(Flora's POV)I rushed to the hospital as fast as I could to meet my mother.As soon as I saw her dying, tears rolled down my eyes. "Mom, don't go. Don't leave me alone, please. Will you stay?"She looked at me and even cried, "No... Flora... I can't stay to hurt you anymore.""You didn't hurt me. You are my mom. How could you hurt me? Mom, I beg you not to die. Don't die, okay?" I couldn't stop my tears.In fact, I had made psychological preparations before, thinking of how I would face the day when it finally came. But when it really came to that day, I still thought it came too suddenly. I didn't want to face, nor could I face the fact that my mother was dying.At that time, my mother took my hand. It made me suddenly worried because I had returned the diamond ring to Leo."Flora... I'm sorry. I thought that... Letting you marry Leo... It was to make you happy, but I didn't think you paid so much to make me happy... He doesn't love you at all, does he?""No, we're fine. I didn't we
(Abbi's POV)Ada was dead.When Eleanor and I were discharged from the hospital in the morning, we saw the nurse calling Flora.For a moment, I felt very guilty. I felt like I had killed someone.But Ada was a cancer patient, after all. She would die in the hospital sooner or later. What I did, perhaps, was just to end her pain earlier.That excuse made me feel much better. But I didn't expect that Flora would start to fight back just two hours later.Cody even officially informed Eleanor of the divorce. She was so angry that she almost demolished the whole sanatorium.After receiving the news, I hurried to ask Leo to leave. "I'm sorry, Leo. Something happened to Eleanor. I want to see it.""What happened to her again?" Leo asked me back.But I didn't want him to know that Ada was dead and Flora wanted to fight back. I only said vaguely, "I don't know for the time being. I won't know why until I get there.""Alright. Go and look at her first. You don't have to come to the company unti
(Leo's POV)"How did things turn out like this? Why am I the last person to know?!" I asked Alva very angrily.But Alva told me, "Leo, you've always hated Flora and Ada so much in the past, so I thought you wouldn't be so interested in this matter. Besides, I just learned about this news from Cody. He also told me that after all this, Flora doesn't care about you anymore…."After listening to Alva's words, my heart was full of remorse. Yes… I guess I was the one who made Ada like this… After three years of marriage, I never even went home, nor have I ever seen Flora and Ada once! People thought that I didn't care about Ada's life or death at all. That's why they wouldn't even bother telling me of her death. I didn't even notice that last night, my mother was in the same hospital as her… it was my negligence and fault led to this result!"Leo, don't worry about it too much. I know you will eventually find a way to deal with this and find your closure…." Alva comforted me carefully. But
(Abbi's POV)After Caitlyn Christian calmed down a little, I took her to the garden to comfort her, and after a few words of comfort, she urged me to do something to Flora again. Have I become her personal assassin at this point? Although I did say before about my plan to attack Flora, it was only a verbal attack. I would never think of inflicting physical harm on her! I didn't even know where Flora lived at the moment. She blocked my contact, and we're not friends anymore.At the moment, I could only agree with Caitlyn Christian and continued to soothe her heart, which was going crazy. But what I didn't expect was that Leo actually heard our conversation. He also warned me, "Listen, I don't care what you're planning, but I warn you, don't touch Flora! Otherwise, I'll make your life miserable!"I couldn't help it. I had been suppressed for too long, and I didn't want to be regarded as a bad person in front of Leo. So, I said angrily, "What about Ada? Ada is dead. Don't you want to do
(Flora's POV)For the first time, I didn't back down or be weak in front of Leo but stuck to my own ideas and practices. I told him that I must get a divorce. I was reminded of his mother killing my mother as soon as I saw him. I could no longer face him calmly. He was my enemy and would only be that way. I couldn't love him anymore.Alva came to see me off when I left the AM Group building.He opened his mouth in the elFlorator with just the two of us. He said, "Flora, I know you're uncomfortable right now, but I think, when you calm down a bit, just talk to Leo about your relationship, okay?""Am I talking to him about divorce for the first time today? I've been talking about it all the time. It's just that I was too talkative before, so I just held it off. Now, I don't care about anything. The person I care about most has died in the hospital bed, in the endless guilt of my marriage.""I'm sorry, Flora, but I want to tell you that Leo really cares about you and loves you very much.
(Flora's POV)I looked at Mable Bell in disbelief before me and asked her, "What are you talking about?""I made it very clear that you are too weak and had to learn some lessons to understand that there must be death between you and Leo. I did not do things about your mother. I just didn't stop them.""Mable Bell, I've always regarded you as a friend! But you... don't tell me these things!" I didn't expect she would do such a thing behind my back.She said with a smile, "That's because you're too naive, Flora. Even a friend has secrets, right? Your relationship with Leo was going so well that you're buying rings without telling me, right? Now that I'm frankly telling you the truth, you don't really think that I'm going to get revenge on Leo? Besides, isn't the reason why you agreed to live here because you want Leo to keep an eye on me?"I was stunned when I heard that. Indeed, Mable Bell was right. I didn't want to live here before because I didn't want to get so close to George. Bu
(Flora's POV)For some reason, I actually fell asleep with Iggy in my arms. A knock on the door woke me up. I rubbed my red and swollen eyes from crying and found a pair of sunglasses at home to put on before I dared to open the door. When I opened the door, I saw that it was already dark, and the person outside the door was George."Flora, I didn't want to disturb you today, but I saw that the light in your room was always on. I was a little worried about you, so I came over. Are you okay?"Hearing what George said, I took out my phone and checked the time. I then realized that it was already 1 a.m. "Ah, I just fell asleep with Iggy in my arms and woke up when I heard you knock on the door. I'm fine. I feel better after I sleep. Sorry for worrying you," I said."It's okay. I can't sleep anyway, so have you taken Iggy for a walk today?" As soon as he finished speaking, Iggy ran to the door and looked at him expectantly. "It looks like you haven't," he said with a smile."Are you going
(Abbi's POV)Leo agreed to have dinner with Caitlyn Christian. With them, I went to Leo's house to help. I was entering Leo's home, and seeing the exquisite decoration with various luxurious handicraft furniture in the room dazzled my eyes.Leo seemed to notice my stare and asked in dissatisfaction, "What is she doing here?"I was speechless for a while. I knew that he was very upset with me now."I like the mushroom soup that Abbi Miller made last time. It's delicious, so I want to drink it again. Leo, do you want to drink it?""No need."Fortunately, Caitlyn Christian helped me out. I went into the kitchen, making soup for Caitlyn Christian and preparing wine.At this point, Caitlyn Christian entered the kitchen, handed me a packet of powdered items, and ordered a bottle of wine, implying that I had drugged the wine."How much?" I asked."All. Leo's physique is very special. You will know later." Caitlyn Christian smiled at me."So, you'll drink it, too? Will you be okay?" I couldn'