The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 291

Chapter 291

Damon stared at Lila as though he had seen a ghost rise gently from the ruins of his own shattered soul.

“Is there something you needed, sir?” Lila asked softly.

The fluorescent office lights reflected faintly in her clear eyes, eyes untouched by grief, untouched by blood, untouched by the cruel ending that had once destroyed them both.

For a moment, Damon could not breathe.

His chest tightened painfully.

His fingers trembled beneath the sleeves of his coat.

Alive.

She was alive.

Not lying beneath the willow tree with blood staining her lips.

Not cold inside a coffin while rain poured endlessly from the heavens.

Alive.

Damon blinked slowly, forcing himself back to reality.

This was no dream.

No hallucination born from guilt.

He had truly been given another chance.

A second life.

A second fate

And this time-

He would never allow darkness to swallow her again.

He smiled faintly, though sorrow still lingered deep within his eyes.

No, Damon said quietly. “Please go home and rest”

Confusion flickered across Lila’s face, but she bowed politely

Understood, sir.”

As she turned away, Damon’s gaze followed her silently.

In his previous life, Lila had suffered endlessly inside this company.

Her coworkers mocked her kindness.

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Dumon closed his eyes briefly

Not this time

Never agains

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“What took you so long?” Simon asked

Damon remained silent as he entered the vehicle

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He remembered.

In his previous life, Mark Everith had built one of the most advanced security systems in the country before he even graduated.

A genius hidden beneath poverty.

A young man who had once stood against monsters far larger than himself.

And because of that brilliance-

The organization eventually targeted him.

‘Who developed the system?” Damon asked quietly.

Simon checked the documents in his hand.

‘Mark Everith.”

The moment the name left Simon’s lips, Damon’s chest tightened painfully.

Mark.

Lila’s little brother.

The same boy who stained his hand and end someone’s life trying to protect his sister and Damian in their previous life.

‘Offer him a full scholarship,” Damon said immediately. “And invest in his startup once he launches it.”

Simon frowned.

How are you so sure he’ll build his own company?”

Damon stared out the window silently.

Because I already watched it happen.

I just know,” he answered quietly.

This time, Damon would stay far away from Lila’s life.

He would not chain her to his darkness again.

But from the shadows-

He would ensure her happiness.

Even if it destroyed him.

The car eventually stopped outside a private bar downtown.

Inside, warm amber lights reflected against polished marble walls while soft jazz floated through the air like smoke

James was already waiting in the reserved room when they arrived.

“Finally.” James muttered. “I thought the two of you died somewhere.”

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Simon smirked.

“Not yet.”

The night passed with discussions about business acquisitions, technology investments, and underground whispers Damon remembered all too clearly from his past life.

Every conversation became another thread Damon carefully rewove to alter the future.

Every decision became another attempt to outrun tragedy.

By midnight, Damon returned alone to the Blackthorne estate.

The mansion stood grand beneath the moonlight, elegant and cold like an ancient predator sleeping beneath silk sheets.

As Damon entered the hallway, he immediately saw Margaret waiting in the living room.

As always.

His mother sat gracefully upon the couch with a book resting on her lap, though her sharp eyes instantly lifted the moment she saw him.

“Good evening, Mother,” Damon greeted softly before kissing her forehead.

Margaret narrowed her eyes immediately.

“What’s wrong with you?”

Damon nearly laughed bitterly.

Even in another lifetime, his mother could still see straight through him.

The moment he saw her alive again, he had wanted to collapse into her arms like a lost child.

In his previous life, Margaret died before Damon could protect her.

He never even got to say goodbye.

“Nothing,” Damon replied quietly.

Margaret stared at him suspiciously.

Damon quickly changed the subject.

“Is he upstairs?”

“Yes.”

Damon nodded once.

“You should retire soon,” he said lightly. “And hand your law firm to Simon. He’d be thrilled”

Margaret scoffed.

“Instead of plotting against my law firm, why don’t you start thinking about marriage?”

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Damon smirked faintly.

“After Simon gets married first.”

Margaret rolled her eyes while Damon quietly escaped toward the second floor.

