Chapter 130
On the news screen were the charred remains of the crash.
The reporter was narrating,but my attention was completely captured by three figures in the background.
Simon, Ethan and Jason.
Their expressions were more disheveled than I had ever seen.
Expensive shirts smeared with dirt,eyes bloodshot,they disregarded both status and decorum,digging through the blackened fuselage with their own hands.\
They believed I was on that plane.
They might even be preparing to face my corpse.
As I kept watching,a sharp ache suddenly gripped my chest.
All those years of their neglect,cold stares and harsh reprimands flooded my mind in vivid scenes.”
Yet now,seeing them in such a disheveled,desperate state seemed to suggest that they had finally realized what losing me truly meant.
Why put on this false display?
Back then,they hadn’t cared about my life at all.”
I slowly closed my eyes.
Let it be.<
Let them believe that I had perished in this disaster.
Perhaps this was the best ending between them and me.”
I was no longer a pawn to be granted favors or trampled on at their whim,nor did I have to tremble in the guise of their so–called warmth.
Through“death,”I could finally bid a complete farewell to my past self.”
The plane touched down smoothly.”
Ronald’s estate was nestled in a private woodland on the outskirts of Birlona.
The tall black iron gates slowly swung open,revealing a wide driveway flanked by neatly trimmed pine trees, with a fountain shimmering silver under the moonlight.”
As the car drove in,the vast mansion came into view,majestic like a European castle.
The assistant opened the car door for me,speaking with deference, “Miss,please step out. Mr.Brimmer is already waiting for
you.”
The night breeze drifted by,carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees.”
I took a deep breath,as if releasing the weight I had carried for countless years.
This time,I would no longer rely on anyone, nor beg in humility.I would use my own identity, my own hands, to carve out a completely new world.
Every corner of the cliff had been personally explored by Jason.”
Simon,carrying a searchlight,had scraped his knuckles raw,yet continued inch by inch to pry open the cracks in the rock. Ethan even knelt in the mud,using his hands to push aside rubble and weeds.”
They searched over and lover,only to be met with disappointment again and again.
Most of the crash wreckage had already been cleared and the rescue team’s announcement was cold and unfeeling.no survivors.!!
After several days,the three of them seemed as if their very bones and blood had been hollowed out.”
It wasn’t until they were forced to retreat that each of them slumped onto the edge of the cliff,their eyes filled with exhaustion and despair.
Ethan’s throat tightened as he whispered,“She…really isn’t here anymore?“N
No one answered.[
They all understood–though their hearts refused to admit it,reality had cornered them.
In just a few short days,the three men seemed to have aged ten years.
The sharp,commanding aura they once carried had vanished, leaving only sheer fatigue.N The car drove through the gates of the Corvin residence, where Fiona was already waiting.
Today,she had deliberately worn a plain black dress,her eyes were red,as if she had been crying for a long time. Her steps toward them were soft and tentative,as though afraid of disturbing their fragile state. N
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“Jason, Simon, Ethan…“she called softly,her voice choked with emotion.“I know it’s hard for you…but….the dead cannot come back to life…”
Before she could finish, Jason abruptly lifted his gaze. His eyes,bloodshot and cold as a blade,fixed on her.
Fiona’s heart tightened sharply,her feet froze and her breath nearly stopped.
In the past, whenever she shed tears, Jason would soften and patiently comfort her. But this time,he merely stared at her coldly,as if uttering another word would make him tear her apart without mercy.
