Aaron’s face gradually pated under the wright of Manor’t deafening questions
The words “I can” were just at the tip of his tongon, but they quickly farted when he met her clear, bright eyes.
Aaron fell to his losees on the ledge as he tore at hair with both hands. He despaired, fallin into an abyss of remorse and suffering
Eleanor slowly stood up and turned around, not sparing him another gaze.
The moment she turned around, her gaze met Leon’s. He had painstakingly made his way up the stairs despite his swollen ankle. Eleanor had no idea how long he had stood there, but his expression was cold.
Though she was aware of how inappropriate it was to laugh in such a situation, Eleanor couldn’t hold it back. She lowered her gaze and saw her shadow on the ground. Then, she lifted her head and looked at the sky. When she spoke again, she sounded very much at ease.
“I don’t love you anymore, Aaron. This time, it doesn’t matter whether or not you jump. My
answer will remain the same.
you insist on threatening me with suicide, I’d like to tell you that I hold no responsibility over your life. Whether you live or die is your own choice, and it has nothing to do with me.
Then, without lingering any longer, she walked up to Leon with no hesitation.
Seeing her slowly walking away from him, Aaron knew that he had lost. It hadn’t happened. today, nor had it happened on the day of the wedding. He had lost on the night he had gotten drunk and slept with Alina.
If he could go back in time to that very day, he would smash every single bottle of alcohol. take the ring with him, and board a plane to Elthania. Unfortunately, that was just wishful thinking. He had absolutely no way out now.
So, in that moment, he stubbornly and resolutely walked the path he had chosen for himself. Spreading his arms wide, he threw himself backward.
Like a moth freed from the cage that confined it, he plunged
consume him.
toward the flame destined to
The very moment Aaron fell, Margaret suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. alongside him.
After an entire day of emergency medical treatment, one of them ended up suffering injuries while the other succumbed to death–Margaret passed away from her heart condition, and Aaron broke his legs, leaving him permanently paralyzed.
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The few remaining relatives of the Ford family hurried to the company upon hearing the news, plotting to split up the family riches. The only one who waited outside the operation
theater was Alina.
Despite being in poor health herself, she arranged the funeral for Margaret and stayed outside the ICU for three whole months. In that time, she was the one who signed 16 critical condition notices for Aaron.
When he finally woke up again, the Ford family feud had barely died down.
A distant uncle of his had taken the lion’s share and visited the hospital once. Aaron was left with nothing but five million dollars, which the Fords claimed to be his portion of the inheritance.
The five million dollars, along with the four million that the Ford family had transferred to Alina, was just enough to cover the medical expenses for the time he was hospitalized.
Everyone in Drakemont knew that the once–impressive scion of the Ford family was no more. Now that he was no longer powerful, no one bothered to come and visit him.
Alina used the last of her remaining money to buy Aaron a wheelchair, and she wheeled him home. It was a place that she’d recently rented a room that was approximately 110 square feet.
Though cramped, the two of them made the small space their home. Alina quit her job and took on three part–time jobs just to take care of him.
Aaron couldn’t accept how things had turned out, and he lived each day miserably, constantly seeking ways to die.
Alina produced a long list of payment receipts for hospital bills and handed it to him. “You owe me my child’s life, and all the money you promised me was spent on you. How dare you. even think about dying?”
Looking at her bloodshot eyes, Aaron found himself at a loss for words.
She was right. How could he even dream of death?
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