Chapter 113: Shut Down
Lunara stood motionless, staring down at her mother’s lifeless body. Her heart felt heavy, weighed down by a grief that she couldn’t comprehend. Four days ago, she had watched Mila slip away from her, and now, she was standing here, just inches away from her mother, whose warmth she would never feel again.
Her body felt numb, like she was detached from it, as if everything was happening to someone else. The bright hospital lights above her blurred, and the sound of the machines around her faded, replaced by a hollow ringing in her ears. She couldn’t process it, couldn’t accept that she was standing in this sterile room, watching the woman she loved, dead.
Her mind was blank. She couldn’t even feel the tears that threatened to spill. It was as if her body had shut down, refusing to let her experience any more pain.
Without thinking, Lunara turned around and walked out of the room. She passed the nurse’s station, the hallways, the doors that should have meant something but they all just felt like empty space.
She kept walking, her steps automatic, her mind a complete void. She couldn’t comprehend where she was going or why. Her hands were clenched at her sides, her pace quickening without any purpose behind it. She just needed to move, to get away from the reality she couldn’t face.
She reached the elevator without even realizing how she got there. As the doors opened, she stepped inside, pressing the button for the ground floor. The world outside the elevator felt like it was moving too fast, and yet, she was standing still.
She didn’t know what she was doing. She didn’t know where she was going.
And for the first time in her life, Lunara didn’t care.
Meanwhile, Eryx stepped out of the meeting room, his expression calm, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips. Another victory. He had successfully outmaneuvered his competition, securing what he had set his sights on. Matilda’s influence, once strong, was now all but gone, and he stood at the top, where he had always aimed to be.
As he walked down the hallway toward his office, he passed his secretary’s desk. With a glance, he noticed she was busy typing away, but he wasn’t in the mood to let her work in silence.
"Where’s my wife?" he asked casually.