Chapter 490

Sherah lost it again when she heard that, her voice rising in fury. "Why even care about them? You all thought Liam was Mr. Perfect, and now what? He ditched them and bolted. I warned her not to marry that deadbeat Liam, to give up being a rich lady for a nobody. Look, at the first sign of trouble, he's out. Serves her right. She's got no one else to blame!"

Each of Sherah's barbs cut deeper than the last, and Celena felt her resolve shake. She was not scared for herself; it was Jovie who worried her; she was so young and vulnerable.

Celena replayed Liam's last words, and the look on his face over in her mind, her heart aching with doubt. 'Liam, could you really have lied to me, leaving me and our daughter all alone?'

Suddenly, the hospital room door was kicked open with a crash!

A squad of battle-ready soldiers, armed to the teeth and faces set in grim determination, charged in, leaving everyone inside momentarily frozen in shock.

Yafe was the quickest to snap out of it. He stepp