The Betrayed Princess Rising (Lylah and Ezra) novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86

3rd Person’s POV

Finished

After cooking dinner together, Lylah and Ezra sat across from each other. The air was calm and peaceful, but Lylah’s thoughts were anything but quiet. The incident at the boutique clung to her mind. The words pressed against her throat until she could no longer hold them back.

So she told him everything.

“…and just as I was about to leave, one of the clerks told me Cora’s bill.” She shook her head, half amused, half disbelieving. “Cora always has great pride, so she bought everything Aunt Nymera approved. Everything.” Her eyes lifted to Ezra’s. “And do you know how much it was? Three thousand gold, Ezra! Three thousand!”

She smiled as she told it, her voice light and airy.

But to him, it was nothing trivial.

“They tried to bully you again,” he said quietly.

Lylah shrugged, lifting one shoulder. “They did. But does that matter? They follow my game instead. I

won.”

She chuckled softly.

Ezra did not.

He simply rose to his feet. “Wait here,” he said.

The Alpha left without another word.

Minutes later, he returned and placed something on the table in front of her.

A jet black card. It drank in the candlelight, its surface gleaming with an engraved silver crest–the sigil of Verdanth’s biggest Bank. Only the most elite in Verdanth possessed one.

“Ezra,” Lylah’s breath caught. “Why are you giving this to me?”

“From now on, if you want to buy anything, use that.” His expression didn’t change.

She blinked.

“No. It’s fine. I have my own money,”

His eyes narrowed slightly. “You said you wanted to buy more things for me.”

“I did.”

“Then use it,” he said simply. “Don’t refuse. Help me buy everything I need with that.”

Lylah stared at the card, her fingers hovering over it.

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“…Okay,” she whispered. Her fingers closed around it. “But only for you.”

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In Rowan’s apartment, dinner passed in heavy silence.

Cora tried to ease the tension. She offered soft smiles, gentle words, anything to coax him back to her–but Rowan remained distant, unreachable.

Lately, their relationship had grown strained, stretched so thin it was ready to snap.

“Rowan.” Her voice finally broke.

Cora reached across the table and clutched his arm, her fingers trembling against him.

“I’m sorry if I’ve upset you. Everything lately… It’s my fault. I know it is.” Tears spilled freely down her cheeks. “But I love you. I love you so much. Please don’t shut me out.”

“I already promised Lylah I will end things with you.” He said coldly “Don’t plead again.”

“Rowan.” Her red eyes searched his face desperately. “Is this truly your final decision?”

“Yes.” He didn’t hesitate.

Cora stared at him, her chest rising and falling unevenly.

Then slowly, she released his arm.

“I see.” She straightened in her seat and wiped her tears away with shaking hands. “I still can’t believe this. But if this is what you want, then fine.”

She forced a fragile smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

“Oh… the Lunaris Tech Conference ticket you asked me to secure,” she said faintly. “I brought it with me. Let me get it.”

She rose from her seat and reached for her bag.

But as she opened it, a folded paper slipped loose.

It drifted downward, fluttering helplessly to the floor.

Rowan stilled. Then he stood and picked it up automatically, his eyes scanned the page and-

His blood froze in his veins.

“Moonrot of the Stomach? It’s a malignant gastric tumour of arcane origin…” His gaze snapped to her.

“No no. It belongs to my friend!” Cora said quickly, lunging forward to snatch it.

But it was too late.

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Finished

“Don’t lie to me, Cora. I saw your name on it.” Rowan whispered hoarsely. He stared at her, horror filling his eyes. “You… you have the early stage of the deadliest cancer?”

She froze.

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