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.

Olivia behind. Olivia knew that this was their

Burgess had always believed their conflicts to be petty quarrels and had

rightful Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware of her

It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was hit by the emptiness

made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia poured herself some into a bowl. The steam from the pot

expression was calm. She had found a solution to

debt my father owes you,”

undergoing chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy

no longer be burdened by hatred

life, she would just have to give up her own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he had always longed for

everything would be fine, and that

from her own constraints.

didn’t return, and the Miller residence was

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

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