Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 45

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| froze mid-step, my heart seizing in my chest. Had | heard him correctly?

"Where's Lily?" Ethan repeated, his tone casual as if asking about the weather. “I'll go pick her up so she can

have dinner with Grandmother."

My lungs refused to work. The hallway seemed to tilt beneath my feet. How could he mention our daughter so

casually? As if she were still alive? As if he hadn't missed her funeral?

"Olivia Winters, stop acting crazy," Ethan warned, his amber eyes narrowing at my silence.

| could read the message in his gaze. He didn't wantto bring up Lily's death again. He still refused to

believe she was gone.

My eyes darkened with fury. | hadn't planned to say anything about her death. My concern was for Matriarch

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Evelyn. She had loved Lily fiercely, had been the only one besidesto visit her regularly during her illness.

Could the elderly woman bear the news of her death? Would it break her already fragile health?

| opened my mouth to respond when Matriarch Evelyn's voice cfrom the staircase

"What are you talking about? Picking someone up for dinner with me?"

Panic seized me. | turned to face her, forcing a smile as | approached.

"Grandmother, there's no..." | tried to change the subject, but Ethan cutoff. "Lily," he said, looking at me

pointedly.

| glared at him before turning back to Matriarch Evelyn, my mind racing for what

to say.

"Grandmother, Lily, she's..." | began hesitantly.

"Who's Lily?" Matriarch Evelyn frowned, her brow furrowing in confusion,

| stopped, stunned into silence. The question hitlike a physical blow. How could she not remember Lily? Her

own great-granddaughter?

Ethan's expression shifted from annoyance to concern. He pulled out his phone and quickly typed a message.

"I've texted Dr. Bennett to cover," he murmured, his voice suddenly serious

"Liv why aren't you.

Matriarch Evelyn patted my hand gently, concern in her aged eyes.

| squeezed her hand back, fighting to keep my tears at bay.

"Lily is someone very important to me," | said softly, unable to bring myself to explain further.

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"Important? Then Grandmother must meet her," she said decisively. "Ethan, go pick her up."

My throat tightened. | couldn't do this. | couldn't explain that Lily was gone, that

she'd never again run through these halls or sit at the dinner table

"Grandmother, Lily isn't available today," | managed. "I'll take you to see her later"

The lie tasted bitter on my tongue, but I couldn't bear to see the pain that would fill

her eyes when she

learned the truth.

"Alright," she conceded, "but when she's free, you must bring her home. Grandmother likes anyone who's good

to our Liv."

Only her. Only my grandmother-in-law had truly cared for Lily in this family. | blinked rapidly, fighting back