Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

Chapter 220 Provocation

I didn’t return to my place for dinner with Ryan and my family that night. Instead, I stayed with Atlas. After what he told me, I couldn’t leave him alone in his vast mansion on New Year’s Eve.

He told me a lot about his happy times with his parents before he turned ten. However, he didn’t mention his life after losing them, and I didn’t dare to ask. I believed those were the scars he didn’t want to reopen.

No wonder he loved being home so much, and he was so patient with Ava. I guessed he was emulating

his dad.

While listening to his stories, I had a strange feeling that I had lost many happy memories. I only remembered things from my senior year of high school but had no memories of what happened before.

I couldn’t recall much of my childhood or how my parents treated me. It was as if I had no friends. I even envied Atlas for speaking of his past happiness and sorrow. Still, I wondered if I had chosen to forget

certain things.

I wanted to ask him about Annalise, but my words would always get stuck in my throat. Atlas and I spent New Year’s Day snuggled together.

a reception occurred at the Pierce family’s mansion in Nocturnia that day. However, it ended in disarray due to Atlas’s absence. As a result, it affected me,

company was Stella. She

but admired her acting skills and impeccable composure. It would be a waste of her skills if I didn’t

celebrate in Nocturnia?”

as I

was in a hurry when I left and didn’t have time to say

are also in

in surprise, “You didn’t

feigned curiosity.

My dad and Atlas’s

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return to pay our respects yearly,” Stella spoke of these events without a hint of sorrow, “Later, my mom was heartbroken and fell severely ill. She passed away in less

a similar fate, and it all started with the Pierce family. That’s why they take good care of me, especially Atlas. He once swore at my parents‘ grave that he would never upset