The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 109

Chapter 109

Chapter 109

“Mark… pack up.” Damon said suddenly.

Mark paused mid-typing, frowning. “What?”

“I said-pack up,” Damon repeated, louder this time, his tone sharp and absolute.

Something in his voice made Mark move instantly.

Damon was already out the door.

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Outside, the calm of the Farm Villa had shifted. The wind carried something different now-danger. Approaching.

Damon reached Lila, who was holding Damian, confusion written across her face.

“We’re leaving,” he said, firm, leaving no room for argument.

He turned to Ina, placing Damian carefully into her arms. “Drive straight. Don’t stop. Don’t look back. My men will meet you on the road and take you to Belair City.”

Ina nodded, her expression steady despite the tension. Damon kissed the baby’s forehead gently.

“We’ll meet again, son,” Damon said quietly, his voice soft for just a second.

Then it was gone.

He grabbed Lila’s hand and pulled her toward another car.

Mark stood in the doorway, watching everything unfold, his jaw tight.

“Damon,” he called out.

Damon stopped but didn’t turn.

“I’ll stay,” Mark said. “I’ll hold them off until you get far enough.”

Lila’s eyes widened. “No-what are you saying?”

Mark stepped closer, urgency in his voice. “Listen to me. If we all leave together, they’ll catch us within an hour. This is the best strategy.”

“No!” Lila shook her head, panic rising. “We’re not leaving you!”

Mark’s gaze softened for a brief second as he looked at her. “You have to.”

Damon turned slightly, watching the exchange, silent-but calculating.

Lila grabbed his arm. “Say something!”

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Damon’s eyes flickered to Ina’s car, already starting to move.

Then back to Mark.

Then to Lila.

“Go,” Damon said quietly to Ina.

The car sped off, disappearing down the dirt road.

Silence fell for a brief moment, heavy and final.

Damon exhaled slowly, then looked at Mark.

“We’ll hold them here,” he said. “Together. It ends here.”

Mark blinked, stunned. “Damon, are you crazy?”

“Take my sister and go,” Mark insisted, stepping forward. “That’s your job.”

Damon’s expression hardened.

“No,” he said.

A beat.

Then colder-

“My job is to make sure none of them leave this place alive.”

The distant sound of engines began to echo across the fields.

They were coming.

Fast.

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Lila stood between them, heart pounding, torn between fear and something deeper she couldn’t fully understand.

Damon reached for her, pulling her close for a brief second.

“Trust me,” he said quietly.

And for reasons she couldn’t explain-

She did.

Damon released her, then moved toward the approaching danger, every step calm, deliberate.

Mark cursed under his breath but followed.

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The peaceful farm-the quiet hum of life-was gone.

Replaced by something else.

A battlefield.

And this time-

Damon wasn’t running.

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That night, Ina and baby Damian had successfully escaped.

Far from the villa.

Safe-for now.

Back at the Farm Villa, the air had changed completely.

The peaceful hum of the countryside was gone, replaced by a heavy, waiting silence.

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Inside, Mark sat in front of his monitors, forcing himself to stay focused. His fingers moved rapidly across the keyboard, digging through layers of encrypted data, pulling whatever information he could before everything collapsed.

“Come on…” he muttered under his breath, eyes scanning lines of code. “Just a little more…”

Across the room, Damon seemed… unaffected.

While the storm gathered outside, he was busy-pulling Lila close, his attention entirely on her, as if the world beyond the walls didn’t exist.

Lila’s breath caught, still overwhelmed by everything-him, the situation, the danger closing in.

Then-

A soft knock.

Barely audible.

At the window.

Damon stilled instantly.

His entire demeanor shifted in a fraction of a second.

He leaned close to Lila, his voice a whisper against her ear.

“They’re here.”

Mark’s fingers flew faster. “Almost done-almost-”

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BANG!

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A bullet tore through the window and slammed directly into one of the monitors, shattering it instantly. Sparks flew.

Mark flinched back. “That was an expensive monitor!” he shouted, half-annoyed, half-panicked.

But he didn’t stop.

One final keystroke.

“Sent.”

The data transferred to Simon’s system just in time.

Mark stood up, rolling his shoulders as if preparing for a completely different kind of work.

“Well,” he muttered, “guess we’re doing this the hard way.”

He walked out toward the living room.

Damon was already there.

Without a word, Damon picked up a sniper rifle and handed it to Lila.

Mark paused mid-step, raising an eyebrow.

“Really?” he said dryly. “You intend to dirty my sister’s hands now?”

Damon looked up at him-and smirked.

Then he turned back to Lila, his expression softening just slightly.

“Okay, wifey,” he said, voice low but firm. “We’ll handle this.”

He guided her toward the basement entrance, punching in the security code with practiced ease.

“You’ll stay down there. No matter what happens, you don’t come out. Understood?”

Lila hesitated-but nodded.

The door began to unlock with a soft mechanical sound.

While waiting-

Damon pulled her close again and kissed her, slow, deep, and completely unapologetic, as if danger itself

fueled him.

Mark, standing a few steps away, watched with visible irritation.

“You really are a filthy dog,” he muttered.

