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.

he saw the look

was nobody but them

in the

knelt with the incense in her

kowtowed three times, as

she faintly heard the

frowned and quietly

ashes and

voice, Janessa sharply turned to Rayan and looked at him with fathomless

are you

and fury were evident

here for an occasion like

walked up to

looked him up and down with a scowl and said, "As for you, I don’t

his words, and his usually gentle

of the Qiu family.Would you care to explain where you were last night? If she had a choice, she wouldn't have to

"Gordon,"

Janessa interrupted.

and approached Rayan with a wary

and cruel as

not

words were

to reveal how he

received an invitation to

have to send

her and assessed her with somber and calculating

ploy to sleep with another man behind

his eyes at

and she slapped him hard across the

didn't say another

of her palm connecting with his

pain afterward, and she clenched them tightly beside

furrowed and he lightly touched the cheek

His eyes darkened.

what you get for disrespecting me in front of my mother! Rayan, I have nothing to lose now.I won't

"Compromise?"

him a joke, and he stared at her

the sake of your father's company.Now that the company is in danger, you're telling me that you want to run

cold voice sent shivers down her spine, and his words were

no room for

him but managed to scoff at his

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

smile on