Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

Chapter 643 An Unbearable Death

Atlas took out his phone, pulled up his gallery, and placed the phone in my hands. He started to recount the past.

"Take a look. This is the real Annalise!"

I gazed at the young girl in the phone album. She was beautiful, with lively, sparkling eyes and a radiant smile.

"The night after Aunt Hailey passed away, we huddled in that empty room. I'll never forget the loneliness, helplessness, and fear. It made me anxious."

He glanced at me, his eyes filled with bitterness.

"I was scared, but Aunt Hailey told me I was a man and had to take care of Stella. Once lively and bustling with family, that room ended up with just the two of us. It was eerily silent."

A faint, sorrowful twitch appeared at the corner of Atlas's mouth.

still recalled those events with a sense of

was cry in my arms. I wanted to as well, but I didn't dare to cry, let alone sleep. Aunt Hailey's departure haunted me. I just

was there to inspect our house. When she walked in and saw us, she asked her entourage sternly, 'Why are they

to let me take you to Grandma's house, but no one listened. I watched as they dragged you into that car. You reached out,

me tightened as

his embrace, and

here!" He hugged me tighter. "Chlo, don't be afraid. We

thought that this separation would last for two years. I begged Grandpa to

no memories, and at

I could imagine Atlas's plight at the time. He had lost both of his parents, and the only family he had left had

day, I overheard

that it was Rory's daughter. I was

furious because I had heard Grandpa and others say that after my parents' deaths, the Pierce family took over my father's company and wouldn't let go. Grandpa tried several times but failed." Rose had told me before that the Lively family's influence

looked at Atlas and