The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278

Maddy woke slowly, her consciousness surfacing through layers of dizziness and exhaustion.

For several seconds, she simply stared at the ceiling above her.

Wooden panels.

White curtains dancing softly in the wind.

The distant sound of waves crashing gently against the shore.

Her brows furrowed.

This place…

She knew this place.

Slowly, she pushed herself upright despite the soreness in her body. Her head throbbed painfully as memories returned in fragments.

The sea.

The island.

Damon.

Her breathing quickened.

Maddy threw the blanket aside and stood carefully, steadying herself against the wall before moving toward the window.

Outside, the ocean stretched endlessly beneath the morning sunlight.

The familiar beach glimmered peacefully.

For one fleeting moment, happiness filled her chest.

She was back.

Back to the house near the sea.

Back to Damon.

A soft smile slowly spread across her face.

She hurried toward the door and opened it carefully before descending the wooden stairs.

The smell of food drifted through the air.

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Her heart raced.

From the kitchen came the faint sound of utensils moving against plates.

Maddy slowed her steps.

Then she saw him.

Standing at the kitchen counter was Damon.

Tall.

Silent.

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Wearing a loose black shirt with sleeves rolled to his forearms while preparing breakfast as if nothing in the world had changed.

For a moment, Maddy simply stood there staring at him like someone seeing salvation after years of drowning.

Then Damon slowly turned around.

Their eyes met.

Maddy’s smile widened immediately.

“Damon…”

She rushed toward him without hesitation and wrapped both arms around his waist tightly, burying her face against his chest.

“I missed you…”

Damon looked down at her emotionlessly.

Cold.

Detached.

Maddy tilted her head up and smiled softly.

“I love you, Damon,” she whispered.

But Damon did not answer.

Not even a single word.

Instead, he gently removed her arms from around him and turned back toward the dining table.

“Breakfast is ready,” he said flatly.

His coldness should have hurt her.

It should have terrified her

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But it didn’t matter.

Not as long as she was beside him again.

Nothing else mattered.

Maddy sat obediently across from him while Damon quietly arranged the dishes on the table.

The atmosphere was strangely peaceful.

The sound of waves outside blended softly with the clinking utensils.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

Maddy kept glancing at Damon constantly, unable to hide the happiness in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Damon remained unreadable.

Like stone.

Like ice.

After a few minutes, Damon slid a glass of milk toward her.

“Drink.”

Maddy smiled sweetly.

“Okay.”

Without hesitation, she took the glass and drank everything Damon gave her.

Every drop.

Under Damon’s cold gaze, Maddy only smiled wider.

The warmth she felt simply from sitting beside him made her ignore everything else.

When she finished, Damon stood up calmly.

“Go back to your room and rest.”

Maddy nodded obediently.

“Will you stay with me later?”

Damon stared at her for several seconds.

Then finally answered-

“Yes”

That single word was enough to make her heart flutter.

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She returned upstairs feeling strangely content.

Like all her suffering had finally ended.

Once inside the bedroom, she lay down on the soft mattress and closed her eyes briefly.

But several minutes later-

something felt wrong.

Her body temperature began rising unnaturally fast.

Heat surged violently beneath her skin.

Maddy’s breathing became uneven.

She gritted her teeth as sweat formed across her forehead.

“What…”

Her fingers trembled.

The heat intensified rapidly until every nerve in her body felt like it was burning alive.

Maddy stumbled out of bed.

“D-Damon…”

She forced herself toward the door and opened it shakily.

But the man standing outside was not Damon.

Her smile disappeared instantly.

A stranger stepped inside calmly before closing the door behind him.

Tall.

Broad shoulders.

Cold eyes.

Maddy immediately backed away.

“Don’t touch me.”

The man nodded casually.

“Okay.”

Yet despite his answer, he calmly locked the door.

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The sound echoed loudly inside the room.

Fear crept into Maddy’s chest.

The man walked toward a chair near the bed and sat down quietly.

“Two hours,” he said calmly.

Then he simply watched her.

Maddy’s breathing grew increasingly ragged.

The drug inside her body continued spreading like poison through her veins.

Her thoughts became hazy.

Confused.

The heat was unbearable.

The man remained silent while observing her struggle.

Eventually Maddy collapsed weakly onto the bed, trembling violently,

Tears blurred her vision.

The stranger finally stood up and approached her slowly.

His cold hand cupped her burning face.

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The sudden contrast between his cold skin and her overheated body sent a desperate shiver through her.

Instinctively, Maddy grabbed his shirt and pressed herself against his chest.

