Chapter 210 A Curse To Everyone Around You

Eric was caught off guard. Hadley had never brought up her mother around him before, at least not that he could recall.

Pausing for a moment, he asked, “Is your mother buried here?”

“Yes.”

Her gaze was locked on the distant mountain, her expression filled with melancholy.

Without a word, Eric reached out and took her hand, noting her pallor.

“Is it a special day for her, like a birthday or an anniversary?”

“No.”

Hadley shook her head, letting out a long sigh. “I just really miss her today. I felt drawn here.”

Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke, shimmering with sadness.

Feeling her sorrow, Eric squeezed her hand tighter. “Let’s keep going.”

Navigating the challenging mountain path, Eric was cautious, supporting her at every difficult step.

“Take it slow here.”

Clinging to his arm, Hadley stepped onto stable ground and paused, looking earnestly into his eyes. Eric, confused, asked, “Have we arrived?”

“Eric.” She shook her head gently. “Please stay here. I don’t want my mother to see you.”

“What?”

What did she mean by that?

Eric almost instantly understood, but with that came a surge of uncontrollable anger!

“Hadley!” he exclaimed, releasing her hand and starting to pace.

He stopped abruptly in front of her and asked, “You don’t want her to see me?”

“No.”

Hadley shook her head, her expression open and genuine.

She seemed perplexed by his growing irritation. “Does this upset you?”

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“Should I not feel this way?” Eric asked with a bitter laugh, his complexion turning ashen. “Given the nature of our relationship, shouldn’t I be here to honor your mother?”

“Our relationship?” Hadley echoed his words, her expression void of emotion, her tone icy.

ex–husband, or are you still my boyfriend while having feelings for someone

“Hadley…”

“Don’t say anything.”

She worried about me until her last moments…

that threatened to spill, her face on

treat me better from now on? Was that just empty

himself

could

Hadley’s distraught face, he couldn’t

here,” Hadley said softly, her plea gentle. “I’ll return

to curb his

“Thank you.”

handed her the bouquet and watched her slowly move away.

was strong… yet he merely entertained the

to meet her mother. Once perhaps he had, but who

was once her husband.

failed to appreciate that status.

wouldn’t change

silently vowed to one day reclaim that role.

before kneeling to arrange the

a photograph of her in her youth, full of

her mother’s passing flooded

the memories always left Hadley feeling choked,

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profound grief.

been involved, perhaps her mother would not have

“Mom, mom.”

photo of her mother as tears streamed down her face. “Mom,

overwhelmed

wrapped her arms around the tombstone, as if hugging her mother, saying through tears, “Mom,

matter how heartfelt her apologies, they would never reach her

“Hadley?”

a female voice

her head

is you,

tears tinging her

years, you’ve grown so

swept over Hadley, assessing

might appear a

Hadley’s eyes remained cold. Noreen was her aunt and the very woman who had torn her

person who had stolen her sister’s husband, deceiving

did she not shed a single tear during those shameful moments?

ended in fury, while her mother cut all

now crying

and Cade; perfectly matched in their malevolence–one leaving, the other quick to follow!

but Noreen, what was

“Throughout your years away from Srixby, I’ve been the one tending to your mother’s

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