Seduced the Doomed Villain (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

The woman seated before the mirror always straightened her mind with solemnity. It was a kind of ritual. This remained true even after portraying someone else.

After removing her makeup and peeling off the skin mask—the final touch of her disguise—a completely different person now sat there.

Diana gazed at Lyla’s true face, unseen for so long, with deep longing in her eyes.

“You’re still beautiful, Lyla.”

Her face, stripped of extravagance, was utterly ordinary. Though unremarkable at first glance, her clear, clean features appeared even more beautiful for their simplicity.

She looked so youthful that it was hard to guess her age—yet she was already well past forty.

Even that “forty” was only what Lyla herself had shared; her actual age remained unknown. She claimed she’d forgotten it, immersed as she was in lives built on lies.

Smiling with that clear face, she resembled a woman in her twenties, transcending time itself. Lyla, having removed her disguise and taken off her wig, tilted her head toward Diana and asked,

“Are you really going to be all right, Miss?”

Huh? About what? Confused by the abrupt, contextless question, Diana blinked her pink eyes.

“About Jamie. If he stops taking that medicine, he’ll be useless for a while, right? It’s like your usual stand-in will vanish.”

“…Lyla.”

“Be honest—haven’t you been comfortable thanks to that boy?”

Lyla’s probing words hardened Diana’s expression. Meeting her gaze—full of disbelief, as if asking how she could say such a thing—Lyla stared back with deep, unwavering eyes.

Even under that piercing look, Diana remained composed.

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