The Wife He Never Meant to Love (Lila and Damon) novel Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Chapter 64

A month had passed, and Lila still hadn’t reached out to Damon.

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Bryan stepped into Damon’s office, handing him a report. Damon scanned it quickly. Calm Villa had been put on sale. His brows knitted in annoyance.

“Buy it,” Damon said curtly.

Bryan nodded immediately. “Right away, sir.” He left the office without another word, calling the agent and transferring payment instantly.

As the door closed behind him, a man in a sharp suit entered, quietly shutting the door behind himself.

“Speak,” Damon commanded.

“Mr. Blackthorne… Mrs. Blackthorne is in South City,” the man reported calmly.

“Keep an eye on her,” Damon instructed.

The man nodded and departed.

Almost immediately, Damon’s phone rang. He answered, and Maddy’s voice came through, trembling and choked with sobs.

“Damon… please… come… I don’t feel well… I need you.”

Damon’s jaw tightened, his usual calm replaced with sharp urgency. “I’m coming,” he said firmly, grabbing his coat and heading out.

Lila was surprised when her phone rang.

It was the agent.

“Ms. Lila, your villa… it’s already sold,” the agent said professionally. “The buyer didn’t even inspect the property beforehand.”

Lila blinked. “Sold? Just like that?”

“Yes, ma’am. I’m afraid I cannot disclose the buyer’s identity-it’s their request.”

Lila let out a soft laugh. “I don’t mind… but who buys a property without even seeing it first?”

Curiosity nudged her, so she dialed Ina. “Ina, do you happen to know who bought my villa?”

Ina’s voice was calm but cautious. “I promised I’d keep an eye on it for you, but I don’t know who the buyer is. I’ll let you know if I see anything unusual.”

Lila smiled faintly. “Thank you. I don’t really mind… I just wonder sometimes.”

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Meanwhile, Maddy had heard about the villa and its sale.

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“Damon,” she asked, a hint of curiosity in her voice, “can we visit it? I heard it’s nice… Even if Calm Villa isn’t exactly your style, it seems lovely.”

Damon raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

Maddy went alone, walking through the villa and examining the interior. She lingered in the rooms, admiring the sunlight pouring through the windows, the polished floors, and the spacious layout.

Ina happened to be passing by the villa that had once belonged to her best friend, Lila.

Though Lila had told her not to bother-and that whoever bought it was none of their business-Ina couldn’t help but feel curious.

From a distance, she paused and glanced toward the entrance.

And then she saw her: Maddy, walking out of the villa, looking around as if taking mental notes.

Ina’s chest tightened. Even though she had promised Lila she wouldn’t interfere, seeing Maddy there—at the villa that had once been Lila’s-stirred an uncomfortable pang of protectiveness and unease.

She lingered silently, watching, realizing that even in Lila’s absence, the past was never far behind.

News spread like wildfire.

Photos of Maddy walking out of Calm Villa circulated everywhere-social media, gossip circles, even casual office chatter.

Rumors quickly followed: Damon had bought the villa for Maddy, now that she was pregnant.

Some of the comments, however, didn’t go the way Maddy had hoped.

Some were cruel-brutal, even-calling her a “cheap mistress.” They compared her villa unfavorably to the Forest Villa Damon had once bought for Lila.

Maddy felt the sting immediately. Anger flared hot in her chest, but she forced herself to maintain her image: the woman who didn’t care about Damon’s wealth, who wasn’t greedy or materialistic.

She posted carefully, insisting that she didn’t care about the price of gifts she received, subtly hinting that Lila was the true gold digger in the story.

The rumors and hints even reached Lila.

She saw them.

And she felt nothing.

Numb. Hollow. She no longer cared. After all, Maddy was the woman Damon had always intended to marry.

She sank into her chair in her apartment, letting the world carry on without her.

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Then Mark appeared, standing quietly in the doorway. He looked at her-really looked at her-and placed something carefully on the table.

Avocado ice cream.

Her comfort food.

Lila raised an eyebrow, a faint smile tugging at her lips.

“My treat for you,” Mark said simply, and walked out without another word.

Lila stared at the cup for a long moment before picking up her spoon.

Sweet. Familiar. Ordinary.

And for the first time in weeks, something in her chest softened just a little.

Despite the rumors that continued to circulate, Lila truly did not care anymore.

She immersed herself in work at Integer Technology, helping her brother as the company slowly but steadily expanded. Meetings filled her mornings, strategy reviews her afternoons, and her evenings were dedicated to her master’s degree.

Her schedule was relentless.

But she preferred exhaustion over overthinking.

One afternoon, while presenting a proposal in the conference room, a wave of dizziness hit her. The words on the screen blurred. A ringing filled her ears.

She tried to steady herself.

Then warmth trickled beneath her nose.

Blood.

“Ms. Lila!” her assistant rushed forward, but before anyone could catch her, her knees gave out and everything went dark.

When she woke up, she was in a hospital bed again.

White ceiling. Soft beeping monitor. The faint scent of antiseptic.

The doctor stood beside her chart.

“You’ve been overworking yourself,” he said gently. “Your blood levels are very low. Severe anemia.”

Lila blinked, still disoriented. “Anemia?”

“Yes. You need rest. Proper meals. Less stress.” He scribbled something onto her file. “I’m prescribing supplements. Iron, vitamins. You cannot keep pushing your body like this.”

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She stared at the ceiling quietly.

It wasn’t dramatic. It wasn’t life-changing.

Just exhaustion.

Her body finally protesting the pace she had forced upon it.

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“You’re fortunate it was just fatigue and low blood levels,” the doctor continued. “But if you ignore this, it could become serious.”

Lila nodded faintly. “I understand.”

Mark arrived not long after, clearly frustrated but relieved.

“You’re not a machine,” he muttered under his breath.

“I’m fine,” Lila replied softly.

“No, you’re not,” he said, but his voice carried more concern than anger.

She held the small bag of supplements the nurse handed her.

For the first time in months, she realized something simple.

She couldn’t outrun pain by working herself into collapse.

Her body would always demand balance.

And this time-

She decided she would listen.

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