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—”

did not wait for her to finish. He crouched and tilted her

truly are your father’s daughter. You two are pretentious to the extreme and would put on a

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

is an upright person. He would never do anything

longer wanted to discuss this matter with Olivia and plucked a check from his wallet instead. He carelessly wrote on the check, held it in between two fingers, and placed

want

not a small amount. It 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

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

and her hand shot up

and as Olivia struggled against him, she left

don’t want to do it? He’ll

as she asked, “Why

her for the rest of her life was long gone, replaced by a ruthless person who found joy in making

post illuminated his face, further emphasizing his annoyance

He released his grasp on her and

shoved her away and told her in a

his hands, just like the

Olivia hurried to pick them up as her tears continued to flow. She

his car, he heard a

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

unsettling when he looked at

He had been working for Ethan for a long

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

was his employer’s family matter, so he dared not

Olivia through the rearview mirror and found that she still had not gotten up. The look of disdain on his face

improved

life, Jeff had Olivia participate in various fitness programs since she was young to prevent her from being a target of bullying. She had

and healthy as her would faint

putting on an act for money. As this thought crossed his mind, he averted his gaze from

Keith finally came to Olivia’s

once 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 IV fluid slowly seeped into it. Her left hand was