Chapter 4

(Olivia's POV)

After saying this, Ethan hung up the phone. His amber eyes hardened as he looked at me with contempt.

"Olivia, if you have the guts, don't let Lily call me again," he said coldly.

Without another word, he turned and walked toward the door. His shoulders were straight, his stride confident - the walk of a man who believed he was completely in the right.

Just as he stepped out, my legs gave way beneath me. A loud thud echoed through the small house as I collapsed to the floor.

Ethan instinctively turned back. His eyes narrowed when he saw me sprawled on the hardwood.

"Olivia, I warned you, don't try these pathetic tricks in front of me," he sneered.

I lay on the cold floor, still semi-conscious. His words pierced me like silver daggers, each syllable dripping with disdain.

In his mind, I was just a conniving woman resorting to desperate measures. A manipulative female trying to gain his attention through pathetic tricks.

He saw me as the woman who had drugged him five years ago on his anniversary with Victoria Frost. The evil witch who forced his precious Victoria to leave the territory alone and endure hardship while pregnant with Emma.

Now, he believed I was using Lily's illness to compete with Victoria for his

attention. The thought made bile rise in my throat.

I wanted to scream the truth. To tell him how our daughter had suffered, how she had begged for his love until her final breath.

My lips parted, trying to form words. I wanted to tell him to leave, to never come back.

But weakness overwhelmed me. A wave of darkness crashed over my consciousness, pulling me under.

(Ethan's POV)

I stared at Olivia's collapsed form, annoyance flickering through me.

This was just another one of her manipulative tactics. She'd always been dramatic, but this was taking it too far.

I turned to leave again but something made me pause. Her breathing seemed shallow, her face unnaturally pale.

With an irritated sigh, I walked back and nudged her shoulder. "Olivia, enough." She didn't respond. I crouched down and shook her more firmly. "Olivia!"

When she slumped back down, my annoyance evaporated, replaced by instinct. I caught her before her head hit the floor, cradling her limp body.

The sight of her pale face and closed eyes finally convinced me. This wasn't an act.

fingers against her neck, relieved to find a pulse,

the bedroom. Her weight was alarmingly

the bed, I pulled out my

doctor had been with our

master bedroom while I waited impatiently outside. When he finally emerged, his expression

wrong with her?" I asked before he could

knew better than to underestimate my question. He had served the Stone family for twenty years, witnessing my transformation

find the woman who had cared for me during my amnesia. I became increasingly cold and distant until Olivia entered my

malnutrition," Dr. Bennett reported, adjusting his glasses.

raised an

eyes flickered to mine, then away. "Combined with sleep deprivation and poor nutrition, it's caused her body to simply shut

grief. What did Olivia have to grieve about? Our daughter was fine - just sick, not dead as she kept

we send someone from the main house to

of how devoted

I replied curtly, dismissing Dr. Bennett with

(Olivia's POV)

in a nightmare, reliving

Fletcher stood before me, his face grave. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Winters. The

my voice rising. "The surgery was scheduled

was redirected to another patient," he said, not meeting

has

Fletcher's silence confirmed my

room, pulling out my phone to

"Lily needs you. The donor

my pleas

Lily's bedside, taking her small hand in mine. Her

barely audible.

very busy, sweetheart. But he loves

understanding beyond her years. "It's okay,

small fingers tightened around mine. "Mommy,

baby," I whispered, stroking her

hurt?" she asked, her voice

shook my head, unable to speak past

whispered, her eyes growing heavy. "Can you tell Daddy I love him? Even

could answer, her small hand slipped from mine. The monitors began

gathering her in my arms. "Lily,

my chest, desperately trying to warm her,

baby," I sobbed, rocking her back and

gone.

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