Chapter 29

Tears streamed down Olivia’s cheeks.

She knew that she and Ethan could never go back to how things were before. He had betrayed her and destroyed the Fordhamns, and the Fordhams owed him his sister’s life.

Those debts could never be settled. Trying to resolve them would only serve to tighten the knots of their relationship, suffocating them and leading to an inevitable end.

Ethan held her face in his hands, wiping away her tears with his cheeks. “Liv, don’t love me. Hate me instead. t betrayed you, I killed our child, and I can never turn back.”

She sensed his inner turmoil, but amidst that, she could feel the tenderness he still had for her like a calm oasis in a turbulent desert sandstorm. However, she knew that the oasis would soon be destroyed by the raging winds.

room, leaving Olivia behind. Olivia knew

of the study, Madam Burgess was nowhere to be seen. The kind–hearted Madam Burgess had always believed their conflicts to be petty quarrels and had even attempted to mediate between

Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware of her grave

spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was hit

had made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia poured herself some into a bowl. The steam from the pot veiled her face, obscuring her

expression was calm. She had found a solution

the debt my

chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy the remaining days of

he would no longer be burdened by

He would have the beloved wife and a

Aside from the fact that she would be gone, everything would be fine, and that would be wonderful. Olivia suddenly felt the

from her own constraints.

didn’t return, and the Miller residence was as

morning, Olivia woke up early for the first time after confining herself to the room for so many days. The rest had greatly improved her spirits, and Madan Burgess had played

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