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.

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

“Hadley…”

“Don’t say anything.”

weighed on Hadley, leaving her unwilling to argue any further. “My mother loved me. She worried about me until her last moments… I can’t stand the thought of

eyes brimming with tears that threatened to spill, her face on the verge of crumbling.

to treat me better from now on? Was that

himself speechless.

but could

Hadley’s distraught face,

Hadley said softly, her plea

to curb his frustration,

“Thank you.”

handed her the bouquet and watched her slowly move

follow was strong… yet

Once perhaps he had, but who

was once her husband.

moment, however, he failed

wouldn’t change

to one day reclaim that

grave, Hadley hesitated briefly before kneeling to arrange the bouquet of flowers.

mother’s tombstone featured a photograph of her in her youth, full

of her mother’s

passage of time, the memories always

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profound grief.

mother would not have met with that

“Mom, mom.”

tears streamed down her face. “Mom, it’s Hadley. I’m

and yearning overwhelmed her simultaneously.

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

matter how heartfelt her apologies, they

“Hadley?”

female voice

her

is you,

tears tinging her

all these years, you’ve

over

anyone else, Noreen might appear a caring

her aunt and the very woman who had torn her family apart and left her

stolen her sister’s husband,

with these games? Why did she not shed

ended in fury,

she now crying for Brady?

and Cade; perfectly matched in their

had succumbed to bribery, but Noreen, what was her angle now?

years away from Srixby, I’ve been the one tending to your mother’s grave. We even had this tombstone restored just last

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