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Chapter 16: Shattered Truth

Chapter 16: Shattered Truth

(Olivia's POV)

I stared at Ethan across his desk. His face was a mask of cold indifference. How could he be

so heartless?

"This is your daughter we're talking about," I whispered, my voice breaking with every word.

Ethan's amber eyes remained distant. Unmoved by my tears.

"I've told you, stop lying about Lily's life. If you needed money, just ask," he said flatly.

Something inside me shattered. The dam holding back my grief finally broke.

"You don't understand," I said, my body trembling uncontrollably. "You never understood."

Ethan sighed impatiently. "What don't I understand, Olivia?"

I looked up at him. My emerald eyes overflowed with tears.

"Lily... she's dead! My Lily... she's really dead!"

My voice broke on the last word. The admission tore through me like a knife.

Ethan's expression shifted from impatience to disbelief. His amber eyes narrowed

dangerously.

"What did you say?" he asked, his voice deceptively soft.

"Our daughter is dead," I repeated. Each word dripped with pain. "She died three months ago.

On her birthday."

Ethan rose from his chair. His powerful frame towered over me.

"Stop lying," he growled, slamming his fist on the desk.

"Lying?" I laughed bitterly through my tears. "Why would I lie about this?"

"To manipulate me. To gain my sympathy. To turn me against Victoria."

His accusation was like another knife to my already bleeding heart. Even now, facing the truth

about our daughter, Victoria was his first concern.

"You think I'd use our daughter's death to manipulate you?" My voice rose with incredulous

anger. “What kind of monster do you think I am?"

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Ethan's jaw clenched tight. "Where is she then? Where is Lily if she's dead?"

chest. This was the moment of

my voice

his arm. My fingers dug into the expensive fabric of

show you," I repeated, pulling

flashed with accusation. "If

shouted, beyond caring who might hear.

allowed me to

determination.

truth. He needed to face what we

we nearly collided with Victoria in the hallway.

sight of

voice soft and concerned. "What's

This woman who had everything

had her

thinking, I pushed past her. I shoved her

stumbled. She fell against the wall with a cry of

called out, her

didn't stop. He followed me without a

grim determination. For once, he was focused

Maple Grove passed in tense silence.

wheel.

clenched so tight

I

had caused me so much

led him toward my residence. My steps grew heavier as we

I'd created for Lily's memory had been my

inside felt like the

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the door to Lily's room, I paused. My hand

Lily's ashes

face when he realized the truth. I wanted

had cost

the cool metal, Ethan's phone rang. The harsh electronic sound shattered the heavy silence between

at the screen, then back at me.

this moment–this crucial

my

call. He

hallway. "Ethan!" she cried, sounding breathless and

her! I

heart stopped. For one wild, impossible moment, hope

was so bright and fierce it hurt.

eyes fixed on my

Howling Woods Park" Victoria replied quickly. "She was running, and

but she disappeared into

as quickly as it had come. I

Urn that morning.

in my hands. Seeing Lily's face

was a cruel lie. Another of Victoria's

fresh tears spilling down my cheeks.

The brief uncertainty vanished from his

believed Victoria over me. Of

he told Victoria,

to me. His amber eyes