Even After Death by Lilting Champ

The man laughed mockingly. “Everyone thinks that Ethan is a devoted man, that he’s always been a gentleman. No one mentioned that he had an ex–wife.”

Clenching her fingers tightly, Olivia said with a sorrowful expression, “I was just a plaything to him. He wouldn’t have allowed anyone to know about me. Last night was the anniversary of my son’s passing. I snuck on the ship to steal Connor away, but you beat me to the punch.”

“Your son died, but why did you want to steal their son?”

Olivia said slowly, “I wanted his son to accompany mine in death! Have you any idea how I’ve been living this past year? I’ve never had a good night’s sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I see my son on the operating table. I …”

Olivia got emotional as she started to cry. Her tears fell onto the dagger’s blade, tracing along the blade to the man’s hand.

Moving the dagger away, he exclaimed, “Why are you crying? I didn’t do anything to you!”

Olivia turned into a vengeful woman. She didn’t care that the man beside her wasn’t Ethan. She just kept cursing and complaining about how bad of a person Ethan was.

he said to Jerry,” Hey, do you think

easily. I bet he thinks she’s suspicious. He’s

want her to escape, he could’ve tied her up. He didn’t have to stay up all night and watch over her. He must have

up. Let’s go in and take a look. Jack is probably torturing her for information. I hope he doesn’t kill

their masks and opened the

usually imposing Jack Stone was standing beside the bed awkwardly, trying to comfort Olivia, “You can’t bring the dead. back

uncontrollably, but she was also using the sleeves of

“Isn’t Ethan an asshole?”

the biggest asshole ever!

my

she did

hand, Jack with his

door, Jack’s expression changed. He said

at a loss for words. “Why do we need to comfort the woman