Chapter 269

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Chapter 270

Evan took a hard drag from his cigarette.

He did not speak. He did not move.

And the sight of him sitting there like that only made Dora angrier.

“What, you still want to keep that walking disaster in this family after she’s already cost the Wright family a life?”

“She even hit me today!”

Just thinking about the slap Stella had given her made Dora’s face ache all over again. One side was still swollen and throbbing.

If this got out, she’d be too ashamed to show her face anywhere.

Evan said, “I told you before. My marriage is none of your business.”

Even now, even at this point, he still did not want to divorce Stella.

There was already a hollow emptiness inside him, and he knew exactly what it meant.

The moment they divorced, he would lose her for good.

And he did not want that.

When Dora heard him say that again, her anger shot even higher.

“Your niece is dead. She was not even a month old yet, Evan! Your brother only left behind those two

children.

“The boy is still in intensive care, and no one even knows if he’ll make it. The baby girl was the only healthy one left, and now she’s gone.

“She’s gone because Stella kept pushing you for a divorce. She was willing to kidnap a child just to force you to let her go.

“Now the child is dead, and you still refuse to divorce her?”

By the end, Dora was practically screaming.

Tears streamed down her face.

She was not going to let this go.

Divorcing Stella was only the first step.

The prison sentence waiting for her after that, that was the ending Stella deserved.

Half the assets, was that it?

Fine.

Let her have them.

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She would not get to spend a single cent anyway. Once Stella was locked up, there would be ways to move the money around.

If Stella spent the rest of her life in prison, she would never even know what happened to it.

As long as Stella went in, it would all be over.

Dora would never have to see that vicious woman again.

Evan looked at her without saying a word.

His eyes were cold enough to freeze over.

Dora pushed the divorce papers closer across the desk.

“I owe your dead brother an explanation too.”

She bit down hard on the words ‘dead brother’.

Just then, Evan’s phone buzzed.

A text had come in.

It was from Summer.

The message read: ‘Even if you won’t give me an explanation for my daughter’s death, you should at least give one to your brother.’

His brother.

Everyone was bringing up his dead brother now.

It was as if every single person around him was saying the same thing.

The child was dead because of him.

He had failed to protect his brother’s children.

He was the one who had let Steven down the most.

Evan closed his eyes.

“I have one condition.”

At that moment, it felt as though something inside his chest had finally caved in completely.

It was empty now.

And yet the emptiness still felt suffocating.

Losing Stella.

That was never something he had imagined in this lifetime.

From the moment he slipped the wedding ring onto her finger, he had believed one thing with absolute

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certainty.

That woman was his.

He would have her for the rest of his life.

For as long as he lived, she would belong with him.

But now…

A lifetime suddenly felt unbearably long.

Reaching the end of it no longer seemed so simple.

And if they separated now, would there ever still be an ‘us’ afterward…?

Evan did not dare think any further.

Because if he did, then-no matter what storm was closing in around him, he might still refuse to let her go.

But if he kept her by his side…

Dora asked, “What condition?”

Evan said, “She can’t go to prison. About the child… don’t…”

His voice went rough halfway through.

Dora cut him off. “Too late. We already called the police.”

The child was dead.

Something this big was never going to go unreported.

Evan said nothing.

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Sara Lili

Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.

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