The billionaire was told his daughter had only three months left—until a new maid uncovered a truth no doctor had seen.

No one inside the Wakefield estate ever said it aloud. No one needed to. The truth hung in every hallway, settled into every corner, and pressed against every breath they took.
Little Luna Wakefield was slipping away.

The doctors had delivered their verdict without ceremony, their voices flat and practiced, as if reading numbers from a chart instead of closing a door on a life. Three months. Perhaps less. A timeline spoken once, then left to echo endlessly.

And there stood Richard Wakefield—billionaire, industry titan, a man who had spent his life bending outcomes to his will—facing the one reality money refused to negotiate with. For the first time, his wealth was useless. His power meant nothing.

The mansion was vast, immaculate, and unbearably quiet. Not the calm silence of peace, but the heavy kind—the kind that accuses. It lingered in the walls, followed you into rooms, sat beside you at the table, and reminded you of everything you could not fix.

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