After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 106

As those words hung in the air, Nolan suddenly appeared beside them.

He grabbed Aurelia's arm furiously, his eyes blazing.

"Aurelia, can't you behave yourself for one moment? What right do you have to throw away the ring I gave Evangeline?"

Aurelia looked directly into his eyes and noticed something unexpected amid his anger-a glimmer of hope.

Could it be that he wished she had thrown away Evangeline's ring out of jealousy?

A wave of bitterness washed over her heart, but she forced herself to smile.

"Why would I throw away a meaningless ring? To me, it's worth less than the cash you throw at me."

Nolan's eyes instantly turned cold and merciless. He shoved her violently into the lake with a loud splash, followed by her startled cry, but he had already turned away without a second glance.

"I don't care how you do it just bring that ring back!

With that, he took Evangeline's hand and hurried away without hesitation.It was the dead of winter, shortly after a snowfall, and brutally cold.

Ice floes dotted the lake's surface—the mere sight of them was enough to send shivers down one's spine.

Submerged in the water, Aurelia felt her body nearly seize up from the bone- chilling cold. The muddy bottom concealed sharp fragments that sliced into her feet, drawing blood.

blood stained large patches of the water's surface. Finally, she found the ring at the bottom of the lake. When she appeared before Nolan, wounded and

she took the

days that followed, Nolan

an errand, she stepped out of her car to see the entire Creed mansion

was in danger!The thought had barely registered before she was

the household staff only came to

he was the only person in

had spread with alarming speed. He must have taken sleeping pills to rest, leaving him

entire weight onto her shoulders, inching painfully toward the

grew more intense, virtually cutting

burning beam crashed down from above. With no time to think, she threw herself over Nolan

into her back, nearly

her shoulder, brow furrowed, she felt a determination unlike any she had known before. She had to save Nolan, even at the cost of her own

reckless disregard for her safety, she somehow managed

collapsed onto the lawn where she gasped desperately for fresh air,

saw Evangeline running frantically toward them, she summoned her last reserves of strength to push

wakes up, tell

at her, bewildered by her actions. She called out to Aurelia as she tried to leave,

me the truth-did you deliberately kill Nolan's

at the question. After a long silence,

she hurried away