Lilian froze for a mont.
Ever since that day at the hospital—when the psychologist refused to continue seeing her and indirectly revealed that Alexander had instructed him not to contact him regarding her anymore—she had understood sothing clearly.
Alexander no longer wanted to see her.
After realizing her emotional breakdowns were no longer effective, she had no choice but to pretend her condition was stabilizing while quietly waiting for another opportunity.
But now—
Alexander had co to see her himself.
Joy instantly swept away her exhaustion.
"I-I’ll co down right now!"
She hurriedly threw off her blanket and rushed toward the mirror.
Her long hair was ssy from sleep, and her pale face still carried traces of fatigue.
She wore a thin floral nightdress that fell above her knees, soft and delicate.
After hesitating briefly, she quickly applied lipstick, grabbed a jacket, and rushed downstairs with her keys.
The underground garage was silent except for the sound of hurried footsteps.
"Alexander!"
Her voice echoed lightly through the empty space.
Alexander stepped out of the car and closed the door behind him.
The dim lighting blurred the sharpness of his features, making his expression difficult to read.
Lilian walked toward him quickly, her eyes bright with barely concealed happiness.
"Why didn’t you co upstairs?" she asked softly.
Then, biting her lip slightly, she added,
"I thought... you didn’t want to see anymore."
As she drew closer, the sll of alcohol reached her.
"You’ve been drinking?" she asked worriedly. "Do you want to co upstairs? I’ll make you so hot water—"
"No need."
Alexander interrupted calmly.
His indifferent tone instantly stiffened her smile.
"The reason I ca tonight is because there’s sothing I need to tell you."
The atmosphere in the garage suddenly turned cold.
Lilian’s fingers unconsciously tightened around her jacket.
"What is it?"
Alexander leaned lazily against the car door, his gaze fixed on her.
"Pack your things."
"I’ll arrange for you to leave the country."
"Don’t co back again."
For a second, Lilian thought she had misheard him.
Her eyes widened.
"...What?"
"I’ll send you abroad," Alexander repeated calmly. "You won’t need to co back."
"No."
Lilian shook her head violently and imdiately grabbed his sleeve.
"No, Alexander... I don’t want to leave!"
"You don’t understand what these past few years have been like for !"
Her voice trembled uncontrollably.
"Every night I wake up from nightmares. I can’t sleep. I’m terrified all the ti..."
Tears quickly filled her eyes.
"Only when you’re around do I feel safe."
"I can’t live without you."
"So please... don’t send away."
Alexander slowly pulled his sleeve from her grasp.
His movents were cold and detached.
"If that’s true," he said quietly, "then why did you insist on breaking up with back then?"
Lilian froze.
"I..."
"You said you left because you felt unworthy after what happened."
Alexander’s gaze darkened slightly.
"But was that really the truth?"
Lilian’s breathing faltered.
Alexander stared at her steadily.
"You said everything happened after you left my place that night."
"But the location where you were taken..."
His voice beca colder.
"...was nowhere near my apartnt."
Lilian’s pupils shrank instantly.
Alexander continued calmly,
"You disappeared almost an hour later, in a completely different area."
"So tell , Lilian."
"Who were you eting that night?"
Silence.
Lilian’s face turned pale.
Alexander watched her reaction quietly.
Then he asked the question directly.
"Was it Daniel?"
Lilian’s lips trembled slightly.
At that mont, Alexander already had his answer.
After his conversation with Raphael, he had begun reconsidering many things.
At first, he thought Daniel had simply lied to provoke him.
But then, Lucas Knight finally agreed to speak.
According to Lucas, after leaving Alexander’s place that night, Lilian had gone to et Daniel.
Lucas used to work under Daniel at that ti,He needed money for his mom’s treatnt and so Daniel used that opportunity and got him and a few colleagues to gang up and kidnap Lilian that night.
According to him
Before the kidnapping occurred, Lilian had indeed entered Daniel’s apartnt building willingly.
The dim garage fell into dead silence.
Lilian’s face slowly stiffened.
Then suddenly—
She laughed bitterly through her tears.
"So you finally figured it out."
Alexander remained expressionless.
Lilian’s emotions finally broke apart completely.
"Yes!"
Her voice rose sharply.
"Yes, I went to see Daniel!"
"Yes, I was secretly seeing him!"
Tears stread down her face.
"I was the one who gave him access to the confidential information!"
"But all of it happened because of you!"
Alexander stayed silent.
Lilian cried as years of resentnt finally exploded out of her.
"I loved you so much, Alexander!"
"But what did you ever give ?"
"You were always cold! Always distant!"
"Everyone thought I was the luckiest woman alive for dating you, but no one knew how lonely I was!"
Her voice shook violently.
"You never cared about my feelings!"
"You never comforted !"
"You wouldn’t even touch properly because you were never certain about our future!"
"At so point, I started wondering if you even loved at all!"
She covered her face as she sobbed.
"And then Daniel appeared..."
"He was gentle to ."
"He listened to ."
"He made feel wanted."
"So I fell for him."
A bitter smile appeared through her tears.
"But after he got what he wanted, he changed completely."
"That night, I went to his apartnt and found another woman there."
"He admitted he never truly loved ."
"I got angry and threatened to tell you everything."
Her breathing beca uneven.
"I left his place intending to find you..."
"But on the way..."
Her body trembled visibly.
"A vehicle stopped near ."
"And then..."
Lilian slowly closed her eyes.
"That’s when they took ."
The underground garage beca silent again.
Only the sound of her crying remained.
Alexander stood there quietly, feeling strangely numb.
Deep down, he had already guessed pieces of the truth.
But hearing it directly from her still felt unreal.
For years—
He had chained himself to guilt.
He had sacrificed his marriage.
Sacrificed Alicia’s feelings.
Sacrificed himself.
All because he believed he had failed the person he loved.
But now—
The truth was far uglier than he had imagined.
And sohow...
That realization hurt even more.
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