Even After Death by Lilting Champ

The wind blew bitingly cold on her face. Olivia was frozen to the core, but she pushed herself up and continued chasing after the car.

She overestimated the current condition of her body and only ran for a couple of feet before crashing back to the ground.

The car door opened. She saw a pair of shiny, tailored leather shoes halt before her. Slowly, she moved her sight from the shoes and up the trousers until she met Ethan’s cold and unnerving gaze.

“Ethan …” Olivia muttered weakly.

A pair of slender hands reached out to her. In a trance, Olivia thought she caught a glimpse of the young man she had fallen head over heels for all those years back. She could not help but stretch out her hands to him.

Just as their hands touched, Ethan pulled back, extinguishing the light in her after giving her false hope and causing her to fall once more.

She had not injured herself before this, but when she slipped this time, she cut her palms on the pieces of shattered glass on the ground. Blood started trickling down her palms to her arms.

A shadow seemed to flit across Ethan’s face, but he stayed motionless.

Olivia was stunned. Back then, he would rush her to the hospital in the middle of the night even though she merely had a cut on her finger.

She remembered the doctor chuckling and saying, “Thank goodness he brought you here in time. Otherwise, your wound would’ve healed on its own.”

The man before her and the one in her memories were the same person. He had the same eyes and face. Looking back, she realized that the concern he once showed for her was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a shade of icy indifference.

In a cold voice, Ethan said, “Olivia, do you really think that I don’t know you? You could easily run a mile and do a somersault. Do you expect me to believe you’d fall after running just a couple of steps?”

He stared at her, the mockery in his eyes like a knife cutting through her.

Olivia bit her lip and tried to explain. “It’s not like that. I’m not lying to you. I’m just a little weak because I’m sick—”

her face upward to face him. His rough fingers brushed her dry, chapped

daughter. You two are pretentious to the

than the cold wind, and they stabbed at her heart repeatedly. She swatted

upright person. He would never do

with Olivia and plucked a check from his wallet instead. He carelessly wrote on the check, held it in between two fingers, and placed it in front of

want this?”

certainly was not a small amount. It would spare Olivia the headache of securing funds for her father’s medical bills. However, she did not take the

one condition, though,” Ethan added and whispered in her ear. “This money is all yours if you repeat after me. Jeff Fordham’s an

instantly, and her hand shot up in an attempt to slap him across

by the wrist, and as Olivia struggled against him, she left a bloody handprint on his

grip on her tightened, and his tone became harsher. “Oh? You don’t want to do it? He’ll have to

she asked, “Why did you become

rest of her life was long gone, replaced by a ruthless person who found joy in making her break down

illuminated

He released his grasp

away and told her in

from his hands, just like the hope

to flow.

to get in his car, he heard a thud. He turned around to see her

face as he asked, “Mr.

he looked

was confused. He had been working for Ethan

been head over heels for Mrs. Miller in the past, but

matter, so he dared

and further away. Ethan looked at Olivia through the rearview mirror and found that she still had not gotten

her acting had improved in

life, Jeff had Olivia participate in various fitness programs since she was young to prevent her from being a

healthy as