Chapter 140
“Shut up.“Jason’s voice was hoarse,laced with anger suppressed to its absolute limit.}
Fiona froze,her eyes instantly reddening as tears streamed down her cheeks,one by one. It was the first time Jason had shown Fiona a cold face.
The night was deep and still as he stepped into the room that had once belonged to me. The servants had cleaned it spotless, yet the pristine order only made it feel emptier. The photo that had once rested on the bedside table was gone;the dressing table was immaculate,but none of my cosmetics remained,the walk–in closet was bare,even the hangers removed, as if no one had ever lived here.\
A tight knot formed in Jason’s chest,as if someone were gripping it.”
“Callista…” He murmured softly,his voice trembling.”
Fragments of the past echoed in his mind. The anticipation that had shone in my eyes on our wedding day;the times I had complained about Fiona’s malice and he had impatiently said, “Stop being ridiculous“; the gradual fading of my laughter,replaced by silence and distance.
He realized that, little by little, I had already been withdrawing from this family. He didn’t want to believe it,yet the emptiness before him forced him to admit:I truly intended to leave him.”
Jason walked to the desk and pulled open a drawer,discovering a pale blue diary. The edges of the pages were slightly curled,clearly used for a time,then abruptly abandoned.
He paused,then opened to the first page.”
“Three years…finally,I can have a wedding with the person I love. I’ve waited for this moment for so long. Wearing the wedding dress,standing by his side,I feel like the happiest person in the world.“”
Jason’s fingers trembled,his breath suddenly quickening.\
He turned to the second page,but the handwriting was suddenly messy,the ink smudged.”
“At the wedding,he abandoned me.”
“Fiona scared me with spiders again and I even got hurt, yet everyone blamed me. When I was little,I was locked in a room full of spiders.Even now,nightmares wake me up in a panic. But no one remembers,no one cares.“”
ne by line,the handwriting grew messier,the strokes twisting as if written in utter despair.}
n the very last page,only one scrawled sentence remained:
“! no longer want to chase a love that isn’t mine.“”
Jason’s vision darkened;he almost collapsed to the floor. All his stubborn biases crumbled in that instant.”
What did the diary mean?Wasn’t Fiona the one being bullied all along?”
But reading through it,it seemed the truly mistreated one was someone else….
Jason’s fingers gripped the diary so tightly that the veins stood out. Panic finally set in. He snatched his phone and coldly ordered his assistant.“Check it–now!Where exactly has Fiona been for these three years and what has she been doing?“” The night was heavy and still. The lights in the Corvin residence remained bright,yet the atmosphere was so oppressive it felt suffocating.
Simon and Ethan lay awake for a long time,unable to find rest. Before dawn,they heard muffled sobs coming from downstairs. Frowning,the two of them went down and saw the usually calm and taciturn housekeeper kneeling in the corner of the living room,covering her face as she wept uncontrollably.
“Bad luck,” she whispered.”
Simon frowned tightly,his voice tinged with impatience.“She hasn’t been found yet and you’re crying?Who are you crying for?” Ethan’s expression was equally dark,his eyes flashing with irritation.&
At this moment,all they could feel was the pain of losing their sister,the last thing they wanted to see was someone shedding tears in front of them.
But the housekeeper did not fall silent in fear as she usually would.N
Her shoulders shook with sobs,tears soaking her clothes,her voice choked,barely able to form words.
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