Chapter 865

Chapter 864:
Since Elliana was alive and back in Ublento, Ruben felt Cole couldn’t marry anyone else without treating Elliana unjustly.
“Why?” Cole asked, confused.
Ruben couldn’t tell Cole the truth just yet, so he resorted to vague words. “The ties between our families are too tangled. Don’t rush this. Wait until you’ve fully recovered before deciding anything.”
Ruben figured that once Cole’s memory wasn’t so jumbled after some time, he would regain his memories of Elliana. Whatever happened next would be a positive result. But if Cole married the Campbell heiress now and then remembered Elliana later, it would be a disaster.
Ruben knew he needed to meet Elliana and talk. In the meantime, Cole had to avoid any emotional entanglement with the Campbell girl.
Cole didn’t understand Ruben’s worry. To him, Lilah was so attractive that if he didn’t make his move and win her heart soon, she might be swept away by another man at any moment. But he wouldn’t say that to Ruben, so he simply replied, “Alright. Grandpa.”
Ruben doubted Cole would actually let go of the Campbell family’s real daughter just like that. His voice turned firm. “Cole, this is serious. If you ignore my words, don’t say I didn’t warn you when trouble comes.”
Cole was driving, and Ruben’s words made him pull over. “Grandpa, what are you hiding from me?”
Unable to explain, Ruben ended the call.
Cole stared at the screen, his brow furrowing. Soon, it went dark, showing his lock screen—a photo of Lilah on stage, her face revealed. He had just downloaded it.
Her beauty made his heart ache. There was no way he could give her up. Even if it ended badly, he had to keep her. If another man took her, he’d lose his mind. Yes—he’d go mad. It was strange. He had just met her, yet it felt like he had known her forever. She had to be his. The strength of that desire scared even him.
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No one knew how deeply and quickly Cole’s obsession with Lilah had sunk.
Meanwhile, Jason returned to his room and stood before the mirror. Slowly, he removed the mask from his face. A handsome, sharply defined face stared back at him. Find the newest release on
His lips curved into a smile. The girl he had longed for day and night was finally in Ublento. Death Thorn, whose activities were largely in Delta, was actually Lilah, the Campus Beauty of Ublento Medical University. Her face revealed, living like an ordinary girl. She must have done it all for him.
Jason studied his reflection, his mind drifting back to that pivotal moment in Podgend when the wind had stripped Death Thorn’s mask away.
Now, he lifted his own mask with deliberate care—a stark contrast to how hers had been torn away that day. When it vanished, pure panic flashed across her breathtaking features.
That expression had burned itself into his memory with crystalline clarity, as if he’d witnessed a woodland sprite caught suddenly in daylight. In that single, stolen glimpse, her face had etched itself permanently into his thoughts, refusing to fade.
When they’d parted ways, she had sworn to seek him out in Ublento. He had treasured that promise, holding it close through endless days of waiting.
But the days had melted into weeks, and still no trace of her presence. She had never appeared since. No word had reached him after that. Even a desperate journey back to Podgend had proved fruitless—she had dissolved into thin air. The waiting had become his torment. He’d discovered how cruelly time could stretch when hope hung by a thread, each passing day adding fresh weight to his soul.
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