Chapter 819:

“Understood, Mr. Noel.”

Before the call ended, Nicholas burst in, his face marked by panic.

He was so distressed that he lost his usual composure, his voice quivering.

“Mr. Noel! Ms. Burgess—she… she took sleeping pills to end her life!”

What?

Noah stood, shocked, his eyes wide with disbelief.

Meanwhile, at Myrtlewood Estate, Sadie stood motionless in the cavernous living room, the silence pressing in around her like a second skin.

shallow breaths, as if trying to contain a storm brewing

of Hailey’s pregnancy echoed in her mind, sharp and cruel—like a splinter lodged deep

drifted to the corner of the room, where the trash

in a trance, she stepped toward it, crouched down, and gently retrieved the photo she’d tossed

was beside her, his arm wrapped loosely around her

eyes… his eyes told a different

looked at her like she was the only thing that

slow and cautious, as if she were afraid the memory might shatter

tell if it was sorrow, longing,

broke with

phone lit up.

𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒸h𝒶ρtєrs

eyes and exhaled a shaky

“What is it?”

“Ms. Hudson!”

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