Part 3Runaway Bride: The Shocking Reason That Shattered My World

A flicker of doubt crossed Seraphina's eyes as she looked at Finn.

Seeing Finn lower his head in a show of false grievance, Seraphina couldn't stand it. She turned to me and yelled,

“Enough, Liam Miller! Who told you to threaten my parents with divorce? Finn was just trying to help me get back at you!”

“Besides, before marriage, my body is my own! I can give my first time to *anyone* I choose!”

I calmly cut her off.

“You're right. You have sovereignty over your body. You can give your first time to anyone you want. I can't, and shouldn't, have any complaints.”

“And I have sovereignty over my mind. I can divorce anyone I want, and you can't have any complaints either.”

Seraphina froze, her face turning instantly, utterly pale.

But quickly, she rolled her eyes and sneered,

“Liam Miller, our engagement was decided by our grandfathers!”

“Don't you forget, you only secured your position as the heir to the wealthiest family because of our alliance!”

Seeing my silence, she softened her tone, coaxing me.

“As long as you don't make things difficult for Finn, I'll overlook what you said to my parents.”

I watched Seraphina, her words twisting everything.

Not only did she claim my current position was all thanks to her, but now she even wanted a future with Finn.

My past affection and indulgence had become her leverage against me.

One of them brazenly called to gloat, the other shamelessly threatened me with our past relationship.

They really were a match made in hell!

Aubrey, who had been listening for a while, finally couldn't help but scoff,

“Seraphina, as a woman, I'm truly ashamed of you!”

“Liam is the sole male heir to the Miller family. He doesn't *need* you to inherit! Do you honestly think I'd compete with my own brother for that?”

Seraphina's face reddened.

I looked at her calmly, my expression composed.

“Seraphina, we are completely over.”

Hanging up the phone, I felt a strange sense of unreality.

Years ago, the Thorne Corporation faced a financial crisis.

Seraphina had cried until she fainted in front of me, begging me to save her family.

I knelt before my parents for three days and three nights, eventually helping the Thorne family through their crisis.

But I fell gravely ill afterward, and Seraphina nursed me back to health, practically living by my bedside for three months straight.

I never thought she could change so drastically...

I thought I had been very clear with Seraphina.

Considering the long-standing ties between our families, I just wanted her to come and divorce me quietly; I didn't want to make a scene.

But when Aubrey and I arrived at the family estate, we found it swarming with people.

Seraphina was holding Finn’s hand, giving interviews to the media.

“Finn and I are truly in love. So what if Liam Miller is rich beyond measure, the wealthiest man? That can't buy my love.”

“If it weren't for my grandfather saving his grandfather, there wouldn't even be a Miller family today...”

Seraphina continued her endless accusations.

In her narrative, I had become the homewrecker, using money and status to interfere with her and Finn’s love.

She even claimed that our Miller family had built its fortune by "sucking the blood" of their Thorne Corporation.

And then, she said...

“I just wanted to give my first time to the man I truly love. How can virginity be treated as an item for transaction? Isn't a woman's body her own?”

Her words hit me like a hammer, a throbbing pain in my nerves.

It was laughable, but more than that, it was deeply chilling.

She claimed Finn was the man she loved most,

Yet the person she officially married, with a license, was *me*.

Hearing Seraphina pontificating to the reporters, Aubrey couldn't take it. She immediately got out of the car and, cradling her belly, charged forward.

Seeing us, the reporters erupted, swarming around us.

Scandal and secrets often plague the wealthy. They were all scrambling, digging for every juicy detail.

“Mr. Miller, are you truly the third party, as Ms. Thorne claims, interfering in their relationship?”

Before I could speak, Aubrey, furious, burst out,

“Did you all sleep through elementary school? You're just taking Seraphina's word for it? She's clearly the one who cheated...”

Aubrey's words were cut short.

*Smack!*

Seraphina landed a vicious slap across Aubrey’s face.

Aubrey, heavily pregnant, stumbled backward and fell to the ground, crying out in pain.

But Seraphina, still enraged, continued to curse at her.

“I'm your sister-in-law! And the future sole mistress of the Miller family!”

“Why do you insist on stirring up trouble between your brother and me? And even fabricating videos to upload online!”

Seraphina's two consecutive accusations exploded like thunderclaps among the reporters.

Their eyes widened. They immediately surged forward, pressing us with questions.

“Mr. Miller, is what Ms. Thorne said true? Did your sister really upload that video?”

“Is this about a family inheritance dispute? Ms. Thorne claims there would be no Miller family without her grandfather, and your sister uploaded a video to sabotage the family alliance. Does she also have designs on the inheritance? Mr. Miller, what's your take?”

Aubrey was pushed and jostled, collapsing onto the ground, blood quickly appearing between her legs.

But Seraphina still lunged at Aubrey, and I roared, my eyes spitting fire.

“Seraphina! Touch my sister one more time, and I will wipe the Thorne family off the face of the earth!”

I glared fiercely at all the reporters, my emotions running high.

“I don't care what baseless rumors you intend to report, but the consequences of slandering and harming the Miller family, even the Thorne family cannot bear!”

“If anything happens to my sister because you're blocking our way, the Thorne family will pay dearly!”

At my words, the reporters gasped, scrambling to clear a path.

But Seraphina still stood directly in front of me.

“Get out of the way!”

I shoved her aside. Seeing Aubrey trembling in pain, I quickly pulled out my phone to dial 91But Seraphina slapped the phone right out of my hand, her tone still arrogant.

“Liam Miller! You can't leave! You and your sister *must* apologize to Finn today!”

My eyes blazed with a sudden, overwhelming fury.

“Get *out*!”

“Liam Miller! Seraphina, sis, has already given you a way out; don’t be ungrateful!”

Finn, emboldened by Seraphina's presence, chimed in, mocking me.

But before he could finish speaking, I had already summoned my bodyguards.

Then I pointed at Finn, my gaze ice-cold.

“Beat him to a pulp! For every injury my sister suffered, I'll make him pay a hundredfold!”