Billionaire Ex-wife: I Can't Live Without You

Chapter 2178

The stern, aloof face of Nathan was no longer there.

In its place was the image of a handsome yet entirely unfamiliar young man, someone Lucinda had never laid eyes on before.

She approached, suspicion etched on her face.

“During my half year in Forden, I visited almost every two to three days.

Your photo was there before.

When was it replaced?”

Lucinda found it perplexing.

“If the photo had been replaced with the real Nathaniel’s, how could Vivien not know, and not have come to mourn her brother in the past year and a half?”

Nathan gently placed his white flowers before the tombstone and bowed slightly, paying his respects to the departed.

“Last night, just before I went to sleep, I sent an instruction to the Forden Police Department, asking them to replace the photo on the tombstone overnight.

”

“That fast?”

Nathan’s gaze held a peculiar glimmer.

“Would you rather have my photo gracing this tombstone for eternity?”

Lucinda was caught off guard, her response grave.

“Let not such ill-fated words escape your lips.

”

Skillfully diverting the conversation, Nathan broached a different topic.

“Nathaniel, at the tender age of fifteen, met his demise in a tragic accident.

He was my most adept comrade.

The burden of guilt for his passing has weighed heavily upon me…”

Lucinda listened attentively, though she had heard this narrative once before, upon discovering Nathan’s faked death.

She patiently absorbed his words as he recounted the tale.

enrolled in the military academy affiliated with the National Security Bureau in Stastle from his childhood, Amanda and Vivien Lost touch with him

was

his suspicions arose swiftly, yet he concealed

”

etched across Lucinda’s

bore some connection to

recall the time before our union, when I treated you with utmost kindness, nurturing you as if you were my sister? Yet, upon learning of our impending marriage,

”

“Indeed, I do.

”

of the Roberts family, her memory remained

Nathan’s gaze fell dejectedly.

his lips parting several times before he added, “Logan sought me

He requested that I…”

inquired, “What did he request

life and conduct rituals to wed you to the departed Nathaniel, in an

”

Logan wanted Lucinda

her mind conjuring the image of Logan’s once

never have fathomed that Logan harbored such malevolent intentions all along while

it’s preposterous that he harbored such superstitions, believing

It’s truly absurd.

”

“Yes.

Nathan gently touched

I was still under the Roberts family’s protection, and Logan hadn’t yet entrusted me with the full executive power

his absurd behavior to the police, I had no choice but to distance

spoke harshly to push you away, all

”

him that our personalities

the Roberts family residence and moved to Bay Villa, mainly to

those years, Logan never had a chance to bring

you are aware

had heated arguments with Logan

I was safeguarding your life, but I failed to see the toll it took on

Roberts family to scheme against you, leading to

was entirely my

”

mind simultaneously analyzing his

remember that before Logan passed away, he held my hand and implored me not to

but it turns out none