My Husband's Affair My Anniversary Gift (Lily and David) novel Chapter 215

David slammed his hand against the wall. “I know that! But she promised!”

His eyes burned. He could feel tears gathering, but he refused to let them fall.

“She said she wouldn’t run away,” he whispered to himself. “She said she needed one day. One day. Why would she lie? Why?” For the first time in his life. he understood real fear.

The fear of losing her forever.

Roy stepped closer but didn’t touch him. “Maybe something happened. Maybe she....”

“No.” David turned sharply. “She left. She… she really left.”

He felt like someone had kicked him in the chest. He rubbed his face roughly, trying to breathe but failing.

His heart squeezed painfully.

He’d lost their child yesterday.

Now he had lost her too.

“I should’ve stayed,” he whispered. “I shouldn’t have left her alone. I shouldn't have listened to her.”

Roy’s eyes moved across the room again, searching for anything that might explain Lily’s sudden absence. Then something on the table caught his attention. A single sheet of paper. He stepped closer and picked it up.

The moment he read the heading, his eyes widened.

“Boss…” His voice came out thin, unsure. He lifted the paper slowly, almost afraid of handing it over. “Boss… look at this.”

David turned his head. His hands were already shaking when he snatched the paper from Roy. One glance was enough.

The whole world seemed to stop.

It was a divorce certificate.

For a second he stood there like his mind couldn’t catch up with what he was seeing. Then his knees gave a little. His balance slipped and he almost fell backward, but Roy stepped in and grabbed his arm just in time.

“Boss… we’ll find her.” Roy tried to steady him.

David didn’t move. His eyes stayed fixed on that paper like it was burning into his skin.

“No.”

His voice barely had a sound in it.

Roy blinked. He thought he misheard. “Boss?”

“No.” David repeated, breath unsteady. “Don’t look for her.”

Roy opened his mouth, confused. “But… why....”

“Finally she did it.” David whispered like he wasn’t talking to Roy at all, only speaking to the empty room, to the hollow that punched through his chest.

His breathing grew faster. His chest went up and down like he couldn’t pull enough air in. His grip on the divorce papers tightened until the edges wrinkled.

The pain didn’t just hurt, it cut. Deep. Heavy. Like someone pressed a knife inside and twisted it.

His mind kept repeating it again and again.

She left.

She really left.

He swallowed, but the lump in his throat didn’t move. He felt sick. He felt lost. His vision blurred for a split second, but he forced himself to stand straight.

Roy tried again, voice gentle. “Boss… at least let me search around. Maybe she’s close. Maybe she’s safe somewhere. It’s only been one night.”

David shook his head hard.

“No.”

He didn’t raise his voice this time, but the word was sharp enough to make Roy fall silent.

David kept his eyes on the paper. The ink. Her signature. All those years. All those moments he threw away because of pride, anger and blindness.

There was nothing left to fix.

She was gone.

And he knew she wouldn’t come back just because he wanted her to.

The apartment door stood open. Cold morning air brushed his face, but he didn’t feel it.

Roy followed in silence. He didn’t know what to say anymore.

David walked out like a man who was breathing but not really living.

The hollow space she left behind felt too big. Too painful. Too sharp.

He felt like someone had dug everything out of him and left him empty. No weight. No strength. No reason.

Only the emptiness tearing him apart from the inside.

Only silence where her voice used to be.

Only regret where love should have been.

He stepped into the hallway and let the door close behind him.

This time, he knew it for sure.

There was no turning back. There was nothing left to hold onto.

He had lost her.

And this time, it wasn’t an accident or a misunderstanding.

This time, she chose to walk away from him.

And he had no courage left to chase her.