Billionaire's Match

Chapter 899

“Your parents…” Charlotte’s eyes flickered, and for a moment, words failed her.

“I didn’t want to come alone, and I don’t really have any better friends… so I forced you to come with me,” Ethan said quietly.

Before Charlotte could respond, he added, almost as an afterthought.

Charlotte pressed her lips together and nodded in silence.

Two hours later, the car pulled up in the outskirts, in front of a quiet, modest cemetery.

It was small. Ethan’s parents shared a single, narrow headstone. Wild grass had overrun the area, and a thick layer of ice clung to the stone, grime seeping into the surrounding ground.

though no one had been there in

set them down beside the path. Then, with difficulty, he

already absorbed. His emotions seemed to plummet to the bottom of a pit; he was entirely focused on the grave, as

helping as best she could. Though he was quiet, the sheer weight of his sorrow radiated from him, pressing down on her chest.

a while, Ethan grew frustrated with the tools and tossed them aside, trying to scrape the grime with his

and Charlotte’s heart jumped when

“Ethan. Enough,” she whispered.

her strength, her voice softer than she intended. “Anything that doesn’t

finally saw it: his eyes

blood smeared across dirt and ice alike. His

he