Chapter 349

She raised an eyebrow and said calmly, “I only found out recently that Macy died during childbirth. She was brought to K City on the day of your incident. She was drugged and placed in Nick’s house to draw you out of the villa so as to kidnap you. After she found out that she caused your miscarriage, Macy became overwhelmed and had a premature birth at only seven months that ended in her death.”

I collapsed on the floor in front of the photo on the headstone. My eyes hurt and I felt like a dagger had pierced through my chest.

Jackson had been avoiding me and stayed in Jadeborough all this time because he didn’t want to see me. For so long, I assumed that Macy had gone to Moranta because she fell ill during childbirth.

Everything happened because she’s gone. But why? Why didn’t Jackson tell me?

Stacey walked over to me and supported my body. I shook my head but no tears fell.

I kept replaying the scene of the last time I said goodbye to Macy in my head.

It was funny. I never expected the time Marcus brought me out for a walk would be the last time I saw her and Jackson.

I thought that once I recovered, I would be able to happily rejoin them and everything would be just like how it used to be.

I never could have imagined that that was the last time.

“Scarlett!” shouted a doubtful male voice from behind me.

my eyes hurt so badly that I couldn’t open them. Through the blinding sunlight, I managed to make out the figures

Jackson!They didn’t

saw them? It hadn’t been very long, but it felt like a

Wd

didn’t you tell me?” The voice that escaped

and helped me up from the ground. He tried to clear his hoarse throat as he said, “She hoped you

couldn’t even squeeze one tear out. Yet, my heart was bleeding. I knew that she was just afraid that I wouldn’t be able to take the blow of her passing so soon after losing

say anything

her child. You can choose the name. You don’t have to be worried

calmly, as though he had

body was freezing, but my

fought the pain in my chest as I

moment I spoke, I tasted an acrid

coughed and blood spewed from

agonizing pain in my chest followed. The pain was so intense that even my bones felt like

“Scarlett!”

“Ms. Stovall!”

held me in his arms. His eyes flashed red as he bellowed at Stacey, “Don’t you know she’s depressed? Did you bring her here to push

her head dazedly. “I didn’t know. I thought that you guys had some reasons for

to the hospital!” Nick, who had been silent till that point,

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