Chapter: 670

Clarify it, and from now on there will be no secrets, no deception, no betrayal between us, okay?” ©

The room fell quiet as Ariana sat, her expectation hanging in the air.

She had prepared herself for any response, her fingers tenderly brushed her abdomen. Her decision was made.

In the silent corners of her mind, she murmured, “Theodore, when you find your words, I’ll let loose the secrets I’ve kept.”

But the prolonged quietness, heavy and suffocating, hadn’t been on her list of anticipations.

Theodore’s silence pushing Ariana towards the edge of frustration. At last, he found his

breaths came in short gasps, his lips trembling, unclear whether from the

is—” Theodore tried again, yet his voice faltered halfway. A

“Marley—is—”

again, his words hung

numerous failed attempts to conclude his sentence, Ariana felt a strange sensation. It was then she noticed the hand she held

ghostly white, his eyes devoid of any spark, his lips carrying a hint of a

like this, an apprehension creeping in that something wasn’t right. She clutched his hand and softly tapped his cool cheek, her voice trembling with

still, seemingly oblivious to her pleas, his voice mechanically

to

he stood, his mind a void, his nerves taut, seeming as though he might shatter

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