Chapter 889

“No, I had no clue before you left Imperial City. I truly liked you then.”

She really had no idea.

She had altered her plans without a care in the world about who was fleeing with Isaac. Her sole focus was eliminating a future threat.

It wasn’t until Joie came knocking that she started digging and uncovered Brittany’s identity.

Grace clutched Brittany’s hand tightly, trembling. “Bri, I’m so sorry. Don’t tell Zac… don’t let him despise me.”

She was at the end of her rope, coughing up blood in heavy spurts, as Brittany’s tears flowed ceaselessly.

“Bri, promise me…”

Grace couldn’t hold on much longer.

Brittany covered her eyes with her hands to hide the scalding tears and, after a long moment, nodded. “Okay.”

Grace got the answer she wanted and then everything became hazy.

Wails of grief echoed from outside the door.

Grace’s hand slowly lost its warmth, and as Brittany stared at her ashen face, it felt as if something inside her had irreparably shattered

The crying grew louder and more intense.

aside as the distant relatives of the Salter

of the discharge procedures and began organizing the funeral

the sky, puzzled as to why the heavens over the Imperial City, usually so

Grace’s passing, once made public, caused quite a

the Imperial City, Grace’s life had been

exceptionally talented. She thrived in both her marriage and her career,

and countless high-society figures rushed

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express their condolences.

last wishes, she was laid to rest

charge of the funeral, making

hours straight, he did

Late at night.

Isaac in front of the

in his black dress shirt, solemn

empathy.

his head, his voice hoarse. “I want to stay with

wouldn’t

silence for a long

the decades was

understood his pain. She too had

led Isaac to the living room and poured him a cup of water, pressing it into his

need

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