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But Ethan no longer believed a word she said. He didn’t even spare her a glance. He dismissed her
entirely.
“ I can’t believe I ever trusted someone like you. If it weren’t for your endless schemes against
Olivia, how would we have ended up like this today p>
“Lillian, you disgust me p>
The bluntness of his rejection left her frozen on the ground, too stunned to move. His words hit harder than a slap.
His words stunned her. Or maybe she finally realized that the last shred of illusion had been torn
away. She stared at Ethan until he started to fidget under her gaze.
Just as he turned to leave, she forced herself to her feet despite the pain, wiped her tears, and
looked at them, her eyes now filled with hatred and mockery.
“Ethan, you say I’m malicious, but what about you? Are you really any better p>
Then she turned to Victor, Catherine, and Sebastian and saw the same disappointment and disgust
in their eyes.
“You’re all selfish and blind. Pathetic, really p>
She let out a bitter laugh. “Now that I think about it Olivia was the one who had it worst. She got into that car accident trying to save you all. She spent five years in a coma, and what did you do? You felt no guilt, no gratitude. Instead, you brought home a girl who looked vaguely like her–me p>
“Don’t you see how ridiculous that is p>
She turned her biting tone back to Ethan. “You talk about love and devotion now, but tell me–were you ever truly in love with her p>
“You two were childhood sweethearts, grew up together, and yet all it took was two years with me for you to fall head over heels–spoiling me, humiliating her. Is that your idea of devotion p>
“You’re angry and you hate me now not because you truly loved Olivia, but because you can’t stomach the fact that you were the one who helped destroy her. So you dump all the blame on me just to ease your guilt p>
“Everything you’re doing now–it’s not for Olivia. It’s just to make yourself feel better p>
She then turned her gaze to Sebastian, standing beside her.
“You’re no different. Selfish, hypocritical, and stupid p>
“Olivia was your sister for over twenty years. You lived with her, grew up with her. Don’t you know
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what kind of person she was? But you tossed all those years of sibling love aside and doted on me instead p>
“I should thank you, really. Without your brilliant plan to fake our deaths torture her into silence, she wouldn’t have died so quickly, so completely p>
“We lived under the same roof for five years. Are you sure you didn’t know what I was doing to her? Truly didn’t know–or just didn’t want to know? You, more than anyone, knew the truth p>
“My tricks weren’t even that clever–downright crude at times. But you still fell for them p>
“ If you’d treated Olivia like your real sister, if you’d cared even a little, I wouldn’t have gotten away with everything I did right under your noses p>
She burst out laughing, a sharp, chilling sound that cut through the silence.
“My dear brother, you control the entire Sinclair family. What secret could possibly be hidden from you p>
“And you say I hurt her? That’s rich. I never laid a hand on her. I never even beat her p>
“It was you who ran her over because of something said. You who put her in the oven. You who pushed her off the rooftop. You who hired those men to assault her in the hospital p>
“She didn’t suffer because of me. It was all of you. You made her life a living hell. Even as she was dying of cancer, she still had to escape through suicide just to get away from you all p>
“You call me wicked. A murderer. But none of you are innocent p>
“Olivia didn’t die by my hand alone. Every single one of you is guilty p>
Each sentence pierced like a blade, stabbing straight into their hearts and leaving them breathless.
But Lillian wasn’t done.
Her gaze swept across the room, locking eyes with ach of them.
“We killed Olivia together. All of us. None of you are innocent p>
Even as she was being dragged to the basement, she was still shouting, still cursing. But soon a bodyguard clamped a hand over her mouth, mufflin; her cries.
And then there was silence.
Dead, suffocating silence.
No one in the room said a word. Her accusations echoed in their minds like thunder.
Catherine fainted from shock, throwing the entire Sinclair estate into chaos.
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Ethan didn’t even remember how he got home. In a daze, he wandered out into the garden and dismissed the staff working among the flowers.
As he looked at the jasmine blooming in the garden an image of Olivia suddenly floated into his
mind.
She had been his childhood friend. As a little girl, she loved coming to his house to play.
Back then, the garden had been bare–no color, no life.
It was Olivia who’d brought the jasmine plant. They had planted it together, their hands in the soil.
“A jasmine for you, so we’ll never be apart p>
Every year, on her birthday, he would bring her a fresh bouquet of jasmine.
This year, the flowers had bloomed on time as always.
But she was gone.
Just like that little girl with stars in her eyes, the one who used to look at him with a gaze that
shimmered like summer constellations.
Now she had left this world for good.
Ethan stood in silence, his eyes drifting across the courtyard, taking in every blade of grass, every
leaf.
And only then did he realize how much he had buried and how many memories of Olivia he had locked away deep in his heart.
Her every smile, every expression, had been carved into his soul.
He opened his mouth to speak but found no voice. His throat was unbearably tight.
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