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Chapter 278 (2)

Author: Ena Starr
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-21 17:30:57

Conrad

I didn’t know how long I sat there. Time stopped meaning anything as minutes and hours blurred into the same dull stretch of nothing. I just sat beside my mother’s body and stared at her, as if staring hard enough might change what I was seeing.

I reached out and stroked her hair. It felt wrong, dry and brittle like it had already started forgetting what it meant to be alive.

My throat tightened. How long had she been lying here like this? Two days? Three? My thoughts were slow and thick, like they were sinking through mud.

I leaned closer and started murmuring to her, telling her to wake up so we could go, telling her not to dare prank me lile this. I didn’t even know what I was saying. The words didn’t make sense, not even to me. They slipped out in broken pieces: half-formed apologies, accusations, pleas. Things I had never said when she was alive and could hear them.

My voice sounded far away, like it didn’t belong to me. Strong hands settled on my shoulders. The touch star
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  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 278 (2)

    ConradI didn’t know how long I sat there. Time stopped meaning anything as minutes and hours blurred into the same dull stretch of nothing. I just sat beside my mother’s body and stared at her, as if staring hard enough might change what I was seeing.I reached out and stroked her hair. It felt wrong, dry and brittle like it had already started forgetting what it meant to be alive.My throat tightened. How long had she been lying here like this? Two days? Three? My thoughts were slow and thick, like they were sinking through mud.I leaned closer and started murmuring to her, telling her to wake up so we could go, telling her not to dare prank me lile this. I didn’t even know what I was saying. The words didn’t make sense, not even to me. They slipped out in broken pieces: half-formed apologies, accusations, pleas. Things I had never said when she was alive and could hear them.My voice sounded far away, like it didn’t belong to me. Strong hands settled on my shoulders. The touch star

  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 278

    ConradMy hands were shaking, violent, rattling shakes that traveled from my fingers up my arms and into my shoulders. It was not the subtle kind I could pretend wasn’t there. I stared at the body on the ground, and my mind refused to finish the sentence my eyes had already formed. She was too still. I had never seen my mother that still. Not even when she slept, because even asleep, Marceline Remington had always looked alert, like she might open her eyes at any second and judge you for standing too close. Now she didn’t move at all. “Mom,” I croaked. My voice sounded wrong, thin and broken, like it didn’t belong to me. “Mom,” I whispered again, stepping closer without meaning to. My legs felt detached from my body, like they were moving on their own. No reply from her. I swallowed hard. “Marceline.” Still nothing. “Mother!” I shouted, the word tearing out of me desperately. “Mother, wake up!” The only answer was the wind moving through the grass and the distant, circling cr

  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 277 (2)

    Conrad“No,” I said. “We search together.”She studied me for a moment, then nodded. “Okay.”We climbed the steps to the front door. Inside, the manor was worse than the outside. Dust layered on everything, thick and gray, and our footsteps echoed.Room by room, we searched. The living room was empty but for ruined furniture and curtains that sagged. The dining room held nothing but aged chairs and a termite ridden table.The storeroom. The pantry. The bedrooms upstairs. Each door opened to the same thing: abandonment. No signs of life. No fresh tracks. No indication that anyone had been hiding here recently. My chest tightened with every empty room.We went down into the basement la

  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 277

    ConradI grabbed my shirt and pulled it back on.My fingers shook as I threaded my arms through the sleeves, the fabric cool against skin that felt too warm with panic. I buttoned it quickly and clumsily.“I’m going to Ravenbrook,” I said. The words felt heavy the moment they left my mouth. “I’m coming with you,” Susanna said immediately.“No—” I started, but she was already moving.She left the room at a near run, her footsteps pounding down the hallway. I swore under my breath and focused on my shirt, fumbling with the buttons like they were suddenly too small for my fingers. I reached for my phone, patting my pockets; pants, jacket, the bed.Nothing. My heart jumped again before I remembered. My suitcase.I crossed the room in two strides, yanked open the case, and grabbed my phone. I didn’t even check it. I just needed it in my hand, like some kind of anchor.I left the room and took the stairs two at a time. My head felt wrong. First, it was too light, then it was too full. The

  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 276 (4)

    ConradThe question hung between us, heavy and fragile. For a few seconds, she didn’t move at all. Then she cleared her throat, the sound weak and poorly done. “Before Marceline called you,” Susanna said, “she called Hugo.”I frowned. “Who the hell is Hugo?”She lifted her head slightly. “He’s one of the Bonafide men. He used to be your mother’s go-to whenever she needed… certain work done.”That didn’t soothe the unease in my gut. It made it worse. “Why does it matter that she called him?”Susanna hesitated, then she said, “When Marceline called Hugo, she ordered him to come pick her up. She sounded like she was in a hurry.” She met my eyes, then looked away. “He refused,” Susanna continued. “And she lost it. She flew into a temper and told him she’d kill him with her bare hands.”My stomach dropped.“She was screaming at him,” Susanna said. “So violently. It didn’t sound like her. She wouldn’t stop, and I… I interrupted the call. I told her to give it up.”I stared at her. “And?”Su

  • Abandoned by Ex, Married to His CEO Brother   Chapter 276 (3)

    ConradI left the office early, abandoning my pretense of working hard.I told my secretary to keep searching for Abigail, to check the locations again and to follow every lead no matter how thin. He looked at me like these words mattered and there was a real chance she would be found that way. But deep down, I already knew if I wanted to find Abigail, I had to do it the dirty way, the underhanded way. I drove home on autopilot. When I finally parked in front of the house, the engine still running, I just sat there and stared at it. The place looked the same as it always had: big, immaculate, expensive. When I bought it, I did so because I wanted a house meant to impress. But looking at it now, all I felt was tired. Bone-deep, soul-deep tired. I hadn’t even done any real work today, and yet I felt like I had worked enough for the next year. I wanted to be done. Done with all of this, this mess I didn't even know what to name. I wanted my life to go back to how it used to be. Simpl

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