Even After Death by Lilting Champ

Chapter 29

Tears streamed down Olivia’s cheeks.

She knew that she and Ethan could never go back to how things were before. He had betrayed her and destroyed the Fordhamns, and the Fordhams owed him his sister’s life.

Those debts could never be settled. Trying to resolve them would only serve to tighten the knots of their relationship, suffocating them and leading to an inevitable end.

Ethan held her face in his hands, wiping away her tears with his cheeks. “Liv, don’t love me. Hate me instead. t betrayed you, I killed our child, and I can never turn back.”

She sensed his inner turmoil, but amidst that, she could feel the tenderness he still had for her like a calm oasis in a turbulent desert sandstorm. However, she knew that the oasis would soon be destroyed by the raging winds.

Ethan left the room, leaving Olivia behind. Olivia knew that this was their final farewell.

kind–hearted Madam Burgess had always

Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware of

felt lonely in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was hit by the emptiness of the

in the kitchen. Olivia poured

Olivia’s expression was calm. She had found a solution

the debt my father

decided to enjoy the

seen Ethan’s pain and turmoil, she was certain that he would no longer be burdened by hatred and his

a better life, she would just have to give up her own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he had always longed for after

figure in Aldenvine. Aside from the fact that she would be gone, everything would be fine, and that would be wonderful. Olivia suddenly felt the chains binding her loosen,

from her own constraints.

return, and the