“So cold…” she whimpered weakly.

The man stared down at her without emotion.

Outside-

far from the room-

Damon sat alone on a canoe near the shoreline.

A fishing rod rested loosely in his hand while waves moved gently beneath him.

But his attention was elsewhere entirely.

His eyes remained distant.

Empty

As though his soul itself had gone numb.

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An hour passed.

Then another.

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Back inside the room, Maddy lay weakly across the bed while pain consumed every inch of her body.

Her limbs ached.

Her head spun violently.

Tears stained her cheeks.

Beside the bed, the stranger quietly buttoned his shirt again.

Maddy looked at him weakly.

“Who are you…?”

Her voice barely came out above a whisper.

The man glanced toward her coldly.

“Did Damon send you here?” she asked shakily.

The man nodded once.

“Yes.”

Maddy froze.

Then the man spoke again.

“And I was the father of your child.”

The room fell silent.

“The child you never cared about.”

Maddy’s eyes widened in confusion and horror.

“And this,” the man continued coldly, “will be your atonement.”

He leaned slightly closer.

“For your mother’s sins too.”

Maddy stared at him in disbelief.

Tears streamed endlessly down her face.

“What did I ever do to you?” she cried weakly. “And what does your suffering have to do with my mother’s

She clutched the blanket tightly around hersell.

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“It was her sin! Not mine!”

The man’s eyes remained merciless.

“It’s good that you remember your sins.”

Then he turned toward the door.

“That’s enough.”

Without another glance, he left the room.

Leaving Maddy shattered completely.

The door closed softly behind him.

Maddy curled into herself while sobbing uncontrollably.

Who was he?

What had she done?

Why was Damon doing this to her?

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Outside the house, the man stepped onto the sand and approached Damon, who still lay quietly near the shore listening to the waves.

“I’ll take her to my place,” the man said casually.

A grin slowly formed across his face.

“It’s the best place for her atonement.”

Damon remained lying on the sand without looking at him.

“Make sure she never escapes again.”

The man chuckled softly.

“You really don’t want to know what she did to me?”

For the first time, Damon finally spoke.

“What did she do?”

The man stared toward the ocean silently before answering.

“Back during university…”

His expression darkened.

“When you and Maddy were still together…”

Damon remained silent

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“She was never loyal to you.”

The waves crashed softly nearby.

“She slept around constantly.”

A bitter laugh escaped the man.

“Everyone laughed behind your back. They all thought you were easy to fool.”

Damon’s expression did not change.

“Maddy believed you truly loved her. So when you proposed…”

The man smirked coldly.

“She rejected you because she thought you’d wait forever.”

The wind grew stronger around them.

“I went abroad to finish medical school,” the man continued quietly. “I had a fiancée.”

His voice softened slightly.

“She was pregnant.”

For the first time, pain flickered in his eyes.

“We were happy.”

Silence followed.

“Then Maddy appeared again.”

His fists clenched.

“I knew I had weaknesses. But she found them easily.”

The hatred in his voice deepened.

“She seduced me.”

Damon remained still.

“She drugged me…”

The man’s breathing became uneven.

“and made sure my fiancée saw everything.”

His voice cracked slightly.

“My fiancée lost our baby after that”

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The waves crashed harder now.

“That was the beginning of my suffering.”

He laughed bitterly.

“Maddy clung to me obsessively afterward while my fiancée drowned in depression.”

His eyes darkened with unbearable grief.

“Eventually…”

He swallowed hard.

“…my fiancée killed herself.”

Silence.

Heavy.

Suffocating silence.

“Every day since then,” the man whispered, “I’ve been atoning for my sins.”

Then his gaze sharpened again.

“But Maddy returned to Bellair.”

Hatred filled his expression.

“She attached herself to you next.”

“And other men.”

His jaw tightened.

“She became untouchable.”

Then slowly-

he smiled coldly.

“Until you sent her to the facility.”

Damon finally looked at him.

“That’s where my revenge began.”

The man’s grin widened slightly.

“And now it continues.”

For several moments, neither of them spoke.

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Only the ocean answered.

Damon slowly stood up from the sand.

His expression remained completely emotionless.

“Take her.”

The man smirked faintly.

“Do whatever you want.”

Then Damon walked away without another glance.

Without hesitation.

Without remorse.

Behind him, the sea continued roaring endlessly beneath the darkening sky.

And somewhere inside the house-

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Maddy continued crying alone, finally realizing that the man she once believed would love her forever…

had already abandoned her completely.

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