Chapter 29
Tears streamed down Olivia’s cheeks.
She knew that she and Ethan could never go back to how things were before. He had betrayed her and destroyed the Fordhamns, and the Fordhams owed him his sister’s life.
Those debts could never be settled. Trying to resolve them would only serve to tighten the knots of their relationship, suffocating them and leading to an inevitable end.
Ethan held her face in his hands, wiping away her tears with his cheeks. “Liv, don’t love me. Hate me instead. t betrayed you, I killed our child, and I can never turn back.”
She sensed his inner turmoil, but amidst that, she could feel the tenderness he still had for her like a calm oasis in a turbulent desert sandstorm. However, she knew that the oasis would soon be destroyed by the raging winds.
behind. Olivia knew that this
kind–hearted Madam Burgess had always believed their conflicts to be petty quarrels and had even attempted to mediate between
eyes, Olivia was the singular and rightful Mrs. Miller,
at herself. With Madam Burgess by her side, she never felt lonely in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was hit by the emptiness
made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia poured herself some into
eating, Olivia’s expression was calm. She had found a solution to the
debt my father owes you,” she thought to
chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy the remaining days of her
no
up her own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he
be fine, and that would be wonderful. Olivia suddenly felt the chains binding her loosen, and she realized
from her own constraints.
night, Ethan didn’t return, and the Miller residence was as silent
for so many days. The rest had greatly improved her spirits, and Madan Burgess had played a significant role in