His Hidden Family My Ruined Marriage (Liana) novel Chapter 147

Chapter 147 This Little Pawn Has Outlived His Usefulness

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Mrs. Locke, sorry I’m late. The traffic was a nightmare,” said the driver, Lucas, smiling despite

eing drenched.

He was apologizing without a hint of resentment.

iana felt a pang of guilt and offered him an awkward but polite smile. “It’s really fine.”

.ucas grinned, ready to lead her to the car. Liana was about to go.

xcept her wrist was still held captive.

he had to glance down at where his long fingers gently encircled her pulse point.

sudden, irrational thought crossed her mind. If he knew how to read a pulse right now, I’d be o busted.

uckily, he was a businessman, not a doctor.

lian’s gaze fell on her hand, now conspicuously bare. His eyes narrowed. “Where are the ings?”

In your jacket pocket,” she replied evenly.

He held her gaze; she met it calmly.

I see.”

lis

eyes turned frosty. With that, he released her and turned away.

iana didn’t think he had any right to be angry.

He should be relieved she was making the divorce this easy.

Summit High School was downtown. Lucas dropped her off and left.

The rain continued. During her classes, Liana kept hearing phantom cries-Theo’s whimpers echoing in her ears.

Back in the teachers’ lounge after her last period, she still felt distracted.

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Lily was intently watching something on a monitor. She looked up as Liana entered. “Hey, I was just looking for you.”

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I think Theo was pushed down the stairs by Anya. I wanted to tell you last night, but when I called your phone, the housekeeper at the Locke Manor answered. Said you didn’t have it with

you.”

Liana’s heart gave a little jolt. Theo’s imagined cries seemed to grow louder.

But why would Anya push him? She knows exactly how important Theo is to Elian. If Elian ver found out she hurt him, it would backfire on her completely.”

Liana had harbored the same suspicion, so she engaged seriously with Lily’s theory.

But there were no cameras in that hallway! And it was just her and Theo in that room. Who would know? And the moment Theo fell, Elian’s whole proposal to you had to stop, right?” Lily ound the logic straightforward.

But we have no proof.” Liana agreed with the reasoning, but without evidence, it was just peculation.

What if Anya is just the type to take a huge gamble, though?

The thought settled over Liana, heavy and suffocating.

You’re right, we don’t,” Lily sighed. “But that little guy is so fragile. Can he last until we find >roof? What if there’s a ‘next time’ he gets ‘accidentally’ pushed? Will he be that lucky again?”

Lily agreed with Liana’s point, but her worry ran deeper.

A poor kid who’d lost his parents, now in the care of a malicious woman-what could happen?

As Lily was inwardly lamenting Theo’s tragic lot, she heard a sharp screech-a chair being

ushed back.

She snapped to attention just in time to see Liana bolt from her desk and sprint for the door.

Hey! Where are you going?”

“The hospital!”

Liana was already shrugging on her coat, half-running, half-striding down the hallway.

Yes. She was going to Theo.

Regardless of whether Anya had pushed him or not. Regardless of whether her guess was wrong. She ran like someone possessed.

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heo’s little life wasn’t a price for her to weigh Anya’s character.

ana’s mind flooded with images of his big, innocent eyes staring up at her. If her and Lily’s less was right, then the fear and hurt she’d seen in those eyes had been real all along.

e kept crying for his mommy, saying it hurt…

he flung herself into her car, gasping for breath as she remembered Theo’s constant pleas om the night before.

it if he’s scared of Anya, why would he act so close to her? Why would he keep calling her “Mommy”?

flicker of doubt. But it was snuffed out instantly as she turned the ignition.

st go. Figure it out there.

hat if Anya is threatening him?

e was only…

ist night, listening to Anya and Elian talk by Theo’s bed, it seemed he was already over three, ot just two. But he looked so small for his age.

he car pulled out of the school lot.

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