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

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

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

in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left

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

calm. She had found a solution to the exhausting game they were stuck

I will repay the debt my father owes you,” she thought

she decided to enjoy the remaining days

he would no longer be burdened

a better life, she would just have to give up her own. He would have the beloved wife and

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

from her own constraints.

Ethan didn’t return, and the Miller residence was as silent as

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

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