I said, looking up at him. "Oliver, you won't."

He clearly didn't expect me to react this way.

He froze for a second, and even his grip on my wrist loosened slightly.

After a long moment, he gritted his teeth. "Lily, don't think I won't do it just because I still care."

"I'm no longer the pathetic idiot who let you play him, the one who just wanted to know if you cared when I was hurting."

"I know," I said.

"You know?" He laughed out of pure anger. "So you intentionally came here today just to make me miserable?"

"I didn't," I defended myself quietly. "If I knew you were going to be here, I wouldn't have come."

His face darkened, and his grip tightened significantly.

"Lily, I really want to cut you open and see if you even have a heart."

The distance between us vanished.

I could feel his breath on my face.

In his eyes, there was a madness he could barely suppress.

I struggled to break free. "Oliver, let me go!"

He refused.

Everything felt like an arrow pulled back on a bowstring, ready to snap.

Until a voice came from behind us—

"Mr. Sinclair, holding onto my girlfriend in public... isn't that a bit inappropriate?"