Death's Embrace, Love's Aftermath

in the same spot, lost in thought. He tossed a folded docume

o?" he asked, his voice

p the agreement. "No,"

k blood welled up. She used her fingertip to sign her name on the paper.

deteriorated so much in three years? If you'v

d, biting her finger again, meticulously wrote her name in neat, clear letters. She

ient. S

hest. He took the paper from her. With this agreement, she was his persona

undertaking that took over a month. After two rounds of brutal corporate restructuring, the atmos

at felt more like a cell. She didn't see Daniel for another half

rea. She immediately ran into a group of high-profile socialites, laughing a

w her. "Look who it is," she drawled, her voice drip

r expressions shifting from

th a laugh. "If I were you, I'd have ended it all alre

disgust. "She's been disgraced by her enemies, yet she stil

us company have such a

EO anymore. Now C

e once-famous CEO Olivia would end

utral mask. These taunts were nothing compared to

your status, how dare you disturb these important people

ouble. She was about to obey,

nd of the hall. A man's calm, authoritat

as D

iel," she said, her voice soft and sweet. "I just said she wasn't worthy of you, and she got angr

on softening as he spoke to her. "She's just an assistant," he said, his tone ge

tes' taunts combined. Olivia unconsciously clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms.

ands, his eyes shining with adoration. "Our Olivia is the most noble woman in the

gs changed s

courtyard, the stone ground seeping a deep chill into her bones. A strong wind whipped wi

son took its full effect, she could f

A man in a dark, expensive suit, silhouetted agai

he asked, his voice

he had begged her powerful father to show his family mercy all those y

A warm, metallic wetness filled her palm. Blood. She silently clenched her hand

ts," she

was seriously ill!" He was a trained professional, and his hand only brushed her

. Her body, already on the verge of collap

to fade completely, she felt the hard

s voice sneered from abo

ou think that will

s swallowed