All Chapters of The Saintess Chose The Wrong Man: Chapter 131
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Chapter 131
Lombard gave her a quick look.Not bad.Easy on the eyes.She was the kind of woman you wouldn’t mind having kids with.“Lombard August,” he said, stepping forward. “Your grandfather has already told me about you.”“Oh…”She flushed immediately, her face turning slightly red.Lombard almost smiled.Good.Still got it.He extended his hand for a handshake—even though he knew she probably expected a hug.Not in front of the old man.“Let’s sit,” the patriarch said, taking his place. “Dinner is ready.”Lombard sat, but his eyes moved around the table.Only three of them.In a house like this?Yeah.That didn’t add up.“My grandfather only allows me to eat with him,” Toby said quietly. “He says other people make him lose brain cells. The way they eat.”“Oh,” Lombard replied, catching himself before reacting.“That’s… salvage, right?” the old man asked, smiling like he had just discovered a new favorite word.Lombard had no idea what the man thought “salvage” meant, but he could already im
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“Yeah. They’re around,” Lombard said with a light chuckle. “They made it clear they wouldn’t help.”He shrugged.“I had my kid sister. That was enough. We figured life out.”The old man nodded slowly.“That’s… Vivienne August.”He said it like he was trying to remind Lombard of the name. But Toby wasn’t listening anymore.Her mind had already caught something else.Kid sister.A name clicked into place in her head.Vivienne .Vivienne August.Her heart skipped.If that was Lombard’s sister…Then this man sitting here—This calm, unserious, slightly ridiculous man—Was not normal.At all.She knew the kind of presence Vivienne carried.The kind of silence that followed her into rooms.The kind that made grown men straighten up without knowing why.And yet… outside of that, she looked completely ordinary. Just another confident woman who carried herself well.But people who knew… knew.And if Lombard was her brother—Toby’s fingers tightened slightly under the table.She was not deal
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Back in the house, Toby was furious.“Just because you know things about people doesn’t mean you should throw it in their faces, Grandfather!” she snapped.The old man didn’t react.Of course he didn’t.He had long grown immune to her shouting.Or maybe he simply didn’t care.“You saw him!” she continued, her voice rising. “You saw how he was standing there, trying to hold himself together. That was his trauma! And you just—just said it like it meant nothing!”Still nothing.The man calmly took a sip of water and set the glass down like she wasn’t even there.That did it.Toby pushed her chair back and grabbed her coat.“Where are you going?” the patriarch asked, finally.“Oh, wow. You can still talk?” she shot back, turning on him.He didn’t look away.Didn’t blink.Just watched her with that same steady, unreadable gaze.“I’m going to find him,” she said. “Lombard.”Her chest rose and fell.“You broke something in him. And if you had even half a heart, you’d understand that!”“Toby,
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Abigail had just finished telling Alice everything.Everything that had happened with the boss of the Cataract team.And just like the first time she had mentioned them, Alice reacted harder than she did.Only this time… there was fear mixed into it.Because this had been her idea.She had been the one who told Abigail to play along.To make them believe she was who they thought she was.So they could get close.So they could control the situation.And now?It had blown up in their faces.“Damn it,” Alice muttered, pacing. “Those guys are insane.”Abigail leaned back, her voice quieter now.“I don’t want to just… disappear,” she said. “I still have things I want to do. Places I want to go.”A small, tired smile touched her lips.“I haven’t even gone to a beach yet. Just… sat there alone. You know? All those things on my list…”Alice stopped pacing.Turned to her.“Hey,” she said firmly. “We’re getting through this. Together.”She walked over and sat beside her.“I’m not leaving you in
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Finn heard the doorbell and paused.At first, he smirked.“Yeah… definitely one of those girls,” he muttered, already checking himself in the mirror.Hair? Good.Face? Acceptable.Confidence? Through the roof.He walked to the door and opened it—The excitement died instantly.Lombard.No greeting. No pause.Lombard just walked straight past him like Finn didn’t exist.Like he owned the house.Like Finn was just… furniture.Finn blinked.“…Okay?”“Hey, is everything okay?” he called after him.“I’ll be inside. I don’t need anyone checking on me,” Lombard said flatly.That stopped Finn.Not the words.The tone.Something was off.Bad off.Still, Lombard kept walking like nothing mattered, heading straight upstairs.Finn frowned and followed after him.“Well, there’s some woman that called—” he started.Too late.By the time he reached the door, it was already locked.Finn stared at it.“…Right.”He leaned closer, raising his voice slightly.“Lombard, I have something important to tell