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Without missing a beat, he grabbed a nearby tray and tossed it at Damon.

Damon caught it effortlessly-without even breaking the kiss.

The basement door clicked open.

Damon finally pulled away, his forehead resting briefly against Lila’s.

“Stay alive,” he murmured.

Then he gently pushed her inside.

The door closed.

Locked.

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Silence.

For a split second.

Then-

Gunfire erupted outside.

Mark exhaled sharply, cracking his neck. “Well… guess it’s just us now.”

Damon picked up his weapon, his expression turning cold, lethal.

“Good,” he said.

Because tonight-

Anyone who stepped onto that farm…

Wasn’t leaving it alive.

Down in the basement, the world above became distant-muffled gunfire, faint vibrations, echoes of chaos bleeding through the walls.

But for Lila…

The real storm was inside her.

She curled into the bed, clutching her head as a sharp throb pulsed through her temples. Her breathing became uneven, her body tense.

“What… is happening…” she whispered.

Then-

It hit her.

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Not gently.

Not slowly.

But all at once.

Memories.

Flashing like broken pieces of a film.

Damon-

Not the man who held her just moments ago…

But another version.

Cold. Distant.

Surrounded by women.

Laughter.

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Provocative messages lighting up a phone screen. Names she didn’t recognize. Words that burned into her mind.

Her chest tightened.

“No…”

Another flash-

Maddy.

Standing there. Smirking.

Tilting her head just enough to reveal a dark mark on her neck. A hickey.

Proud.

Mocking.

Lila’s breath hitched.

Then-

A door.

The back of a man slipping quietly into a room.

Maddy’s voice.

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A whisper.

A betrayal.

Another shift-

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A courtroom.

Voices raised. Papers slammed.

“Divorce.”

The word echoed like a gunshot in her mind.

Her heart pounded violently now.

“Stop…”

But it didn’t stop.

The face of a man-blurred at first, then clearer. Watching. Waiting.

Then-

Rain.

Heavy. Relentless.

A hill.

Mud beneath her feet.

Her breathing ragged, desperate.

Running-

Or being chased.

She couldn’t tell.

Then-

A USB.

Small,

Important.

Crucial.

A name followed-

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“Jasper…”

Lila gasped sharply, her body jolting as if struck.

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Her hands trembled, gripping the sheets tightly. Sweat soaked her forehead as the pieces collided violently inside her mind.

Fragments-

But not meaningless.

They were connected.

They meant something.

Her eyes widened slowly as one terrifying realization began to form-

This wasn’t just about her memory.

This was about something bigger.

Something dangerous.

Something that had already destroyed her once.

Upstairs, gunfire echoed louder.

Closer.

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But Lila barely heard it.

Because for the first time-

She wasn’t just remembering feelings.

She was remembering truths.

And whatever she had uncovered before…

Had been worth killing for.

Her lips parted slightly, voice trembling as one name lingered on her tongue-

“… Jasper…”

And this time-

It didn’t feel like a dream anymore.

A laugh escaped Lila’s lips.

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Soft at first-

Then breaking into something unsteady.

Unhinged.

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“Still so love-struck, huh…” she whispered to herself, voice trembling between bitterness and disbelief.

Tears slid down her cheeks, but she wiped them away quickly, forcing herself to breathe. To think.

Everything was coming back.

Not just fragments—

Truth.

Then-

Click.

The basement door unlocked.

Lila’s body went rigid.

“Lila… where are you?” a man’s voice called out, calm… almost amused.

Her instincts took over.

She slipped off the bed silently and dropped to the floor, crawling quickly underneath it, clutching the small gun Damon had handed her.

Her grip tightened.

Her breathing slowed.

Silent.

Hidden.

Footsteps echoed in the room above her. Slow. Deliberate.

“Lila…” the man called again, his tone almost mocking now.

He stepped further inside.

“You know… you could’ve been our queen,” he said, pacing around the room. “But you betrayed Jasper.”

Lila’s eyes widened slightly in the dark.

Jasper.

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The name hit differently now.

Not just a memory-

A threat.

Her mind raced.

What’s happening upstairs?

Is Mark okay?

Damon…

Her chest tightened, but she forced it down.

No panic.

Not now.

Not anymore.

The man continued, his voice echoing in the confined space.

“Did you know,” he said casually, almost conversationally, “Damon is far worse than you think?”

Lila’s fingers tightened around the gun.

Her expression hardened.

The scared, confused woman from earlier was gone.

Something else was taking its place.

Something sharper.

More dangerous.

I remember now, she thought.

Above her, the man stopped walking.

Silence.

Then-

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“He used you, Lila,” the man continued, voice dropping lower. “Just like he used everyone else. You think you went through all that pain because of us?”

A pause.

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A slow, deliberate breath.

“Ask yourself… why you ran in the first place.”

Lila’s heart pounded.

Not from fear-

From clarity.

Her grip on the gun steadied.

Her breathing evened out.

And in the darkness beneath the bed-

Her eyes no longer looked lost.

They looked… certain.

Outside, gunfire still echoed.

But inside-

The real confrontation…

Was just beginning.

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