Leaving You Bereft (Willow and Julian) novel Chapter 82

Dominic spoke, “Tell her to come here.”

Liam nodded and stepped out of the study. His heart was filled with conflicting emotions.

As a father, he wanted his son to be happy. But it seemed clear that Willow had no intention of staying in the Ziegler family.

Thinking back, he resented his wife for being too harsh and intolerant.

In the living room, silence reigned. Everyone just sat there, without any appetite for breakfast.

Liam walked in and looked at Willow gently. “Go to the study. Dad is waiting for you.”

Melanie immediately asked, “Did he change his mind? Julian can’t be without an heir.”

Liam’s expression remained calm. “Dad has made it clear. If anyone is leaving, it will be Willow choosing to leave Julian, not the other way around.”

Melanie slumped into the chair, defeated.

Liam gently asked Willow to go to the study.

Just as she took a few steps forward, Julian stood up. “I’ll go with you.”

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Liam stared at Julian with a complicated look. “Dad didn’t ask for you. He only asked for Willow.”

Julian refused to give up.

He grabbed Willow’s wrist, determined to go with her. He had a feeling that she would make an important decision, one he wouldn’t like.

He held on tightly and refused to let go.

Willow looked down and whispered, “If you truly cared about me, our marriage wouldn’t have ended up like this.

“Catherine even got my medical report from you. Julian, I gave you my heart, but the only thing you gave me was pain and suffering.”

After saying that, she pulled her hand away.

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Julian’s hand was empty. He could only watch as she walked away. When she walked out of the door, she rested her hand against it, as if she had used up all her strength.

Suddenly, he was reminded of the sunset at Lake Talpond.

Back then, she looked radiant when she asked Julian if they would be together forever, never to part. She’d believed that they were each other’s most important person.

He recalled the love letters she’d written, ones he had teasingly read aloud to her in bed at Grandview Manor.

Overwhelmed by emotions, Julian blurted out, “Willow, I don’t want a divorce.”

She turned around, silently looking at the man she had loved deeply.

“Come, sit with me, and let’s have breakfast.”

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