The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 208

Chapter 208

Chapter 208

At the Daven Mansion, laughter echoed-low, cold, and unsettling.

Daven stood in the garden, the wind stirring the leaves around him as if even nature recoiled from his presence. The moment he heard the news, a twisted smile spread across his lips.

“Maddy… ran away?” he repeated, almost amused.

Behind him, his assistant stood rigid, careful not to meet his gaze.

“Who helped her?” Daven’s voice dropped, sharp as a blade.

“We… we don’t know, sir,” the assistant replied, his voice tight. “We’re still trying to identify her contact. It appears Miss Maddy has been planning this for quite some time.”

For a moment, silence stretched between them-heavy, suffocating.

-Then Daven chuckled.

“Impressive,” he murmured. “For someone who was supposed to be barely standing.”

His expression hardened in an instant.

“Ask the doctor,” he said, each word precise and dangerous. “Why was she able to run… when she was meant to be too weak to even walk?”

The air grew colder as his smile returned-this time, without a trace of humor.

“Find her,” Daven added softly. “Before she forgets who she belongs to.”

After Rose finished telling the doctor about Maddy, silence settled heavily between them.

The doctor exhaled slowly, shaking his head. “Poor girl…” he murmured, a trace of pity in his voice.

He turned to Rose, his brows drawn together. “So where do you plan to take her after this?”

“I’ll bring her to South City,” Rose replied quietly. “That’s where I’m currently working.”

The doctor nodded, but his expression remained troubled. He glanced toward the window, as if expecting shadows to move at any moment.

“They’ll be back soon,” he warned. “Daven is the mayor of this city. Someone is backing him. Sooner or later… you’ll be found.”

Rose said nothing.

She already knew that.

She had known it the moment she decided to help Maddy.

The doctor studied her, his voice lowering. “What is she to you… that you’re willing to risk your life for her?”

A long silence followed.

The kind that felt like it carried years of buried guilt.

Finally, Rose spoke.

“I’ve seen women like Maddy before,” she said, her voice unsteady. “So many of them. Trapped. Broken.” She swallowed hard. “And I looked away. Every time.”

Her hands clenched at her sides.

“I told myself, not my monkey, not my circus. It wasn’t my problem.”

Her voice began to tremble.

“Then one day… I worked under a powerful man.”

The doctor didn’t interrupt.

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“He kept his wife terrified that she would leave him. Even though he had countless mistresses.” Rose’s breathing grew uneven. “She was already fragile… but they kept giving her medicine-not to heal her…”

Her eyes filled with tears.

“But to make her weaker. So she couldn’t think. Couldn’t fight. Couldn’t even understand what was happening to her.”

The doctor’s expression darkened.

“The man who swore to love her…” Rose whispered, her voice breaking, “was the same man who trapped her in that hell.”

A tear slid down her cheek.

“One night… she stood on the terrace.”

Rose’s gaze drifted, as if she were seeing it all over again.

“She looked straight into my eyes… and asked me what she had done wrong… that I let them destroy her.”

Her voice shattered.

“And before I could answer…”

Rose covered her mouth, choking on the memory.

“She jumped.”

The room felt colder.

Heavier.

“Later…” Rose forced the words out between sobs, “I found out… she was my long-lost sister.”

The doctor froze.

“She knew,” Rose whispered. “She knew we were sisters… that’s why she trusted me…”

“I didn’t know…I swear I did not know she was my sister.”

Her knees nearly gave out as the weight of it all crashed down.

“And I failed her.”

Tears streamed down her face.

“I promised on her grave that i will not do the same mistake again, that i will help women who was trapped in that cage called love..”

“So this time…” she said, her voice trembling but resolute, “I won’t look away.”

“I don’t care what it costs.”

The doctor knew staying in his cabin was no longer safe.

Not for them.

Not anymore.

He needed to move them somewhere else-but the thought of bringing them to Damon made him hesitate. He wasn’t sure if he could trust them with that. And if things went wrong… he wouldn’t let Damon be dragged into

His jaw tightened.

“Get in the car,” the doctor said firmly. “I’ll help you escape.”

Rose moved immediately.

“Hurry up,” he added, glancing toward the door. “Before they come back.”

Maddy was still unconscious.

The doctor stepped outside first, his eyes scanning the surroundings, making sure no one was watching. The

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night was quiet-but it didn’t feel safe.

Nothing felt safe anymore.

He went back in, carefully lifting Maddy into his arms. She was weak, too still, her body barely reacting.

He carried her to the car and gently laid her in the back seat. Then he grabbed whatever he could-blankets, bags-and covered her completely.

Rose just stared.

“It’s for safety,” the doctor said.

She nodded faintly.

The doctor shut the door and took a deep breath.

“Pray,” he muttered. “To whoever you believe in. That they protect us.” He paused. “We might need divine intervention tonight.”

Then they drove off, leaving the cabin behind.

The drive was long.

Silent.

Heavy.

Rose kept her eyes on the back seat the entire time, staring at the covered figure of Maddy. Every small bump

in the road made her tense, afraid Maddy might move… or worse, wake at the wrong moment.

Time felt slow.

Too slow.

Then-

A checkpoint.

The car slowed to a stop.

“Look inside the car,” a man ordered.

The doctor rolled down the window, his expression calm, almost lazy.

“We’re just heading out for a short trip,” he said smoothly, slipping into the local accent. “Just me and my girl, yeah?”

A flashlight swept across the car.

Rose froze.

Her hands tightened in her lap as the light moved-slowly-toward the back seat.

A man stepped closer.

His eyes lingered on the pile of blankets.

Rose held her breath.

Please… don’t move.

The silence stretched.

The man kept staring.

Too long.

Far too long.

Rose’s heart pounded so hard she thought it might give them away.

Please don’t wake up… please don’t move…

Then-

The man straightened.

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After a moment, he stepped back.

“…Go.”

The barrier lifted.

The doctor didn’t hesitate. He drove forward immediately.

Only when they were far from the checkpoint did Rose finally breathe again, her body trembling from the fear she had been holding in.

But the doctor remained tense, his eyes fixed on the road.

They had passed.

For now.

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