"If you hadn't taken Amara's place that day, I never would have mistakenly believed you were the one who saved me. Amara and I would have been happily together. We would have continued our marriage and welcomed our child together."
"But your actions destroyed my path to a happy life. Liliana, do you want to settle all these debts at once?"
"..."
If Liliana had just felt a chill in her heart moments ago, now she was genuinely terrified.
Was it her imagination? She felt that beneath Finnian's calm tone lay a profound, dark undercurrent of resentment and fury.
This was a man who rarely showed his emotions, but his lack of outward anger didn't mean he wasn't terrifying.
His presence was incredibly oppressive. Even a slight deepening of his tone was enough to strike fear into anyone around him.
Liliana's fingers dug so hard into the sheets that her knuckles turned white, her teeth chattering.
"But, Finnian... I only did it because I love you..." she pleaded.
Despite her terror, she couldn't give up. Tears streaming down her face, she said, "I didn't know Amara was the one who saved you that day. I thought it was just one of the Everly family's young maids."
"If I had known Amara saved you, I wouldn't have stepped in to take her place for no reason. After all, you two weren't divorced then..."
As she spoke, Liliana broke down crying again. This time, her heartbreak was real. She truly couldn't bear to let Finnian go.
She had been in love with him for so many years. And it wasn't just him she loved—it was his status, his power, and his position.
Finnian stood at the absolute pinnacle of Wye's business world. No other man could even compare. If she couldn't be with him, she would have to settle for someone lesser.

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