Burn the Marriage, Keep the Crown

Chapter 277

Chapter 279

Six Years Ago

It was the first year after Evelyn Vance's death.

Aaron still couldn't find his way out of the shadow her passing had cast over him.

In that house, he didn't have anyone he felt close to.

His parents were both busy with their own lives and barely spared him a thought.

Vivian Vance, his other sister, did try to be closer to him, but she also had her own circle of friends.

Besides, Aaron never liked Vivian's so-called best friends. In his eyes, they were shallow, flashy, and dreadfully dull.

Among the Vance family, only Evelyn was different.

She always stayed quietly in her room, but whenever she saw him, she'd drift over and wrap herself around him—never in that noisy, incessant way Serena did, always chattering as if words would run out if she stopped.

Aaron genuinely enjoyed spending time with Evelyn.

In those moments, the house actually felt a little warmer, as if it was home after all.

Losing Evelyn had been a crushing blow.

a drink just

starting

voice trembled, barely

I'm being followed by some bad

Aaron sobered up instantly.

his hand, making him promise

after Cynthia Lynwood for her.

taken it

car keys, he rushed

described, he arrived to find a group of men trailing after

and pulled up right beside her. The men, startled,

climbing into the

smell of alcohol on him. Worried something might go wrong, she quickly offered to

and switched seats with

woke up, the

in disarray. Next to him lay Cynthia Lynwood, wrapped in a blanket, her bare arms

silent witnesses to the chaos of

at him with shy, pleading

Don't tell me... you don't want to marry me after all?" Cynthia's soft,

out of

He

fragile woman before him, and

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