After Death, Love Unveiled

Chapter 126

On her wedding night, Natalie found herself overwhelmed with an unsettling sense of bad luck. She couldn't help but question, if only for a moment, whether she should have married Curtis. But the thought was fleeting, and she quickly brushed it aside. Turning to Elara, Natalie said, "I'm heading to the hospital. Let me know if anything comes up on your end. And don't let Lysander push you around."

"Alright, you be careful too," Elara replied.

It was frustrating, really, to have such an event on the very day of her wedding.

Elara put down her phone just as Lysander emerged from the shower. He looked far better than he had on the drive back, more like himself again. "Natalie just called," Elara said. "She's already given Uncle Harold a piece of her mind on my behalf. She was worried you might still be upset."

Since the last incident, Charlotte had all but vanished. Her fans had initially kept asking about her online, but recently even they had stopped stirring things up. It was as if she'd vanished into thin air, and no one knew where she'd gone. Worried, Elara thought, 'If Lysander is still upset, what if Uncle Harold's estate ends up going under?'

Lysander simply replied, "I'm fine."

"Uncle Harold's hotel isn't going to go bankrupt, is it?" Elara asked cautiously.

Lysander paused at her question, giving her a curious look. He couldn't help but ask, "Am I really that scary?"

"You looked scary when you came home earlier," Elara admitted. She hadn't dared to ask him about it then, afraid it would only make things worse.

Lysander reassured her. "Since Harold's your uncle, then he's my family too. I'm not that petty."

He implied, however, that if Elara weren't with him, Harold might end up suffering the consequences. Regardless, Elara felt a wave of relief. "As long as you're not mad."

"Come on, time to get to bed." Seeing her relax, Lysander tried to draw her over.

Elara quickly focused back on her laptop, pretending to be engrossed in work. "You go ahead. I've got a few words left to type." She was still working on her novel. "How long will that take?" he asked.

"Maybe half an hour," she replied.

"I'll wait for you," Lysander said. Hearing this, Elara felt her legs go weak.

After stalling for another full hour, thinking he'd fall asleep, she finally shut her laptop. But when she looked over, he was still sitting there, flipping through a book by the bedside.

Elara would miss him every time he was not around. However, after he returned, just for a couple of days, she found herself secretly wishing he'd leave again. Of course, she did not dare to say this.

up at her, Elara walked over and, trying to sound casual, asked, "So... when are

me here, so I won't be leaving anytime

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thought. When he was

return to Brookfield to handle some matters that required her signature. Elara wasted no time. She bought a ticket

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her note, he

had wrapped up her work in Brookfield and returned to Starfield City, Grace

accident had been serious. While she had barely survived, Grace was now paralyzed from the waist down and would require constant care for the rest of her life. To take care of her, Natalie had to visit the hospital every day. When Elara invited her out for a meal, Natalie regretfully declined, saying she simply didn't have

post-marriage life, Elara decided to go directly to the hospital herself to

hospital, she hadn't even reached the door before she heard Grace's voice from inside the room. "Go get

water for Mrs. Kerwin," Natalie instructed the

you to

right now." Natalie was holding her phone, replying to work messages. Every day after finishing her job,

seemed determined to make things difficult for Natalie. It was almost as

insisted on making Natalie do them. Natalie, who had grown up

hearing Natalie's response, immediately looked hurt, her tone

care for me, just say it. There's no

go. Don't feel obligated to

now,

cursed inwardly. She got

Grace complained, handing the glass back after

by Grace who seemed to want nothing more than to wear her down. "I come here every day after work to take care of you, more often than your own son does. What exactly do you want from me?" Natalie's tone held a

nothing of me. Don't look down on me, Natalie. If it weren't for this accident, I wouldn't be any less capable than you. After Curtis's father passed, I kept the Kerwin family together all on my own..." "Yes, I know how capable you are," Natalie answered flatly. "But I didn't cause your accident, so could you stop being so hostile? I come to the hospital to care

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