Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 219 A Farewell Too Soon

Hector, lost in a deep slumber, stirred, his eyelids fluttering

open.

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Exhausted and frail, a strange light flickered in his eyes, fogging the oxygen mask with his breath. “Lillian… is it really you, Lillian?”

“Don’t you remember me?”

Tears streamed down Hector’s face, and Kaia’s followed.

“Don’t cry, Dad. I came too late. I’m sorry. Please get better soon. I miss you so much.”

Kaia poured her mother’s longing from the diary into Hector’s

ears.

Hector’s shoulders trembled. “Good… good. Lillian, my dear daughter, Dad let you down. I’m so sorry.”

Too weak to say more, his words came in halting bursts.

To ease Hector’s heart, Kaia spoke only of happy days, leaving her mother’s past hardships unspoken.

“Dad, your granddaughter’s name is Kaia. Next time, I’ll bring her to meet you, okay?”

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Hector’s lips twitched into a faint smile. “Beautiful… name…”

Kaia waved to the door, and Lucien stepped inside.

He stepped forward without a word, placing an arm around Kaia’s shoulders. His smile was soft. “We’re sorry for coming so

late.”

Hector gazed at the loving couple, a wave of relief washing over him as if his greatest burden had finally lifted.

Hector needed rest, and visiting hours were short. After an hour, they left.

was heavy. She could

near.

her, “Don’t be sad, Kaia. You’ve fulfilled his greatest

with bitterness.

a hotel, but Malcolm insisted they stay in a guest room

the crook of Lucien’s

useless?”

how long it would take to

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softly,

you’re sad. I’ll wipe your

him

always ruined

fell silent,

enough. In five or ten years, she might be like Lucien, untouched by these

gently stroked her

Silly girl.

course, he felt

and collected–especially not

before dawn, the hospital

into black, her heart

she’d braced for it,

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was prepared, and everything was

succession, the family remained shrouded in grief

familiar name on

this just a

saw her lingering by

her

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all the stops, finally getting a drunk Alden

woke to see vivid marks on Luna’s

his temples. “Sorry, should I get