The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 136

Chapter 136

Chapter 136

Mark kept a close eye on Damon.

Not just out of duty-but because, in a way; he enjoyed it.

His phone buzzed.

A message from Lila.

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Mark glanced at it, then smirked faintly. He had been the one to send her the image-Cindy clinging to Damon.

A perfect trigger.

Lila: Good. Keep an eye on him.

Mark typed his reply without hesitation.

Mark: Of course. It’s my duty to make sure he’s not messing around.

He leaned back, amused. Damon Blackthorne-feared, calculating, untouchable-yet completely undone by

one woman.

“Good for you…” Mark muttered under his breath.

Then, as if remembering something, he straightened slightly.

“Hey,” he called, tossing a file onto the table. “Come here.”

Damon, still tense, walked over.

“Check this out.”

Mark tapped the documents, his tone shifting-more serious now.

“These men? They came from South City. Crossed the sea just to confirm if you’re really dead.”

Damon’s eyes narrowed as he scanned the information.

“And the first place they visited?” Mark continued, watching him closely. “Cindy’s place.”

Silence.

Heavy. Calculated.

Then Mark leaned back, folding his arms.

“Now it’s your turn to think,” he said, a faint smirk returning. “Why is that?”

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Damon didn’t answer immediately.

But his mind was already moving.

Fast.

Because that wasn’t random.

It wasn’t coincidence.

It meant one thing-

Cindy wasn’t just a victim.

She was a link.

And someone out there believed she was important enough…

To lead them straight to him.

Damon’s expression darkened.

“Set a perimeter,” he said coldly. “No one gets in or out without me knowing.”

Mark’s smirk widened slightly.

Now this was the Damon he preferred.

Because the moment Damon started thinking like this-

Someone, somewhere…

Was about to regret everything.

Damon didn’t waste time.

He went straight back underground.

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The door opened quietly, but Cindy still flinched awake, her eyes wide with fear. It took her a second to recognize him.

“Mr. Blackthorne…” she whispered, her voice still fragile.

Damon stepped inside and closed the door behind him.

This time, there was no softness in his expression.

Only focus.

“Cindy,” he said, his tone calm but firm. “We’re going to go over everything again.”

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She swallowed, nodding nervously.

Damon pulled a chair and sat across from her, leaning forward slightly. “The men who took you… who were they?”

“I-I don’t know their names,” Cindy said quickly. “But they weren’t local. Their accent… it wasn’t from here.”

“South City,” Damon said.

Her eyes widened slightly. “Yes… I think so.”

Damon’s gaze sharpened. “Why you?”

“I told you…” she said, her voice shaking. “They thought I was important to you because of the rumors-”

“No,” Damon cut in, his voice low. “That’s not enough.”

Cindy froze.

“They crossed the sea,” Damon continued. “Started a war just to confirm if I’m alive. And the first place they went… was you.”

He leaned closer.

“That’s not because of rumors. That’s because of information.”

Cindy’s breathing quickened. “I don’t-”

“You do,” Damon said quietly. “You just don’t realize it yet.”

Silence filled the room.

Then-

“They asked me questions,” Cindy whispered suddenly.

Damon didn’t move. “What kind of questions?”

“They kept asking… about the night I met you,” she said, her voice trembling. “Who arranged it… who paid for it… if you said anything strange.”

Damon’s eyes darkened.

“Who arranged it?” he pressed.

Cindy hesitated.

Then slowly-carefully-she spoke.

“I didn’t get the booking directly,” she said. “It went through a private handler. Someone I never met before.”

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“Name.”

:

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“I don’t know…” she said, shaking her head. “But I saw something. A symbol on the file they showed me.”

Damon’s gaze locked onto hers. “What symbol?”

Cindy closed her eyes, trying to remember.

“It was… a black crest,” she said slowly. “With a serpent wrapped around a dagger.”

The room went still.

Damon leaned back slightly, his expression turning cold.

Because he recognized it.

And if he was right-

This wasn’t just about him anymore.

It was bigger.

Much bigger.

