Chapter 184

The next day was a rainy day.

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At 8 AM sharp, two cars parked at the entrance of South Hill Cemetery.

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Alexei got out of the car first, opened a large black umbrella, and then helped Natasha, who was holding flowers, out.

Behind them was Teri, whose face was even paler than the hostas Natasha held.

She silently followed the young couple in front, looking at the long upward steps, each step requiring all her strength.

Unity and her grandparents were interred in the cemetery’s most scenic spot. The three stood before their graves, and Alexei and Natasha stepped forward to pay their respects first.

Natasha placed the flowers before the tombstone and, as usual, chattered to them about Alexei’s recent situation, also complaining that he was too clingy and always interrupted her drawing, and asked them to tell him in a dream to behave better.

Alexei quietly held the umbrella for her, listening to her complaints with a smile.

This warm atmosphere, even on stormy days, felt comforting and endearing, as if they were truly a family gathering and sharing intimate conversations.

Teri’s hand, holding the umbrella, was subtly trembling.

She knew Alexei had relocated Unity’s grave out of the Turner family cemetery, disregarding Dereck’s objections, but she had not inquired where he had moved

her.

Even though Unity was dead, she was still the person Teri least wanted to see in her life.

Natasha finished speaking with Unity’s family of three and finally looked at Teri, who was standing stiffly aside.

Natasha said, “The Westwood family must love you very much, and you must love them too. It’s the same for Unity’s family; her grandparents cherished her dearly.

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They just wanted to take their daughter, let her live far from you, and spend her life peacefully and well. But even this simplest wish could not be realized due to your cruelty.”

The deaths of Unity’s grandparents seemed like accidents, but who could say the Westwood family wasn’t involved?

Since Dereck was unwilling to divorce Unity, they wanted their relationship to be completely fractured, making reconciliation impossible even without a separation.

many people cleared the path for

her lips tightly pressed. As the fine rain drifted onto her, she felt her body become

assume you can’t say anything decent, so today, you don’t need to confess or apologize. All you need to do is

Natasha, but met Alexei’s dark, deep gaze. It was the same calm, piercing, and soul–stirring look she had seen years ago when she tried to abandon him in the mountains to be fed

rigidly, unable

she loved most, shattered her deepest pride, and caused the death of her unborn child. Teri had never begged Unity for

was very calm. “You don’t have to kneel, and you can turn around and leave right now. It just depends

Teri was cornered.

she was wrong, nor could she

matter how much she hated Chloe’s betrayal, that was her niece, whom she had watched grow

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long; she couldn’t

ties once trapped Unity, and now they trapped

patience and were not

felt the warm hand that reached out

of

has indeed lived too well these past

by shattering the pride she

knew how much time passed. Perhaps ten minutes, twenty minutes, or

quiet; besides the sound of wind and rain, almost

go numb, the umbrella in Teri’s hand fell to

she slowly and with great difficulty

Bang.

sound of a head heavily hitting the

with red eyes, Natasha looked at Unity’s gently smiling face on the

thing. If it weren’t for Dereck and

could not be

she would also take good care

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most in

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they had endured, Alexei would help them reclaim, piece by

*****

and Alexei supervising, Teri bowed

Unity, her forehead was already bleeding, the blood mixing with rainwater

for years, held the

Regret it?

Yes, probably.

she stubbornly claimed she had no regrets, she had already realized that after

son. When she finally stood, her legs trembled, her face

she stumbled out of the cemetery with

the pain of humiliation, she brought the good news that Alexei had agreed to have Dylan treat Chloe, and

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