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.

head injury? A

no way

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

a long time before asking Grayson

rammed into them.

me. I could see the scene vividly in

But thanks to the timely arrival of the Cross family, they rescued Mr. Atlas and those protecting him. However, Stella disappeared without a trace, and there was no news of her for a long time." Grayson said heavily. I couldn't understand. How could a

caught and sent back there. Shortly after that, we learned that she died there. As for what exactly happened

found

Stella."

in disarray. Annalise wasn't Stella; Atlas had told me that personally. But where did the

up after being

But it seemed impossible. Fragments of memories rushed in swiftly,