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.

the room, leaving Olivia behind. Olivia knew that this

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

eyes, Olivia was the singular and rightful Mrs. Miller, hence she was unaware of her

by her side, she never felt lonely in the spacious mansion. It wasn’t until Madam Burgess left that Olivia was hit by the emptiness of the house and the tedium of

Burgess had made waiting in the kitchen. Olivia poured herself some into a bowl.

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

my father owes

chemotherapy, she decided to enjoy the

he would no longer be burdened

own. He would have the beloved wife and a child he had always longed for after she

Aside from the fact that she would be gone, everything would be fine, and that would be wonderful.

from her own constraints.