Silent Dreams Never Die — Author: John Miller 379
Awakened Housewife: Ignore Betrayer’s Begs
Chapter 379 A Chilling Truth Revealed
Damian didn’t argue. He simply followed Scarlett out in silence.
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When they reached the hospital entrance, Scarlett suddenly stopped and turned to him. “You should go on your way. I’ll be fine.”
Damian understood she was asking him to leave, but he shook his head. “I’m worried about you. I’ll see you home.”
Her face was still pale. “Really, I’m okay.”
“I spoke to the doctor while you were resting,” Damian said, his voice dropping. “He said you’re hemorrhaging again.”
Scarlett was quiet for a moment. “It’s… it’s manageable. Please, don’t worry about me.”
His concern only seemed to deepen. He stepped closer, taking her hands in his and fixing her with an intent gaze. “Tell me the truth, Scarlett. Did someone hurt you again?”
Scarlett shook her head, a bitter twist to her mouth. “No. No one.”
But Damian saw the lingering redness around her eyes. He gripped her shoulders gently. “Scarlett,” he urged, his voice firm yet soft. “Tell me what really happened.”
As he spoke, he gave her a slight, insistent shake.
The motion made Scarlett’s head swim, a wave of nausea rising. When she steadied herself, he looked ready to ask again.
She finally relented. “Alright, alright. I’ll tell you.”
Damian released her shoulders, waiting.
Scarlett met his eyes. “It was Vanessa,” she said quietly. “She kicked me.”
Damian went very still.
After a long moment, he let out a slow, heavy sigh. “Anyone else, and I’d know what to do. But she’s your daughter. I don’t know how to fix that.”
Scarlett understood his meaning–the helplessness of it. She didn’t press the point.
With Damian insisting, Scarlett didn’t refuse his offer to drive her home again.
He dropped her off at the gates of Theron Manor and drove away without coming inside.
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Back at the house, Nathan and the others were out. Only the household staff moved quietly through the rooms.
Scarlett went straight upstairs to her room. She ran a hot bath.
Afterwards, she collapsed into bed and fell into a deep, exhausted sleep.
She woke to a soft knock on her door. One of the housekeepers called through gently, “Ms. Theron? You have a visitor downstairs.”
Still groggy, Scarlett replied, “Thank you. I’ll be right down.”
After a quick splash of water on her face, she headed downstairs.
She expected it to be a relative or a family friend, but was surprised to see Lucy standing in the foyer.
It had been quite a while since she’d last seen her.
Hearing the footsteps on the stairs, Lucy turned quickly, a warm smile spreading across her face. “Scarlett!”
Seeing that smile, Scarlett’s first, instinctive thought was of what Luke had claimed about Lucy’s health. But Lucy looked genuinely well–happy and full of energy.
Pushing the dark thought aside, Scarlett managed a faint smile of her own. “Lucy. This is a surprise. What brings you here?”
Members of the Stewart family rarely visited Theron Manor. Some, she suspected, had never set foot in it at all. It had been years since anyone from Vincent’s side had come by.
Lucy stepped forward and took Scarlett’s hands. “Scarlett, Grandpa sent me. He’d like you to come to dinner at Ravenshade Villa tonight.”
At the mention of Xavier’s invitation, the smile vanished from Scarlett’s face, replaced by a guarded coolness. “No,” she said, her voice firm. “I’m… I have plans tonight. I can’t make it.”
Lucy looked puzzled, her brow furrowing. “But Scarlett, Grandpa specifically asked me to come and get you.”
Scarlett knew Lucy wasn’t aware of the underlying tensions. She didn’t want to explain, to drag her into it. “I’m not feeling very well today,” she said, falling back on the partial truth. “Another time.”
She had fainted right in front of Xavier that day. He must have known about the procedure, about the loss.
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Yet during her entire hospital stay, he had never once come to see her.
He had always shown her kindness before, but since that incident, there had been only silence.
Scarlett could guess the reason. No matter how fond Xavier might have been of her, his last name was Stewart. His ultimate loyalties lay with his family’s name and legacy.
She understood that now, with a painful clarity.
Lucy, unaware of this rift, tried again lightly. “Please? Consider it my celebration–for being back on my feet.”
Scarlett’s expression softened momentarily. “Lucy, seeing you healthy and standing here truly makes me happy. But I can’t come for dinner. Please don’t ask again.”
Hearing the finality in her tone, Lucy realized it was pointless to push further. Her shoulders slumped slightly. “Alright,” she said, resigned. “I understand.”
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That evening, when Lucy returned alone to Ravenshade Villa, a lavish dinner was already laid out in the dining room, prepared by Lily.
Xavier was sitting in his favorite armchair in the living room. The sound of a car pulling up made him instinctively straighten his posture, adopting a more formal air.
But when Lucy walked through the front door, she was alone. No one else followed behind her.
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