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.

left the room, leaving Olivia behind. Olivia knew that

kind–hearted Madam Burgess had always believed their

the singular and rightful Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware of

herself. With Madam Burgess by her side, she never felt lonely in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was

there was a pot of chowder Madam Burgess had made waiting in the kitchen.

calm. She had found a solution

debt my father owes you,”

chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy

he would no longer be burdened by hatred and his conflicted. feelings

her own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he had always longed for after

everything would be fine, and that would be wonderful. Olivia suddenly

from her own constraints.

didn’t return, and the Miller

first time after confining herself to the room for so many days. The rest

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