After Death, Love Unveiled

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Asher could tell Ursa was mockingbim, and it made him feel a bit frustrated. Elara had rushed our of the classroom yesterday, and Asher hadn't expected it to be because of her father.

In the past, if something big happened. Elarn would always come to Asher first. Back then, he thought she was incredibly annoying.

But now, when she no longer turned to him and went to Lysander instead, Asher found himself unexpectedly feeling a deep sense of disappointment.

If she had come to me, I definitely would've gone with her to Lodorwood, just like Lysander did, Asher thought.

After walking Cotton, Elara returned to see Ursa standing alone nearby. Asher was already gone. "He left?" Elara asked.

Ursa nodded. "Yes. I told him about you and Mr. Hawthorne going to Lodorwood. He didn't seem very happy. He just left without saying anything."

Elara sighed. "Ursa, are all men like this?"

"Like what?" Ursa asked.

"When you treat them well, they don't care about you. But once you stop paying attention, they start acting all emotional, like they're deeply in love, just to disgust you," Elara said.

It was like they enjoyed building up this image of themselves as devoted. Even when they didn't care at all, they had to make it look like the relationship ended, but it wasn't their fault. Asher was exactly like that now. Ursa simply replied, "Yes,"

Elara glanced at her, smiled slightly, and dropped the subject. Everyone was focused on their exams at the moment, and no one had the time or energy to be distracted by anything else.

discharged from the hospital. He had returned a couple of days earlier. Elara had insisted he stay, in on the 26th, so he came back to Brookfield a bit earlier, accompanied by Monica and Chloe. That afternoon, Barrett was in his study, still in his pajamas, catching up on work

at her as she sat down and opened her laptop,

landslide on the highway between Lodorwood and Soward Mount, and several

supplies to the children. If you hadn't left earlier, we might've been caught

hospital that day. About the time and the place, Elara had been

I

entered the room. Seeing Chloe already there,

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glanced at her.

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out. The moment she saw the news, her first

and change his plans, they could've been

of you, go," Barrett said, his eyes fixed on the laptop screen.

A few words from Elara had helped him resolve the fire safety issue

casually, but now it seemed that her words weren't random at all. And when he connected it to what had happened with Regal Crest Hotel, it was becoming even more intriguing. When Elarrleft school, she saw Lysander already waiting for her at the entrance. The

a little uneasy under his

into the car, Lysander rested his arm on the window and looked over at Elara. "I

"What news?" Elara asked.

on the Soward Mount highway,"

a bit guilty.

earlier at school on Twitter and had been relieved that

like your

"Yeah, seems like it. I didn't expect

was that also something you

about me and you?" he