Trapped in Love

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.

behind. Olivia knew that this was their

Olivia headed out of the study, Madam Burgess was nowhere to be seen. The kind–hearted Madam Burgess had always believed

was the singular and rightful Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware

herself. With Madam Burgess by her side, she never felt lonely in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was

was a pot of chowder Madam Burgess had made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia

calm. She had found a solution to the exhausting game they were stuck

will repay the debt my father owes you,” she

of undergoing chemotherapy, she decided to

would no longer be burdened by hatred and

own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he had

that she would be gone, everything would be fine, and that would be wonderful. Olivia suddenly felt the chains binding her loosen, and she realized

from her own constraints.