Chapter 646

Kieran stiffened at her words. Lila lowered her gaze, letting out a bitter chuckle. "While you were away, I had a lot of time to think. Our marriage was never something either of us truly wanted. So if we separate, we're just going back to how things were. I was nothing more than a child raised by your family." Panic flashed across his face. "Lila, how can you say that? We're husband and wife. I love you—how could we go back to where we started?" Lila lifted her gaze to meet his eyes. Her lips parted as if to speak, but in the end, nothing came out. What was the point of talking about this now? When Kieran had first left, she hadn't been able to sleep at all. Night after night, she lay awake, trapped in a spiral of self-doubt, wondering if she was simply unworthy of love. Maybe that was why her parents had left her. Why Dorian had betrayed her. And now, why Kieran had walked away without looking back. This kind of abrupt abandonment was worse than her breakup with Dorian. Durin