Outside Richard Blackthorne’s study, Damon paused briefly before knocking softly.

“Come in.”

The room smelled faintly of whiskey and gunpowder.

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Richard sat near the fireplace cleaning a handgun with cold precision. Even in old age, his presence remained terrifying.

He did not look up immediately.

“You’re getting soft,” Richard said flatly. “Soft men die early.”

Damon leaned against the doorway silently.

“In the future,” Damon said slowly, “people may come for our entire bloodline.”

That finally made Richard glance upward.

The older man smirked coldly.

“Did someone offend you?”

“For now, no.”

“But later?”

Damon’s eyes darkened.

“They may wipe us all out.”

Richard observed his son carefully before setting the gun down.

Then we kill them first.”

Simple.

Brutal.

Pure Blackthorne logic.

Damon almost smiled bitterly.

If only things had truly been that simple.

A few weeks passed quietly after that.

Bryan eventually compiled the documents Damon secretly requested.

Financial records.

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Communication logs.

Internal transactions.

Evidence.

Enough to expose the spies hidden inside Blackthorne Industries.

After reviewing everything carefully, Damon sealed the documents back inside the envelope.

“Let Simon review this,” he instructed calmly.

Bryan nodded before leaving.

Not long afterward, Damon entered the boardroom for the quarterly accounting review.

The atmosphere inside was stiff and tense.

Executives sat around the long table while reports projected across massive digital screens.

At the center sat the senior accountant.

In Damon’s previous life, that man had been one of the organization’s hidden spies.

A serpent disguised as a loyal employee.

This time, Damon intended to cut the poison out before it spread.

As the presentation continued, Damon suddenly interrupted.

“Explain the discrepancy on page seventeen.”

The senior accountant froze slightly.

He quickly recovered with a professional smile.

“It’s merely an adjustment in quarterly allocations.”

Damon’s gaze sharpened dangerously.

“Then explain why the transfers disappear after forty-eight hours.”

Silence fell across the room.

The man’s expression stiffened.

Damon continued asking question after question until sweat slowly formed upon the senior accountant’s forehead.

Finally, Damon leaned back coldly.

“Call Miss Everith.”

Elsewhere in the accounting department, Lila sat hunched over her computer while balancing endless spreadsheets

“Ina,” she muttered dramatically, “this report is absolute garbage.”

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na nearly choked on her coffee laughing.

Careful.”

Seriously,” Lila whispered. “Is Mr. Blackthorne’s brain slowly rotting? Who approved these numbers?”

Behind them, Bryan suddenly cleared his throat loudly.

Both women nearly jumped out of their seats.

Oh my God!” Ina gasped.

3ryan folded his arms.

You two are going to die young if someone important hears you.”

We were joking,” Lila said immediately.

Then her expression turned horrified.

You’re not going to tell Mr. Blackthorne… right?”

Bryan stared at her dramatically.

ila clasped her hands together pleadingly.

Please?”

Bryan sighed deeply.

Fine. But Mr. Blackthorne called for both of you.”

Lila’s face instantly paled.

We’re getting fired.”

‘I don’t know,” Bryan answered while trying not to laugh. “Come with me.”

As they followed him down the hallway, Ina grabbed Bryan’s sleeve desperately.

‘You didn’t tell him about our comments, right?”

Bryan smirked wickedly.

“What if I did?”

“Bryan!”

“We’re friends!”

“We’ll never do it again!”

Bryan laughed softly.

“You two are unbelievable.”

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“hen he glanced at Ina seriously.

And stop teaching Lila bad language. She’s far too elegant to sound like you.”

Yes, sir.” Ina replied dramatically before winking at Lila.

When they finally reached the boardroom, both women immediately sensed the suffocating tension inside.

Damon sat at the head of the table wearing silver reading glasses while reviewing documents calmly.

The elegant image nearly stole the breath from every woman in the room.

ila’s heartbeat stumbled unexpectedly.

God.

Why was this man unfairly handsome?

Beside her, Ina whispered shamelessly-

Damon Blackthorne is criminally attractive.”

ila elbowed her immediately.

na ignored her.

Are you regretting rejecting him now?”

Lila’s face burned.