Semua Bab One Heart, Which Brother?: Bab 181 - Bab 187

Chapter 181 The Delwunco estate had changed.Where silence once roamed like a predator, there was now warmth. The rooms no longer felt hollow. The air no longer smelled of despair. Lia had stripped away the stillness that clung to the walls after Julian’s death and Ruben’s long coma.Julian’s old room, the one she had locked away for months, had been redecorated not erased, but transformed. She filled it with color, with light, with reminders of the boy who had once filled it with laughter. His toys still sat neatly on the shelf, his favorite books stacked carefully on the bedside table, but the walls now carried fresh paint, soft blues and gentle whites, like a sky that never closed. Flowers bloomed on the windowsill, and at night, she left a lamp glowing as though he might return at any moment.She hadn’t done it to forget. She had done it to live.For two months she had drowned in grief, holding on to silence as though it were armor. She had refused to cry, had refused to let go.

Chapter 183 The rain had stopped by evening, leaving the city washed clean, the streets glistening under the pale light of the moon. For the first time in what felt like forever, there was no echo of gunfire, no whispers of bloodshed in the distance. Just silence the kind that didn’t feel like suffocation but like relief.Lia sat on the balcony of the Delwunco estate, a shawl draped over her shoulders. The night breeze carried the faint scent of roses from the gardens below. She closed her eyes and let herself breathe really breathe. For so long her lungs had been filled with smoke, grief, and rage. Tonight, it was just air.Behind her, the soft sound of footsteps. Ruben.He looked pale, still weak from the coma, but he was upright now, leaning slightly on the railing as he came to sit beside her. His hand brushed hers, calloused and warm, anchoring her to him.“You didn’t wait for me to wake up,” he teased lightly, though his voice was hoarse. “You went and made peace without me.”L

Chapter 185 The morning air was cool, carrying the scent of freshly turned earth and the faint sweetness of lilies that lined the path. The cemetery was quiet, save for the soft rustle of trees swaying in the breeze. For the first time in what felt like forever, Ruben walked beside Lia not as her enemy, not as her regret but as her husband, her partner.Her black dress fluttered around her legs as she walked, simple yet elegant. She didn’t speak, not until they reached the small, white marble headstone carved with Julian’s name. Ruben’s breath caught when he saw it again he would never get used to it, never stop feeling the stab of failure every time his eyes landed on those carved letters.Lia’s knees bent slowly, and she lowered herself onto the grass. She pressed her palm flat against the cold stone as though touching her son’s hand one last time. Her lips trembled, but when she spoke, her voice was steady.“Julian, my love… my baby,” she whispered, her head bowed. “You’ve been go

Chapter 187 The night sky stretched endless and velvet-dark, speckled with stars that glittered like scattered diamonds. The Delwunco private jet sat at the far end of the runway, sleek and impossibly large, its polished silver body reflecting the floodlights like a jewel carved out of steel.Ruben had promised her the world. And now, he was delivering it piece by piece.The steps lowered, the red-carpeted ramp rolling out with practiced precision. Lia stood at the foot of it, her long black silk gown trailing behind her, her hair swept back in waves that caught the light. Even in travel, she was dressed like a queen her crown invisible, but her presence commanding.“Everything you ever wanted,” Ruben murmured beside her, his hand brushing hers, tentative but steady. His voice held something rare hope.She lifted her chin, her lips curling into the wildest, smile. “Everything?”His eyes, dark and unwavering, drank her in. “Everything.”Inside, the jet gleamed with extravagance. Gold