Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 318

Liliana sat frozen in place.

She stared at the unlocked computer. The desktop wallpaper was a familiar white Samoyed.

It was the dog she’d had as a child.

Suddenly, unexpectedly, her nose stung, and tears began to fall once more.

She bit her lip hard, sitting motionless in the chair for a long time before her trembling fingers finally reached for the mouse.

Matthew’s computer was immaculate. Not in the sense that it was empty, but that everything was perfectly organized, making it easy to navigate.

Liliana didn’t dare blink, afraid that if she did, more tears would escape.

She stared intently at the screen, clicking through folder after folder.

Minutes turned into hours.

Liliana searched for five, maybe six hours. Finally, in a remote drive, she found a hidden file.

It was password-protected.

This time, she knew what to do. Without a second thought, she typed in her birthday—0214.

She pressed her lips together, her heart pounding like a drum against her ribs, so loud she thought it might burst from her chest. She was suddenly terrified.

The hidden file opened without a problem. She had been right again.

But Liliana felt no joy.

The closer you get to the truth, the more you fear it.

It was the same feeling as a traveler’s anxiety upon returning home after a long absence.

That was how Liliana felt now. She craved the truth, but now that it was right in front of her, within her grasp, she was terrified of what she might find.

But no matter how scared she was, no matter how much she wanted to turn away, she had to take this final step.

Her eyes were red-rimmed as she fixed her gaze on the computer screen.

The first things she saw were photos.

Photos from every conceivable angle, starting from her high school days and continuing through to her college graduation. Each one captured her bright, radiant smile.

Liliana stared at the pictures of her younger self—so innocent, naive, and carefree—and felt a wave of dizziness.

All those years, she had been so focused on Linton that she had been completely oblivious.

She didn’t know anything.

Liliana sobbed uncontrollably, her eyes red and her face pale as she bit her lip.

She didn’t have the courage to keep looking.

But she had to.

After the photos came Matthew’s diaries.

He had scanned every page of his old handwritten journals and saved them to the computer. Perhaps he couldn't bear to delete them, or maybe he wanted to keep them as mementos.

Now, only Matthew himself knew why he had kept these most private thoughts from his youth.

But he was gone.

And so, it would remain a secret forever.

Liliana read through the diary, page after page. The more she read, the more her heart shattered, her lips trembling as she cried until she could no longer breathe.