Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 2098

Beck hung up the phone with a flick of his wrist, moments after Stella had been escorted away.

He wasn't one to soften easily, least of all for someone like her.

Yet, the cut on his lip stung, tugging painfully with every word he spoke.

Slipping his phone back into his pocket, he stepped out and climbed into his car, just as Dylan rang him up.

"Dinner at home tonight."

"Sure, bro."

Beck rubbed his forehead, feeling nothing but irritation.

This would be a good chance to bring up Stella. Dad and Dylan were still in the dark about Stella not being a true Sanders.

When he got back to the Sanders' residence, Lily caught his eye again.

There she was, perched atop the high garden wall, plucking petals from nearby flowers and letting them drift to the ground.

She'd never known the seasons, nor the simple beauty of falling leaves and blooming flowers, so everything had to be taught from scratch after she was brought out into their world.

In those early months, Beck, on his occasional visits, often heard her barrage Dylan with questions.

"Bro, what's this?"

"And this?"

"What about this?"

Frankly, if it were Beck, he doubted he'd have the patience.

Lily knew only of killing; all else, all common knowledge, was foreign to her.

Why flowers boasted so many colors, why leaves turned red in autumn, why there were creatures in the water.

Everything mundane to the outside world was an unknown to her.

Her world had been confined to researchers in lab coats and test tubes on shelves.

smell of chemicals,

raised as a weapon, fed

didn't even know food

of the world, Dylan

just how patient his

as he stood below the wall, watching Lily pluck at the flowers, he called

down, landing gracefully before him, her gaze fixated on the cut on

when Beck thought she wouldn't respond, she asked, "Did

face flushed with an instant change of expression, his hand going

you that you

silent for a moment, seemingly searching

hear it,

ponytail swinging, Lily had an air of liveliness and

room, looked up as Beck

need. She's not one

the recent events, emphasizing Stella's

unchanged as he asked, "And

didn't want

Dylan's on him

stance

such people.

"Gone."

peeked from behind

noticing her gesture towards her mouth

got bitten while

to drink water,

rested on

"Got a girlfriend?"

no desire to explain the

to Beck's neck, making him push her away,

"What beast?"

"Bro, maybe lock

her

go grab

foodie, especially after tasting the outside world's delights, could be easily appeased with