The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210

Chapter 210

Simon stood across from Lila’s desk, a tablet in his hand, his expression calm-but serious.

“There’s movement on the Bjorn assets and properties,” he said.

Lila didn’t react immediately.

She simply sat still, her fingers resting lightly on the desk, waiting.

Simon understood.

“It was Daven,” he continued. “He bought all of the Bjorn properties… and their remaining assets.”

That made Lila look up.

“All of them?” she asked.

“Yes,” Simon confirmed. “Every single one.”

A brief silence followed.

“And it’s all legal,” he added. “The documents are signed and sealed. Clean.”

Lila’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“Who sold it to him?” she asked.

“A financial company,” Simon replied.

Lila leaned back slightly. “Explain.”

Simon tapped on his tablet, then sent the files over.

“After Jasper’s wife died,” he said, “their estate was transferred. Jasper and his wife had a clause-if there was no heir, everything would go to a designated financial company.”

Lila’s screen lit up as the files came through.

“Meaning,” Simon continued, “the company gained full control… and eventually sold everything.”

Lila opened the documents, her eyes scanning each page carefully.

Every signature.

Every clause.

Every detail.

Then-

She stopped.

Her gaze fixed on a name.

Her voice lowered.

“This lawyer…” she said slowly. “Do you know him?”

Simon didn’t even need to look.

“Chester Vittalo,” he said immediately.

Lila’s eyes flicked up.

“Yeah,” Simon went on, his tone turning cold. “He’s a defective lawyer. No morals. As long as the client pays well, he’ll take the case.”

He crossed his arms.

“Guilty or not-doesn’t matter to him. He’ll make sure they win.”

A pause.

“Even if he has to play dirty.”

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Lila closed the file slowly.

Her expression turned unreadable.

“So Daven didn’t just steal power…” she murmured.

“He bought it.”

Her gaze darkened.

“And made it untouchable.”

The room fell quiet.

But the tension only grew heavier.

“Then we don’t just go after Daven,” Lila said at last, her voice calm-but dangerous.

Her eyes lifted to Simon.

“We go after the system that made this possible.”

A faint, cold smile formed on her lips.

“Starting with the lawyer who thinks he can’t be touched.”

“He doesn’t meet anyone,” Simon said calmly, “unless you can give him a case worth his time.”

Lila remained silent, her gaze steady on him.

Waiting.

She knew Simon well enough-he wasn’t done yet.

“Go on,” she said.

A slow smirk formed on Simon’s lips.

Not mocking.

Almost… admiring.

His eyes lingered on her for a moment longer than necessary.

Because the woman sitting in front of him now-

Was not the same woman he remembered.

This was the same Lila who used to sit quietly in the corner of the office, head down, buried in numbers. The one who balanced sheets and handled taxes for Blackthorne Industries without ever asking for attention.

The same woman who had told Damon no-more than once.

The same woman Damon had once despised.

All because she broke his heart.

Simon remembered it clearly.

Damon’s pride.

His anger.

The way he swore she would pay for rejecting him.

He had said it himself-

He would never love her.

He would keep her close, but only as a placeholder.

A reminder.

A punishment.

He would make her regret not choosing him when he was still madly in love with her.

“The wife I’ll never love,” Damon had once said coldly.

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Simon’s smirk deepened slightly at the memory.

How ironic.

Now-

She was the one sitting in power.

Calm.

Unshaken.

Dangerous.

And Damon?

Fighting for his life.

Simon finally spoke again.

“We give Vittalo a case he can’t refuse,” he said.

Lila didn’t blink.

“What kind of case?” she asked.

Simon leaned forward slightly, placing both hands on the desk.

“The kind that pays more than Daven,” he said simply.

A beat.

“Or the kind that destroys him if he refuses.”

Silence filled the room.

Lila’s fingers tapped lightly against the desk once.

Twice.

Thinking.

Calculating.

Then she looked up.

Her eyes were cold.

“Set it up,” she said.

Simon’s smirk returned.

He knew it.

This wasn’t the same woman Damon once underestimated.

Not even close.

And somewhere-

If Damon could see her now-

He might finally realize…

He was never the one in control.

The call was made within the hour.

By late afternoon, Lila was already seated inside a private conference room on the top floor-glass walls, city skyline behind her, the world below moving like it had nothing to do with the war she was standing in.

Simon stood near the door.

Bryan stayed silent by the window.

The atmosphere was controlled-but tight, like something waiting to snap.

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Then the door opened.

Chester Vittalo walked in.

He didn’t look like a man who rushed for anything.

Tailored suit. Clean shoes. Calm eyes that scanned the room like he was already measuring its value.

He stopped a few steps inside.

His gaze landed on Lila.

“So,” Chester said smoothly, closing the door behind him. “This is the woman everyone suddenly wants a piece of.”

Lila didn’t stand.

She just gestured lightly to the seat across from her.

“Sit.”

Chester’s lips curved faintly, amused-but he obeyed.

He sat down, crossing one leg over the other.

“I don’t usually take meetings like this,” he said.

“I know,” Lila replied evenly.

Chester tilted his head. “Then why am I here?”

Lila slid a folder across the table.

It stopped right in front of him.

“For this.”

Chester didn’t open it immediately. Instead, he studied her.

“Most people start with introductions,” he said.

“I don’t need yours,” Lila replied calmly. “And you don’t need mine.”

That made him smile a little more.

Finally, he opened the folder.

His eyes moved across the documents.

Once.

Twice.

The faint amusement in his face didn’t disappear-but it sharpened.

“So,” he said quietly, “you want me to challenge Daven Foster’s acquisitions.”

Lila didn’t answer.

That silence was enough.

Chester closed the folder halfway.

“You understand what you’re asking?” he asked. “That man doesn’t just buy power. He builds walls around it. Legal walls. Political walls.”

“I’m aware,” Lila said.

“And you still want me to tear them down?”

“Yes.”

Chester leaned back slightly.

Now he studied her differently.

More carefully.

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Like he was no longer looking at a client-but at a problem that might be more dangerous than the case itself.

“And what exactly do I gain?” he asked.

Lila leaned forward just slightly.

For the first time, her voice lowered.

“More than Daven will ever pay you,” she said. “And more importantly…”

A pause.

“…protection from him when this ends.”

That got his attention.

Chester’s eyes narrowed a fraction.

“Bold assumption,” he said.

Lila’s gaze didn’t waver.

“It’s not an assumption,” she replied. “It’s an outcome.”

Silence stretched.

Chester looked down at the folder again.

Then back at her.

“You’re playing a dangerous game,” he said.

Lila’s expression remained calm.

“I’m not playing,” she said. “I’m ending one.”

For a long moment, Chester said nothing.

Then, slowly-

He closed the folder completely.

“I’ll review the case,” he said at last.

Bryan exhaled quietly behind her.

Simon’s eyes sharpened.

But Lila didn’t move.

Chester stood up.

As he turned to leave, he paused at the door.

“One piece of advice,” he said without looking back. “Daven Foster doesn’t lose cleanly.”

Lila’s voice followed him instantly.

“Neither do I.”

A faint silence.

Then Chester left.

The door clicked shut.

And the room finally exhaled.

Simon broke the silence first.

“That wasn’t a ‘maybe”,” he said.

Lila leaned back in her chair.

“No,” she said softly.

“It wasn’t.”

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