Cindy looked at him, fear creeping back into her voice. “Mr. Blackthorne… what does it mean?”

Damon didn’t answer immediately.

Because for the first time-

The enemy wasn’t just watching.

They had been planning this… long before the fire.

Damon fell silent.

The symbol lingered in his mind-

A black crest.

A serpent wrapped around a dagger.

And then, suddenly-

A memory surfaced.

His father… Richard Blackthorne.

Damon’s expression hardened.

So it was connected.

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He stood up slowly, his decision already made.

“Stay here,” Damon said, his tone calmer now but still firm. “Until you’re well. Then I’ll bring you back to Belair.”

Cindy looked up at him, hesitant. She reached out and lightly held his arm.

“What if Mrs. Blackthorne misunderstands?” she asked softly. “What if she gets the wrong idea?”

Damon gently removed her hand, not harsh-but distant.

“It’s fine,” he said. “I’ll explain it to her.”

Cindy lowered her gaze, nodding.

“Thank you, Mr. Blackthorne,” she said quietly. “It’s been years… since I’ve eaten clean food… or slept this peacefully.”

For a brief moment, Damon’s expression softened.

“It’s okay,” he replied.

But the softness didn’t last.

Because his mind was already elsewhere-connecting the past to the present, the symbol to his father… and the war now unfolding.

Without another word, he turned and left the room.

The door closed behind him.

And with it-

Whatever calm Cindy had just found…

And whatever storm Damon was about to walk into.

Damon didn’t return to his room.

Instead, he went straight to the private archive.

A room no one else entered without his permission.

The moment the door closed behind him, the outside world disappeared. Screens flickered to life, casting a cold glow across the dark space.

Damon stood still for a second… then spoke.

“Pull up everything on Richard Blackthorne.”

Files began to load.

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Old records. Financial trails. Discreet transactions. Names long buried.

Damon’s eyes moved quickly, scanning-connecting.

His father had always been powerful.

But not this powerful.

Not like this.

Damon’s hand paused as an older file surfaced-encrypted, hidden deeper than the rest.

He unlocked it.

And there it was.

A symbol.

A black crest.

A serpent wrapped around a dagger.

Damon’s expression darkened.

“So it’s real…” he muttered.

More files opened.

The deeper he went, the clearer it became-

Richard Blackthorne hadn’t just been a businessman.

He had been connected to something else.

Something underground.

A network that dealt in power, information… and people.

Damon’s jaw tightened.

“Underground auctions…” he said under his breath.

Cindy.

That wasn’t random.

She had been pulled into something his father had once been part of.

Or worse-

Something that was now trying to reclaim what it lost.

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Damon pulled up recent activity logs.

Movement.

Transactions.

Routes crossing the sea-from South City… to Wago… to Belair.

His eyes narrowed.

“They’re retracing his steps…” Damon whispered.

Not hunting blindly.

Following a path.

His father’s path.

And if that was true-

Then this wasn’t just about confirming his death.

It was about finding something.

Or someone.

Damon leaned back slightly, exhaling slowly.

Then one final file opened.

A name.

Not unfamiliar.

But not expected either.

Damon’s eyes hardened.

“… So it’s you.”

The room fell silent.

Because now-

This wasn’t just a war.

It was inheritance.

And Damon had just stepped into it.

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Different names came to light: Jasper, Vivian Daven, Mike Foster-top politicians-and lastly, Eric Bjorn.

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Eric… the man who thrived on watching others lose their minds. The one who kept himself entangled in everyone else’s business. The one who had provoked Damon relentlessly during their college days-back when Damon had mustered the courage to ask the then-ice-queen Lila on a date.

Even back then, Eric had kept an eye on Lila, pretending to like her while manipulating situations from behind the scenes. When rumors spread that Damon was dating Maddy, Eric simply shifted his attention to her.

Damon had been there the day Maddy rejected Damon’s marriage proposal. And the next hour Maddy checked in with Eric in a hotel, his grin was unmistakable-almost taunting-as if to say that whatever or whoever mattered to Damon, he could take it.

Every move, every plan… Eric always wanted to make it personal.

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