Chapter 10

Outside the window, the wind howled. Yvette's pale, slender hand rested on her abdomen. Her gaze was vacant.

Claude had just told her that the doctor had discovered she was pregnant.

Yvette felt sullen; she had conceived the baby at a bad time.

Viola studied Yvette's gaze, which was hollow and devoid of any will to live. She made a tough decision right then and there. "Yvette."

It took a while for Yvette to come to her senses. She turned her head toward Viola and responded, "Yes, Viola?"

With reddened eyes, Viola gently brushed the stray hairs away from Yvette's temples with her hand, which was marked with signs of aging.

"Yvette, I don't have children and have always treated you as my own daughter. I wish, above all else, for you to have a healthy life. Being wealthy and affluent isn't really that important.

"How can I live on if my only daughter yearns for death?"

Yvette's eyes widened at the sight of Viola grabbing a fruit knife.

"I took care of you until you were ten years old, and then! couldn't be with you anymore. This is all my fault. I'll atone for my mistake to Mr. Snyder now!" Viola exclaimed and began to cut her wrist with the knife.

Yvette was shocked at the scene unfolding before her. She

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try to stop Viola, but she couldn't

Don't..."

However, Viola didn't stop.

red slashes on Viola's wrist. "I

said the words Viola had wanted to hear, the latter finally stopped. Her eyes were

or Xavier anything! From now on, you must live well for those who love you-for me, and

and live

no longer her mother, and Terrence was no longer her brother. Her only family was Viola and the

her resolution this way, but

was Yvette's mother and had brought the latter into the

kind of twisted

her hospital stay, Yvette learned from Claude

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had fled to a foreign

they were square. The more pressing matter at the moment was her pregnancy.

knew how much Xavier disliked her. If he found out,

three days in the hospital, Yvette

first, intending to settle matters with Xavier before joining her

countryside.

hospital, Archibald Shaw, Tristan's grandfather, took Tristan to the hospital. He wanted Tristan

happened to catch a

thought she had gone missing!" Tristan muttered under

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