Even After Death Novel (Olivia)

Chapter 21

It had been so long since he called her “darling.” Hearing that stunned Olivia, and she lay still in a daze.

She didn’t know how much he had drunk to get to this state. He was behaving as if they hadn’t argued. He pulled Olivia into his armis. Enclosed in the heat of his familiar embrace, Olivia almost could not control herself.

Struggling to remain rational, she reached out to push him away but Ethan stopped her, took her hand, and brought it to his lips. His warm lips gently brushed the back of her hand as he muttered, “Where did you go? I looked for you for so long.”

Olivia couldn’t hold back her tears. It seemed that she was set to spend all the tears she had that year. Fighting her tears, she asked, “Weren’t you the one who pushed me away?”

“Nonsense.” Ethan held her tighter, drunkenly kissing the back of her ear. “The person I love the most in my life is you. How could 1 bear to push you away?”

Pushing him away, she said, “Ethan, take a good look at who I am.”

drawn. Under the faint illumination from the yard, Ethan noticed that her eyes

I just wake you up?” he asked. He lowered himself and gently kissed away her

up like this. If he was even a little bit sober, he wouldn’t forget how much he hated

her head in his embrace. Sniffling and trembling, she asked, “Ethan,

you talking

this world ages and eventually falls sick before dying. No one

will die with you. We will enter eternal slumber together

sure you’ll celebrate with fireworks and marry someone else

He sat up, grabbed her hand, and placed it on his bare chest under his shirt, his skin flush against her palm. His heart was beating fast, like a

speak seriously, “Do you hear it? It’s beating for

eyes,

startling Olivia. Without warning, Ethan’s body pressed against hers. As he planted another drunken kiss on her, his usual

let’s make

Olivia’s tears streamed even harder down her