Bye, My Ex-husband

After a few moments of hesitation, Gordon stepped forward and held her in his arms.

His Adam’s apple bobbed as he struggled to find the right words to say.

"It's not your fault.There’s no need to blame yourself.Your parents built this company from the ground, and you paid the price for it.If you gave up, there would be nothing left to fight for.The least you could do is to hold onto the things they left for you."

Janessa’s body trembled as she sobbed, and she struggled to breathe.

She couldn't tell how much Gordon knew.He frowned as he watched her fall apart.

When she became almost fragile in his arms, his heart ached for her.

"I'll help you deal with Aunt Fannie’s funeral.I hope you realize that there are people here to support you."

Janessa sniffed and nodded at his comforting words.

The two rushed back to the hospital together.

When she saw her mother’s limp body, she tightly wrapped her arms around herself.

If it weren't for Gracie and Rayan, she might have been able to see her mother for the last time and say goodbye.

Now, all she saw was her cold and lifeless body.

The tears in her eyes made everything look blurry.

Janessa couldn't decide if what she felt was grief or resentment.

After everything had been arranged, Janessa returned to the Qiu family with her mother’s ashes.

When she got home, she found that the mourning hall had already been set up.

Even the elegiac couplet and flowers had been prepared in an orderly manner.

Janessa grimaced at the sight.

"I've never seen them do anything for me.My mother just passed away.They must be jumping with joy."

When her father passed away, and her mother took a more active role in the company, they were aware that the people around them had been preparing to make their move.

Now that her mother had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away, she was afraid that they would steal everything her parents had worked for.

When her father was still alive, he was a big help to them.

Now, it was up to her.

She vowed never to be as merciful as her father.

when he saw the

nobody but them inside the mourning

carefully placed the ashes in the

that, she knelt with the incense

then kowtowed three times,

she faintly heard

man frowned and

and said,

to

you doing

and fury were

here for an occasion

briskly walked up

and down with a scowl and said, "As for you, I don’t think it’s appropriate

and his usually gentle

as an outsider, am more reliable.You're the son-in-law of the Qiu family.Would you care to explain where you were last night? If she had a choice, she wouldn't have to drive to the hospital herself

"Gordon,"

Janessa interrupted.

approached Rayan with a wary

cold and cruel as

not

words were firm

to reveal how he

received an invitation to

do you have to

moved closer to her and assessed her with somber and

some ploy to sleep with another man behind my back?

narrowed his eyes

she slapped him hard

another word

of her palm connecting with his

pain afterward, and she

he lightly touched the cheek that she

His eyes darkened.

me in front of my mother! Rayan, I have nothing to lose now.I won't compromise anymore.Didn't you tell me that you wanted to escape? I'll let

"Compromise?"

as if she had told him a joke, and he stared at her with

my arms for the sake of

down her spine, and his

no

furious with him but managed to scoff at his

dirty, Rayan.You corrupt everything that you touch! Everything you do disgusts

defiant smile on her face