18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 383

Lillian grabbed the supplies the Riley family had hidden away and hired a bounty hunter for protection. With her daughter Julia by her side, they made their way to the Kindle Society sanctuary. But things took a dark turn when they reached Swan Hill. The bounty hunter turned on them, and if it hadn't been for a patrolling soldier, Lillian and Julia wouldn't have made it. Clearly, getting to Kindle Society safely was no small feat.

When the soldiers questioned her, Lillian lied.

She told them they were relatives of Daniel and that Julia was his daughter.

It wasn't a huge stretch-Daniel had remained single for her sake, and she hadn't forgotten him all these years.

Hearing they were Daniel's kin, the military base helped make contact.

After over two decades, they finally reconnected through a satellite phone call.

Hearing his voice, Lillian was filled with regret.

If she had known this day would come, she never would have caved to her parents' wishes, never would have left Daniel to marry someone else to save the Riley family's business. She had fallen for Daniel at a friends' gathering and had pursued him persistently until they became a couple.

But their happy times were short-lived. Daniel received a classified mission and vanished. She had promised to wait a year for him, to marry him when he returned.

And now, she was pregnant.

The Rileys must never know. If they did, the alliance would crumble, and Lillian's family would be ruined.

So, she considered an abortion.

However, the doctor warned that her uterine walls were thin, and an abortion could leave her infertile.

With no other choice, she decided to have the baby.

Lillian's family kept it a secret, and after Julia was born, they quietly gave her away.

not grieve? But there was no better

conquer all was just a fairy

she couldn't abandon her child. Lillian found out that Julia had been sent to

were planning the wedding, Daniel returned from his

again, this time with a Riley

and her past

with tears streaming down her face, she told Daniel, "My family went bankrupt, you weren't there; I was pregnant, you weren't there; I miscarried, and you still weren't there; now

hand on her belly, "I'm pregnant, and it's not

forget the look in Daniel's

can change anyone, especially when

I lied to you back then. Our child didn't miscarry; she's alive and well. She has your blood, and I

then arrangements were made for a military escort to

but their love

he had

advances over the

to her, inscrutable

Stella had entered the

radio crackled, pulling the mother and daughter back to the

ton on my plate today; I won't make it

was mature and steady, polite

Lillian replied impulsively, "No matter how busy you are, you need to eat. If you can't come home, should

hall here, and it's a

And that was it.

expression darkened, her hands clenched

return home, he'd send

nothing, not even

If he didn't want to give her a chance, why had

her and

said with a chill,