Their Villain, The Mogul's Beloved

By the time the Turner family rushed back to the Turner Mansion, the fire had already been extinguished.

The Turner Mansion was not severely damaged, but Dereck and Teri died.

Edgar, hit by multiple blows, suffered a heart attack relapse and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Other family members went to the hospital to look after Edgar, while Natasha accompanied Alexei to collect Dereck’s body.

The fire first started in the bedroom of Teri.

After leaving the engagement ceremony, Teri returned to the Turner family.

She could no longer return to the Westwood family. Her family members hated

her.

The Westwood family’s pillars collapsed, and their assets and residences were confiscated and mortgaged. Overnight, her family members plummeted from privileged elites to the lowest–class commoners, condemned by everyone both online and offline.

Struggling to survive, they had no desire to see the one they considered the root

cause.

The world was vast, but Teri was utterly alone, deserted by everyone close to her, with nowhere to go.

She had resolved to die.

When Dereck heard Teri wanted to see him and was invited to the room by a servant, he saw Teri wearing a wedding dress and getting ready at the dressing table.

After his surprise, he pressed his lips together, speechless,

He and Teri had a very low–key wedding.

At that time, Unity had passed away, and he had been hospitalized for half a year. Physically and psychologically, he had no desire to hold another grand wedding.

The custom–made wedding dress Teri had ordered abroad, which cost a fortune, was not completed and went unused. She carefully stored it away.

This was one of her unresolved issues.

It was also why she was so obsessed with showing off a perfect couple image in front of others, creating the illusion of a harmonious marriage.

Dereck didn’t understand what it meant for her to take it out and wear it.

He also didn’t ask her why she left the engagement party early.

stopped talking a long time

she just combed her

was just that the person wearing it

so much weight recently, worrying about the Westwood family, that

“I wish I had

a photo

a wedding photo he had tucked into a bookshelf,

His and Unity’s.

groom just going through the motions at another wedding a few years later didn’t seem like the same person

to erase her from your heart, but for all these years, I’ve been like a clown frantically wiping away someone else’s marks, scrubbing countless times, only to realize that the marks weren’t written, but

efforts were futile from

:

tell me where I

had a faint smile in the photo, and said in a calm

and power could bury the pain of losing her,

laughter. “But I sacrificed

the armrest of the wheelchair. “I

a good husband nor a good

hug you again?” Teri

but still reached out

bent down, and hugged him, tears rolling down her face.

into his heart from

I had no choice but to take you with

he resist; he just smiled faintly in relief. “Next life, don’t like

“No, I won’t like you. Let’s

her bloodstained wedding gown, pulled out the

go,

enduring pain. Tears streamed down her chin.

blurred, and he smiled vaguely,

marry me again.”

also smiled. “Dereck,

wanted to leave

didn’t intentionally set

stab did not hit Dereck’s heart; she

help,

He wanted to join

grab a photo of him and Unity but stumbled, knocking over a scented candle. The flame ignited the tablecloth, starting

managed to get the

who was on stage playing the cello and smiling at him. He smiled faintly and said, “I’m sorry, I didn’t take good care