His Hidden Family My Ruined Marriage (Liana) novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78 Confessions

Break in where? Liana looked at him, startled.

Elian sighed, reminding her of a fact. “Liana. I’m your husband.”

“Not for ”

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“Not for much longer? Is that what you were going to say?” He anticipated her words before she could finish.

She fell silent, turning to face the wall

Elian instantly moved closer, easily wrapping an arm around her from behind. “But there’s no ‘fast forward button. And you’ve had me on a total dry spell for almost two months now.”

His tone held a hint of genuine grievance.

Liana didn’t respond. Ever since she’d learned about his other family and demanded a divorce, he’d been acting off.

Once so gentlemanly and composed, now he was stubborn and unpredictable.

She refused to repeat herself and remained silent.

“Of course, you’re still recovering. I’m not an animal. Bu make it up to me later.”

His voice was a soft murmur against her hair.

Later?

Liana almost laughed. She turned to him, asking, “Why don’t you go find Anya? Or do you need two women at once to feel satisfied?”

Elian’s eyes turned cold in an instant.

“For over two years, I thought I knew you. Now I realize didn’t,” Liana continued.

The hand resting on her abdomen twitched slightly. He met her gaze, waiting.

“Elian, you don’t know me either. My father left my mother for his career before I was even born. I despise men who toy with women.”

Gazing into his familiar deep eyes, she found herself turning fully to face him, lying in the circle of his arm.

Elian’s throat felt tight. He tried to speak, but no sound came.

“We were never right for each other. You never should have married someone so ordinary. And I… I never should have let myself care for you after finding out you were the Locke heir.”

Yes, she had cared.

She admitted it.

She hoped, tonight, right now, they could lay everything bare

But at her admission, Elian’s eyes sparked.

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Chapter 78 Confessions

“You loved me?”

His voice was rough.

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“The Elian who took such tender care of me and my mother? Yes, I loved him.”

Maybe she should have said it sooner-she’d loved the selfless, devoted husband.

Or had she just loved the security he provided?

She studied him for a long time. Of course she knew. She’d loved the man who cherished her, who was her rock.

Three words stuck in Elian’s throat. Words he should have said long ago.

No, there were many words.

He remembered the first time he’d really noticed her, and a pang of regret hit him.

It felt like a lifetime ago. A girl had suddenly topped him in the class rankings.

On the last day of school that summer, walking near the football field, Xander had said, “That’s her. Liana.”

She’d had her hair in a high ponytail, already five foot seven tall, slender for her age, her face as smooth and perfect as a porcelain egg.

“If you’d just been a poor guy back then, I never would have fallen for you,” Liana added, lying through her teeth with perfect calm.

“Stop,” he said, his voice hoarse.

“Let’s just get the divorce over with. Stop wasting each other’s time.”

“I agreed to it then because I knew I’d let you down. I just wanted to calm you. Even after you aborted our baby, I’ll be honest, I never planned to divorce you.”

His deep eyes held hers as he made the startling confession.

Liana stared, disbelieving.

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