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The Belmont family had been waiting for Mireya all day.But Mireya had not been anywhere close to coming home.Something had come up at work—urgent enough to pull her in immediately. It took over two hours to settle, and by the time she got back into her car, she had almost completely forgotten that her mother had called her earlier… asking about Ron.It wasn’t until she started driving that it hit her.She was supposed to be home.She drove really fast. The fact that her mother had not been called after then didn't make her how to feel about this. But, wait, Rowan was supposed to have been home with Ron already. She dialed his number. She was directed straight to voicemail. Wait, what? She didn't have time to think more about why the call might have gone straight to voicemail before she drove into the estate, pulled in. By the time she arrived, the house was already full.Every single member of the family was there.Even the ones she hadn’t seen since she was a child.The moment
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Finn jumped out of the car immediately he got to the venue.He looked around, scanning faces.In his head, he already had a picture — some woman standing awkwardly, maybe checking her phone too much, looking like she needed to be here.Yeah. That kind.But after a few seconds, he frowned.Too many faces.And somehow… all of them looked like they had somewhere better to be.Not desperate.Not even close.“…Okay,” he muttered.He was just about to dial her number when his phone rang.Her.“Is that you? The one in jeans and a white shirt?” her voice came through.Finn straightened a bit. “Yeah, that’s me. Where are you?”“Right here.”The call ended.Finn turned—And saw her.Walking toward him.For a second, his brain just… stopped working.Her hair moved like it had its own mind, flowing lightly with each step like something out of those unrealistic movies he always thought were fake.Her dress wasn’t even trying too hard.Short enough to show confidence. Simple enough to not scream fo
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Back in the house, Lombard stood up slowly.He hadn’t come here for anything complicated. Just sleep. That was the plan.But the nap he’d taken earlier had already drained whatever little rest his body could offer.He dragged a hand over his face and walked into the bathroom, turning on the tap. Cold water splashed against his skin.When he looked up at the mirror, he paused.For a second, he didn’t recognize the man staring back.He looked like someone who had just buried an entire family.“…crazy,” he muttered under his breath.He shook his head, pushing the thought away, and stepped out of the bathroom.The house was quiet.Too quiet.He walked into the sitting room, expecting to find Finn sprawled somewhere, probably doing something stupid.Nothing.Lombard frowned.“Finn?”No answer.He turned back toward the room to grab his phone—and that was when he saw it.A note.Right there, in front of the door.He picked it up, eyes scanning through it.His jaw tightened slightly.Then he
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Finn pulled into the driveway and killed the engine.He stepped out immediately, jogging around the car like a proper gentleman and opening the door for Toby.She paused for a second—just a flicker of surprise—before stepping out.“Wow… you’ve got a big place here,” she said, her eyes moving around, taking everything in.“Yeah,” Finn shrugged, trying to sound casual. “I live alone. Well… until Lombard came to stay.”Toby nodded slowly.“I’m just really grateful you convinced him to move in with you.”Finn waved a hand like it was nothing.“That was easy.”And honestly?From everything he’d seen so far, it felt easy.Lombard showed up, stayed, ate, gave advice, left when he wanted… but still came back.To Finn, that meant one thing.Control.Leverage.Not in some deep, manipulative way—at least not in his head—but enough.Enough to feel like
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In every way she could think of, Abigail had tried to convince Alice that this wasn’t the right move.Dragging Lombard into this?No.He didn’t even look like someone who could handle himself—talk less of going up against monsters like the Cataract team.But Alice?Once she made up her mind, that was it.No turning back.They finally pulled up in front of Finn’s house—the place Alice had tracked down as Lombard’s current location.Abigail felt it immediately.That awkward twist in her chest.The memory of how she had treated Lombard earlier.And now?She was about to walk in and ask him for help.Yeah.That didn’t sit right.“This is a bad idea,” she muttered under her breath.Alice didn’t even respond.Of course she didn’t.She was already stepping out of the car.Abigail sighed and followed.But the mome