Beyond the Divorce

Sure enough, Grayson continued, "As a result, Celine was ruthless. An old servant of the Pierce family rescued Mr. Atlas and sent him away overnight." Grayson shook his head helplessly. As I listened to the story, I felt like it was becoming more difficult to breathe. Excruciating pain spread to every cell of my body. My head throbbed, and Grayson was alarmed. "Chloe..." he called.

I quickly waved him away. "It's okay, it's okay. Keep going, I want to hear this."

Grayson looked at me concernedly. "But..."

"I really am fine. It's an old illness. No big deal," I reassured Grayson earnestly.

After hesitating for a moment, Grayson continued under my determined gaze. "The latest information I found is that at that time, Atlas did find Stella. They were on the run when Stella had a car accident. She suffered a head injury and... a serious collarbone injury."

As he spoke, I was stunned. "... A collarbone injury?"

"Yes, a severe collarbone injury. The head injury was even worse," Grayson said, his eyes fixed on me.

My thoughts came to an abrupt halt. I felt like I had fallen into an icy cellar.

My hands unconsciously went to my once injured collarbone, and I stared at Grayson in disbelief. I didn't dare ask the question burning in my mind.

injury?

impossible, absolutely impossible. There was no

head. I did have an injury on my collarbone, but it wasn't from a car accident. It was from

for a long time before asking Grayson cautiously, "What kind of car accident

they were trying to evade a pursuing car that rammed into them. Atlas was

see the scene

without

and sent back there. Shortly after that, we learned that she died there. As for what exactly happened during that time, only Mr. Atlas has

found about

Stella."

me that personally. But

up after being thrown out of the

I desperately tried to control my thoughts and not dwell on the details. But it seemed impossible. Fragments of