Chapter 88 - Just a game

"Good morning, love." Alexandre whispered in Lily's ear after entering the dining room and sitting beside her. Softly, he kissed her under the ear before lifting his gaze and greeting his unwanted guest.

Lily's face was burning hot, she couldn't stand it when he did that.

His voice was velvety, lulling. But she knew that none of his gestures, none of his sweet declarations, were honest. It was just a game. All meant for the eyes of others. She played along so the mountain of lies wouldn't collapse. All to keep her alive, to keep Adrien safe. She knew she didn't have the strength to protect him. It sucked, but it was still the bitter truth. She was weak. But she had a vague knowledge of the future. After all, she had read the novel. The story might have changed. Yeah, the whole thing was a complete mess. But some events could still happen. It was not impossible.

She still did know the characters and their behavior. For Alexander Lily was nothing more than a pawn. There was a reason why he had married her! She only didn't know why. So she still needed to play the naive girl. And keep preparing for the worst case.

Carefully she helped Addy cut his omelette. His face was hanging low over the plate as he picked the vegetables with his fork.

He had round, soft cheeks. But when he looked so focused, he reminded her of Fabien. Fabien was no fool. After all, he was the story's male lead. He was cunning enough to bring Alexandre to his knees. He wouldn't have delivered Adrien into Lily's hands without protection.

"Morning!" Her mouth was dry as she smiled at Alec. If only a little of Fabien's brilliance would have rubbed off onto her. Then she wouldn't be here today. What a shame she was so hopelessly naive. Actually, she's the perfect cast for Cannon Fodder. So she needed to keep up the act.

Too late, she had realized that a secret safe deposit box was waiting for her in Zurich.

A mistake!

But why hadn't the lawyer pointed it out to her? That's the whole point of Addy's safety, right? Weird? Just a few words would have been enough to make her aware of the important documents. She was sure she hadn't overheard anything. Though things had been chaotic that day. But she wouldn't have overheard anything so important!

She looked over at Alexandre for a moment before she began to eat. A queasy feeling had been building up inside her since yesterday. She only discovered the documents by chance last night. She had nothing to do and wanted to do something useful. Nelly had just said goodbye and Alexandre had stayed in his study with Claudio for hours. She had originally been looking for Addy's medical records. But in the process, she had accidentally stumbled upon papers to a secret safe-deposit box. They were well-hidden among the rest of the estate's papers. Only after reading them did she realize how naive she had been and how brilliant the actual male lead of My loyal hubby was.

Afterwards she had removed the documents relating to the safe deposit box from the folder and hidden them. Although it was an incredibly naive action. But what could she do? Just in case. Alexandre probably already knew about the safe deposit box, but at least she had the documents. He couldn't get near it without her, and that's the way it should stay.

Gosh, and this patriarchal society did not make it easy for her to keep secrets. She didn't even have a safe place to put the documents without Alec knowing. In her dressing room, the maids were always digging around! And where else would she hide the documents without Alec knowing?

But for the time being she had smuggled the documents under her dress into her dressing room and hidden them in a hatbox. Hoping that no one would discover her secret until she found a safe hiding place.