Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

Chapter 421

Kieran looked at her, and their eyes met. The cold indifference in Lila's eyes sent a jolt through his heart.

"Lila." He reached out to grasp Lila as though she would disappear forever.

"

"Lila, Kieran didn't know. When all of this happened, he was still very young," Jasmine explained as she approached. "All of this is my fault. I'm the one who wronged you."

They hadn't been married for long, and she couldn't bear for the adults' past mistakes to create distance between them now.

"He truly loves you. Marrying you was something he begged for. If you hold a grudge, blame me instead. Can the two of you stay together, please?"

Lila raised a hand to cover her eyes, suppressing the pain welling up inside her.

After a moment, she looked at Jasmine, this aunt who bore a resemblance to her mother. This woman she had once regarded as a mother figure turned out to be the person responsible for her parents' deaths.

How ridiculous.

"Why? Why did you protect that murderer?" Lila's eyes reddened, though she stubbornly refused to let her tears fall.

Jasmine lowered her gaze and said, "After my husband passed away, the Lloyd Group that he founded merged with Morgan Group, and James went to work in Morgan Group.

"That's how he met your parents. James was ambitious and wanted to become the one in power. However, due to a misjudgement of market trends, the company suffered a huge loss."

seemingly uncovering the

this, the shareholders demanded that James step down. Morgan Group was already in turmoil, but he refused

underestimated your father's loyalty. Your father knew that if Morgan Group

laughed bitterly as tears began

was already unstable. If news of the

you all accepted the story that my parents' deaths were an accident,

recalled the files she had found in

as separate incidents. No one suspected a connection between them. And then the Morgan

in the small

"The Morgan family has wronged you, but over the years, we've truly

out of guilt. Every single one of us

tugging at her lips. "And what

a step back, she demanded, "Killing someone is a

Morgan family's fault. It's

parents back to life?" Lila

in the room felt suffocating, making her feel as if she couldn't breathe,

turned and headed for

your

walking and left. As if a beast

cried, "This is all

head lowered. She should never have married

forward, as if to follow