Her Divorce, His Downfall (Sophia and Damian) novel Chapter 112

Chapter 112

Aaron struggled, his strength fading, as he pressed the pendant into Damian’s palm. The metal was slick with blood. A bitter smile touched his lips.

“It’s stained now…”

The sight of that crimson smear pierced Damian’s eyes, but the ache in his chest cut far deeper.

The pendant still held the fading warmth of Aaron’s touch. A suffocating tightness seized Damian’s throat as he choked out.

“It’s nothing. We can clean it. Just stay with me, Aaron. You have to hold on.”

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whispered, his gaze growing distant, his

life ebbing away.

“A matching pendant… I gave it… as a birthday gift… to a girl long ago.”

Damian’s heart plummeted. He remembered the girl from Aaron’s past, the one who had come to New York City.

A frail, tortured smile flickered on Aaron’s bloodied lips before a spasm of pain twisted his features.

“She married… had a daughter.”

Suddenly, with a surge of desperate strength, Aaron clamped his hand around Damian’s wrist with bone–crushing force.

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His eyes locked onto Damian’s, blazing with a last, pleading obsession.

“If someday… someone comes to you… carrying that other pendant…”

He paused, body wracked by a fit of coughing that brought fresh blood to his lips.

Gasping for air, his voice dropped to the faintest thread.

“Promise me… you’ll look after that child. Show her kindness… protect her… no

matter what.”

His final words were almost inaudible, yet they landed like a sledgehammer on Damian’s soul.

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“Mr. Hall… will you… promise me?”

Time seemed to freeze.

Damian stared into the face of the man who had shielded him for a decade, seeing the anguish and unresolved longing there.

This was no blood relative Aaron was

entrusting to him, but a final wish born of a hidden chapter of his protector’s life.

A debt of life was owed.

Refusal was unthinkable.

“I promise you, Aaron.”

Damian’s voice was raw as he gripped the hand growing cold in his own.

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“I swear on the legacy of the Hall family. As long as I draw breath, I will spend my life ensuring her safety. If I break this oath, may the Hall name be wiped from New York City. May I die a wretched death.”

After Aaron heard the vow and the terrible curse that sealed it, a final peace

settled over him.

The intense light in his eyes dimmed and

vanished.

His grip slackened, his hand falling limp.

“Aaron!”

Damian’s roar of anguish tore through the air, his eyes bloodshot.

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It felt as if his heart had been ripped out.

The wave of grief was too vast, too violent.

Darkness swallowed him whole.

The arrangements for Aaron fell to Daniel.

The Hall family had prepared a substantial sum for his next of kin,

but investigations revealed he was an orphan, once fostered by the Moore family in Washington before finding his way to New York and into service as a bodyguard.

Later, Damian established the Aaron

Launch Education Fund, dedicated to supporting underprivileged students.

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For years, he searched for any trace of the girl with the matching pendant, but every lead turned cold.

So, when Isabelle appeared before him, holding that very piece, his world shuddered to a halt.

Disbelief held him frozen. He had experts from an antique shop examine it.

Their verdict confirmed it was genuine, a perfect match to Aaron’s half.

Still hesitant, he probed for details.

Isabelle answered every question

flawlessly.

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From that moment, Damian dedicated himself to the promise.

He shielded Isabelle to uphold his vow. Sometimes, it meant Sophia bore the weight of his obligation, her wronged heart brushed aside in his single–minded

focus.

He could not–would not–fail Aaron.

He kept his word. The cost was the love he lost.

Now, Isabelle was in danger once more.

As he emerged from the memory, a profound sense of sorrow washed over

Damian.

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He had failed to protect Isabelle

adequately, and he had utterly failed Sophia.

Having already failed one, he could not

bear to fail the other.

Aaron’s trust demanded action. Isabelle

must be saved.

His focus snapped back to the present.

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