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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?"

painfully in my chest. This was

you," I said, my voice barely above

his arm. My fingers dug into the expensive fabric

repeated,

amber eyes flashed with accusation. "If

a trick!" I shouted, beyond caring who might hear.

was surprised when he allowed me to lead him. My grief

determination.

the truth. He needed to face what we

private lounge, we nearly collided with Victoria in

the sight of

she questioned, her voice soft

to look at her. This woman who had everything while I had

had her Emma. She still had

her. I shoved

against the wall with

her

stop. He followed me without a backward glance at

was set in grim determination. For once, he was focused solely

passed in tense silence. Ethan's

wheel.

clenched so tight I could see

faster. I was about to open my most private

who had

toward my residence. My

had been my private refuge of grief.

felt like the final

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I paused. My hand trembled as I reached for

softly Lily's ashes and death certificate

to see his face when he realized the truth. I

had

as my fingers touched the cool metal, Ethan's phone rang. The harsh electronic

at the screen, then back at me. Hesitation was clear in

moment–this crucial moment

my

finally accepted the call. He put

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

I

For one wild, impossible moment, hope flared in

and fierce it

his eyes fixed on

Woods Park" Victoria replied quickly. "She was

but she

died as quickly as it had come. I

Urn that morning.

in my hands. Seeing Lily's

a cruel lie.

lying," I whispered, fresh tears spilling

brief uncertainty vanished

over me. Of course

coming," he told Victoria, ending

His amber eyes were cold

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