Lyra gently pushed the tableware away from her, not taking a single bite or sip.
When she looked up, her eyes were filled with nothing but a cold, detached indifference.
"Victoria, I came here today to make things clear. Caspian and I will not be getting married."
Having said her piece, she gave a slight nod, unwilling to stay a second longer. "I have matters to attend to at home. I should go."
Before Victoria could even offer a word to stop her, Lyra stood up and quickly walked out of the Jameson mansion.
She drove aimlessly on her own, eventually parking by the ocean.
The sea breeze rushed against her face. She felt lost, sensing more than ever that everything around her was just an illusion.
Perhaps her father's passing, her mother's lingering illness, and all the past tragedies involving Caleb and herself had no direct connection to Rowan.
But the final straw that crushed Fairchild Holdings and forced her family into total ruin had been orchestrated entirely by his own hands from start to finish.
In her past life, she had frantically confronted Rowan, and he had never bothered to defend himself. He had openly admitted that he single-handedly engineered the bankruptcy of Fairchild Holdings.
Her phone rang.
No name was displayed, but she knew it was Rowan's number.
Lyra hesitated for a moment before answering. Things she couldn't say to his face, things she was too afraid to say out of fear of being choked—she could say them all now.
"Did you miss me?" Rowan asked smoothly.
"I'll be back soon."
"Rowan," Lyra said coldly, "I have something to say to you."
"You should have realized it by now, shouldn't you? I stopped having feelings for you a long time ago."
"I feel absolutely nothing for you now."
"I just want to tell you that in this life, the next life, and the life after that, I will never—"
"I'm still going to fuck you," Rowan interrupted.


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