Chapter 86

Ethan took a furtive glance around the apartment. It wasn’t big, but he could feel Olivia’s presence in every corner.

When he noticed the baby crib in her room, he remembered that it was the only thing she’d taken with her when she’d left him. As the realization washed over him, his heart turned into a jumbled mess.

After seeing her jump off the building that day, he’d come to realize one thing.

He’d followed after her without hesitation, which made him understand that he couldn’t stop loving her no matter how much he hated her.

His love and hate were intertwined. They fused into a prickly bramble full of thors, coiling tightly around the two of them. It was as though the more he pushed her off into the dark, the closer he got to the edge of a cliff himself.

Ethan picked up a soft toy on the bed. Olivia had always hugged it to make herself sleep for countless nights in the past two

years.

would have been a good husband to Olivia and a good father to their child. Every

simply couldn’t make himself leave her

finally felt better after some time. She slowly pushed herself off the ground and walked to the living

who valued time. Yet

as he held it between two fingers.

he was still here. Was he waiting to pick up where they’d

shadow fell across her face at that thought, and she went to get herself

dragged her feet on the floor as she approached him. “Should we do it here or on the bed?” she asked in a cool

looked up from the cigarette to stare at her sickly face, then exhaled slowly, forming a

if you’re not thinking of doing it,” Olivia told him blankly. She secretly thanked her lucky stars that she’d been able

rest. She went into her room and closed the door

to make the ashes fall as he watched her

he’d wanted.

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