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 knew that this was

seen. The kind–hearted Madam Burgess had

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

the spacious mansion. It wasn’t

of chowder Madam Burgess had made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia poured herself some

a

the debt my

undergoing chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy the remaining days of

that he would no longer be

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

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 realized

from her own constraints.

didn’t return, and the Miller residence

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

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