Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 456

“I’m the one who killed her.”

Matthew slowly covered his face with his hands. He sat in his wheelchair, his shoulders trembling almost imperceptibly. His voice was hoarse with what seemed to be extreme pain and self-loathing as he choked out the words.

“Liliana, did you know? I’m the reason Liam’s mother is dead.”

“I accidentally overheard my mother and father arguing. They mentioned Liam’s mother, who was in a psychiatric hospital. I couldn’t believe it. I was only three at the time, and on an impulse, I snuck out and found the hospital. I wanted to see with my own eyes if my father had really betrayed us… betrayed our family and hurt an innocent woman.”

“But I didn’t know… I really didn’t know. Liam’s mother was having a severe depressive episode, triggered by being separated from Liam. She was trying to get through it, but she happened to see me when I snuck into the hospital.”

“I look a bit like my father. When she saw my face, she must have lost her mind and mistaken me for him. She had a complete breakdown. Right in front of me, she opened the window of her room on the tenth floor and jumped. She died on impact…”

Liliana stared at him, stunned. She never would have imagined Matthew had such a dark secret.

A wave of sympathy washed over her, and she suddenly understood how a man like Matthew—so bright, so gentle, always smiling—could suddenly give up on life and wish for death.

If what he said was true, he had been carrying this burden since he was three years old.

Matthew had kept this secret, unable to tell anyone, silently bearing the pain of his family's past and the guilt of causing Liam Grayson’s mother’s death. He had struggled with it for so long.

He was just so, so tired. Too tired to keep going, tired to the point of breaking.

Just as Liliana had left Linton to save herself, Matthew’s own method of self-rescue had been to marry Isabella. He wanted to give her a home, to build a life with her, hoping that by saving her, he could atone for the guilt he felt over Liam’s mother.

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