Even After Death Novel (Olivia)

The wind blew bitingly cold on her face. Olivia was frozen to the core, but she pushed herself up and continued chasing after the car.

She overestimated the current condition of her body and only ran for a couple of feet before crashing back to the ground.

The car door opened. She saw a pair of shiny, tailored leather shoes halt before her. Slowly, she moved her sight from the shoes and up the trousers until she met Ethan’s cold and unnerving gaze.

“Ethan …” Olivia muttered weakly.

A pair of slender hands reached out to her. In a trance, Olivia thought she caught a glimpse of the young man she had fallen head over heels for all those years back. She could not help but stretch out her hands to him.

Just as their hands touched, Ethan pulled back, extinguishing the light in her after giving her false hope and causing her to fall once more.

She had not injured herself before this, but when she slipped this time, she cut her palms on the pieces of shattered glass on the ground. Blood started trickling down her palms to her arms.

A shadow seemed to flit across Ethan’s face, but he stayed motionless.

Olivia was stunned. Back then, he would rush her to the hospital in the middle of the night even though she merely had a cut on her finger.

She remembered the doctor chuckling and saying, “Thank goodness he brought you here in time. Otherwise, your wound would’ve healed on its own.”

The man before her and the one in her memories were the same person. He had the same eyes and face. Looking back, she realized that the concern he once showed for her was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a shade of icy indifference.

In a cold voice, Ethan said, “Olivia, do you really think that I don’t know you? You could easily run a mile and do a somersault. Do you expect me to believe you’d fall after running just a couple of steps?”

He stared at her, the mockery in his eyes like a knife cutting through her.

Olivia bit her lip and tried to explain. “It’s not like that. I’m not lying to you. I’m just a little weak because I’m sick—”

for her to finish. He crouched and tilted her

daughter. You two are pretentious to the extreme and would put on a stupid act just

cold wind, and they stabbed at her heart repeatedly. She swatted his hand

father is an upright person. He would never do anything

check from his wallet instead. He carelessly wrote on the check, held it in between two fingers, and placed it

you want

would spare Olivia the headache of securing funds for her father’s medical bills. However, she did not take the check because Ethan would not be so

have one condition, though,” Ethan added and whispered in her ear. “This money is all yours

shot

by grabbing her by the wrist, and as Olivia struggled against

tone became harsher. “Oh? You don’t want to do it? He’ll have to die in the hospital then. I’ve already picked a burial spot for him

she asked, “Why did

her life was long gone, replaced by a ruthless person who

dim light from the nearby lamp post illuminated his face, further emphasizing his

say it, right?” He released his grasp on

him, but he shoved her away and told her in a tone devoid of

paper shreds fell from his hands, just

as her tears continued to flow. She looked like a child who had lost everything she valued, anxious

get in his car, he heard a thud. He turned around to

an anxious look on his face as he asked, “Mr. Miller, Mrs.

gaze was unsettling when he looked at Kelvin. “Are you

had been working

over heels for Mrs. Miller in the past, but his entire personality seemed to

employer’s family matter, so he dared not probe further. He

through the rearview mirror and found that she still

improved

prevent her from being a target of bullying. She had a black belt in Taekwondo and was an expert in

someone as fit and healthy as

for money. As this thought crossed his mind, he averted his gaze from the rearview mirror, refusing to

gradually disappear, Keith finally

again, she found herself in the room she had left not too long ago. A needle was stuck in the back of her hand, and the