Chapter 961
Chapter 960:
The tone of the chat flipped instantly into warnings and advice.
“Taylor, don’t gamble with your future like this p>
“Sure, unrequited love sucks, and flipping from love to hate is a bad look. But at least you only made a fool of yourself in front of family. Outside, your image as a glamorous star is untouched p>
“We’ll try not to needle you too much about this later. And even if we do, just tune us out p>
“We’re all family here, and Cole isn’t that vindictive. When he returns, offer him an honest apology. He’ll let it slide p>
“But let’s be real—Cole’s already under Lilah’s spell. Your best bet is to win her over first. If she forgives you, getting Cole to back down will be a piece of cake p>
Their words painted a vivid picture in Taylor’s mind. He saw himself kneeling before Lilah, begging for her pardon. The thought alone made him frown deeply. All night long, Taylor had ripped Lilah apart with words in the forum. Even though he hadn’t meant half of it, the constant repetition had hammered the curses into his own mind until they sounded like undeniable truth. By now, he had convinced himself that Lilah was nothing but a pretty shell, with nothing of value beneath. To drop to his knees for a woman he had spent hours tearing down? To beg her for forgiveness? The very thought shredded what little pride he had left. No, that was impossible.
Yet, if he couldn’t get Lilah to forgive him, how was he supposed to face Cole? Cole might not go so far as to kill him, but Cole had a thousand ways to break him apart without shedding a drop of blood. Within the family, Cole could freeze him out. In the industry, Cole could blacklist him so thoroughly that he’d tumble from A-list star to a…
Man begging for scraps. Fans would abandon him, the media would drag him, and strangers on the street might spit at his feet. Just imagining it sent a violent shiver racing down his spine.
Suddenly, Taylor felt suffocated, wedged between two nightmares. He could either swallow his pride before Lilah or suffer Cole’s relentless vengeance. After turning it over in his mind again and again, one terrifying thought rose to the surface—if he wanted to survive with dignity, maybe the only option was to remove Cole entirely.
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Wait a minute. Remove Cole? The thought rattled him so hard that he flinched, horrified by his own madness. Cole wasn’t just anyone—he was a global powerhouse, the Evans family’s unshakable leader. Thinking about taking Cole down was nothing short of delusional. He must have lost his mind to even entertain such a notion.
In a frantic attempt to break the thought, Taylor slapped himself across the face—once, twice—but the haze of desperation refused to lift. The blows to his face did nothing to clear his thoughts. Instead, they left his skin raw and his skull pounding.
Pain only fueled the chaos inside him. Unhinged and restless, he lunged for his phone and hammered at the keyboard, words spilling faster than his brain could process. By the time his thumb hit send, he barely thought through what he’d written.
Taylor’s messages appeared in the group chat like a live grenade.
Message from Noah: New novels in a few hous dear readers. God loves you and Noah wishes you all the best. („• ֊ •„)੭