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The heartbreaking plea from beyond the grave seemed to penetrate where nothing else had. Olivia's body suddenly tensed, her fingers twitching in my hand.

Her eyes flew open, emerald green and filled with desperate longing. "Lily!" she cried, reaching toward the tablet as if to grasp her daughter's image.

I quickly took her hand. "She's with you, Olivia. She's always with you," I assured

her, squeezing

her fingers gently.

(Olivia's POV)

Darkness had been my refuge. In that peaceful void, there was no pain, no grief, no betrayal-

just blessed nothingness.

Then I heard her voice-my sweet Lily-cutting through the darkness like a beam of

light.

"Mommy, please don't be sad anymore. Lily loves you the most!"

The words pulled me back to consciousness against my will. My eyes opened to a world I had tried to leave behind, the pain rushing back with brutal force.

"Lily!" I cried out, reaching desperately toward her voice.

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A warm hand caught mine, strong fingers wrapping around my own. Not Lily's tiny hand, but

someone else's-someone unexpected.

Lucas Blackwood sat beside my bed, his powerful frame seeming too large for the hospital chair. His gray eyes, usually so intimidating, now held genuine concern.

"She's with you, Olivia," he said softly. "She's always with you."

I blinked, trying to make sense of his presence. "Why are you here?" My voice was hoarse, my

throat raw from river water.

"I pulled you from the river," he explained simply. "I've been here since they brought you in."

Memories flooded back-Matriarch Evelyn's funeral, the bridge, the cold embrace of

Silvermoon River. I had wanted to die, to join Lily in whatever came after this life.

“I couldn't save her,” I whispered brokenly, tears filling my eyes. “I couldn't protect her from

Victoria... I couldn't avenge her death."

My fingers clutched at Lucas's hand with surprising strength. “I'm her mother, but I failed her

completely."

mine steadily, his powerful presence a strange comfort

threat.

her now," he urged, his voice low

Your daughter loved you enough to want you to live, even

Lily's mother to seek

hand gently. "I will help you," he promised. "You don't

fog of grief that had surrounded me for so

continue? To fight for Lily's memory when everything

you help me?" I asked, searching his face for ulterior motives. "We

each other."

his expression thoughtful. "Because no one should

said. "And because I admire your

it

deceit but finding only sincerity in his

I whispered, allowing myself, for the first time since Lily's

comfort from another.

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my hand, his thumb

be honest with you, Olivia," he said after a moment of comfortable silence. "My claim about needing a fake girlfriend for business reasons was a lie." His admission drew

dignity despite everything you've endured..." He paused, seeming almost vulnerable despite his confident demeanor. "I

for me? After everything I'd been through, after my failed attempt to end my life, he still saw

There's no pressure to reciprocate. I only want to stand beside you through

soothed something broken inside me. For

allowed my eyes to close, falling into the first peaceful sleep I'd had since

(Ethan's POV)

restlessly. I

of her car abandoned on Moonstone Bridge haunted me.

hadn't been there...

hand through my disheveled hair, my amber

relationship was strained, the thought of losing Olivia forever had shaken me more

I cared

rang, Maxwell Chen's

update?" I

through, uncharacteristically hesitant.

something

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immediately. "What is

the medical records as

concerning about the timing of

I growled, my patience wearing

saved Emma Frost had originally

I gripped the edge of my desk

say?" My

perfect

Victoria's manipulation,