Chapter 164

• That night, Lily paced nervously in the living room, her anxiety growing with every passing second. Her thoughts raced as she tried to figure out how she would explain everything to Ethan when he got home. She knew she had messed up again.
• The previous night, after they had reconciled, Ethan had been clear about one thing—she was to take bodyguards with her whenever she left the house. He wasn’t being overprotective; he was being reasonable. But Lily, in her usual stubbornness and overconfidence, had disregarded his instructions.
• She had assumed that, after issuing a warning to the Miller Family, she was safe. What could possibly go wrong? Unfortunately, reality had proven her wrong. It was pure luck—or fate—that Pedro had saved her in time.