The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

The elevator doors slid open with a sharp ding.

Mark stepped in quickly, still holding Damian close against his chest.

“We’re going home, okay?” Mark whispered, gently brushing the boy’s hair.

Damian nodded weakly, his small fingers still clutching Mark’s shirt, unwilling to let go.

As the doors began to close-

Damon’s gaze locked onto Mark’s.

A silent exchange.

Heavy.

Unspoken.

Then-

The doors slid shut.

Silence returned to the rooftop.

But it was no longer the same.

It was darker.

Heavier.

Dangerous.

Her body trembled despite herself.

Blackthorne…

The name echoed in her mind like a warning bell.

“Mr. Blackthorne,” she said, trying to steady her voice, “this is between me and Marlou.”

Damon finally looked at her.

Fully.

And the look alone-

Was enough to make her breath hitch.

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“No,” he said.

A step forward.

“You involved the kid.”

Another step.

“My kid.”

Marlou froze.

The words hit him like a thunderclap.

His mind struggled to catch up-

To process-

To understand.

The woman’s face drained of color.

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“No…” she whispered, shaking her head. “That child is Marlou’s, not yours. Stop joking, Mr. Blackthorne.”

Damon’s expression didn’t change.

But his eyes-

Darkened.

“What did Eric do to you?” Damon asked quietly. “Twist your mind so badly that you can’t even think straight anymore?”

The woman flinched.

“Or did you convince yourself of a lie,” he continued, his voice cutting deeper with every word, “because the truth was too inconvenient?”

She staggered back a step.

“No… you’re lying…”

Damon let out a cold, humorless breath.

“You built everything on assumptions,” he said. “And now you’re standing here, risking your life over something that was never real.”

Marlou looked between them, his chest tightening.

“Damon….” he started, his voice uncertain. “What are you saying?”

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But Damon didn’t answer him.

His eyes never left the woman.

Because right now-

She was the problem.

“You took him,” Damon said, his tone dropping lower. “You made him cry. You made him afraid.”

Each word felt heavier than the last.

“And you think this ends with a conversation?”

The woman’s back hit the railing.

Her breathing turned uneven.

“I… I didn’t—”

“You did,” Damon cut her off.

And for the first time-

There was no control in his voice.

Only restrained fury.

Marlou stepped forward quickly. “Damon, enough-she’s unstable-”

“Then she shouldn’t have touched him,” Damon snapped.

The silence that followed was suffocating.

The woman’s legs trembled.

Because now-

She understood.

This wasn’t about Marlou anymore.

This wasn’t about the past.

This wasn’t even about revenge.

This was about a father.

And she had taken his child.

Damon took one final step forward.

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Close enough that she had nowhere left to go.

“Pray,” he said quietly, “that he’s not hurt.”

Because if he was-

Damon didn’t need to finish the sentence.

It was already written in his eyes.

The ride back felt endless.

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Inside the elevator, Damian’s sobs had slowly softened into quiet whimpers. Now, in the car, he clung to Mark, exhausted, his small body trembling every now and then as if reliving the fear.

“It’s okay… you’re safe now,” Mark murmured again and again, his voice gentler than anyone had ever heard it.

Damian didn’t answer.

He just held on tighter.

At the house-

Ina was the first to hear the car.

She shot up from her seat, heart racing, and ran toward the door.

The moment it opened-

“Mark-!”

Her voice broke when she saw Damian.

Alive.

Crying.

In Mark’s arms.

“Damian!” Ina rushed forward, tears falling instantly.

Inside the room, Lila hadn’t moved.

She sat where they left her, staring blankly ahead, her hands clenched tightly in her lap as if holding herself together by force.

Then-

She heard it.

A small voice.

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Broken.

“Mom…”

Everything stopped.

Lila’s head snapped up.

Her eyes widened-

And for a moment, she couldn’t move.

Couldn’t breathe.

Couldn’t believe it.

Mark stepped into the room, his voice soft. “Lila…”

But he didn’t need to say anything else.

Damian reached out.

“Mom…”

That was enough.

Lila broke.

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She rushed forward, her legs almost giving out beneath her as she dropped to her knees and pulled Damian into her arms.

“Damian… Damian…” she cried, her voice shaking uncontrollably as she held him tightly, as if afraid he would disappear again.

Damian buried his face into her shoulder, crying all over again.

“Mom… I was scared…”

“I know… I know…” Lila whispered, her hands trembling as she cradled his head, kissing his hair, his face, anywhere she could reach: “I’m here… I’m here…”

Her tears fell freely, soaking into his shirt.

“I’m so sorry… I’m so sorry…”

Ina turned away slightly, covering her mouth as she cried.

Mark stood there, silent, watching.

Relief.

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Pain.

And something heavier lingering in his chest.

Damian pulled back just slightly, his small hands gripping Lila’s face.

“Mom… Uncle saved me…” he said between hiccups.

Lila nodded quickly, pressing her forehead against his. “Yes… yes… Uncle did…”

She looked up at Mark, her eyes filled with gratitude-and something deeper.

“Thank you…” she whispered.

Mark only nodded.

Because words weren’t enough.

Not for something like this.

But even as the room filled with relief—

Something was missing.

Someone.

The door remained open.

The air still.

Heavy.

Waiting.

Because Damon wasn’t there yet.

Back at the rooftop-

Marlou stood frozen, still trying to process what he had just heard.

“My kid.”

The words echoed again and again in his mind.

“Damon…” he said slowly, almost cautiously. “You need to explain that.”

Damon didn’t respond immediately.

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His gaze remained fixed on the woman, who now looked completely shattered-her confidence gone, replaced by fear and disbelief.

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The railing slipped from his hand-

He fell.

“Marlou!!!” the men screamed, grabbing at nothing but air.

Two bodies-

Plunging into darkness.

Wind tearing past them.

Silence swallowing their screams.

She looked at him the entire time.

Smiling.

As if this-

Was freedom.

Above-

On the rooftop-

Damon stood still.

Unmoving.

Untouched.

As if the world itself had paused around him.

No shock.

No panic.

No reaction.

Only silence,

Slowly-

He lifted his gaze.

To the sky.

Endless.

Cold

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Unforgiving.

“…Lila,” he murmured.

Her name carried something deeper now.

Not just longing.

Not just regret.

But something heavier-

Something breaking.

“Will you forgive me too…?”

And for the first time-

Damon Blackthorne stood alone.

Not as a man in control.

Not as someone untouchable.

But as someone who knew-

Everything was about to collapse.

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