My Ex-Girlfriend Finally Faced My Ghost

With all the tension cleared, the engagement party carried on as planned. I stayed nearby, watching Helena with Christian, both of them completely caught up in each other. I felt a pang of relief that she had found happiness, but also a hollow ache that it wasn't me giving it to her.Just as both families were about to lock in the wedding date, Helena set down her glass. "Sorry, I don't think we need to finalize this wedding just yet."Christian exchanged glances with his parents, frowning in confusion."Helena, what do you mean? I went to all this trouble bringing everyone here to witness our love, and now you're telling me there's no rush to set a date?"He noticed the unease flickering across her face. Taking a deep breath, he pressed further. "Are you still thinking about Nathan? You haven't really moved on from him, have you? You—""Ugh, can you stop being so annoying?"Her patience finally snapped under the constant questioning. She stood abruptly, gathering the engagemen

By the time Helena arrived at the funeral home, a light drizzle had started to fall. It was empty inside the hall except for Nellie, who was kneeling beside our mother's casket, clutching a framed photo of our mother."What are you doing here? Are you happy my mom's dead? Did you come just to watch a show?"Nellie's tone was icy, making Helena hesitate as she stepped forward. Helena opened her mouth as if to speak, but all she could do was glance around and ask, "Where's Nathan? He didn't even come to his own mother's funeral?"Nellie's tears broke through instantly. She shot to her feet and lunged toward Helena, grabbing her by the collar. Her hands shook as her voice broke."How dare you mention Nathan! I told you that he's been dead for seven years! Aren't you rich? How could you not even dig up something that basic?"Helena froze, her face stiffening instantly. "You… What did you say?""You still don't believe me? Look."Unable to hold it in, Nellie snatched my urn and held

Outside the ward, Helena stood frozen at the entrance, unsure what to do. Rain soaked her hair and clothes. She looked up at the gray, overcast sky, letting her tears mingle with the rain."Nathan… I was wrong… I was really wrong…" But her voice was drowned out by the rain. No one heard her, and no one answered.Some invisible force seemed to hold me back, and I had no choice but to follow Helena as she drove aimlessly to a random bar.She stumbled through the door, her high heels clacking chaotically on the floor. "Give me your strongest drink."The bartender gave her a glance and silently poured a half-full glass, setting it in front of her.She grabbed it and downed it in one gulp. The burn of the alcohol made her cough, and tears slid down her cheeks. "Nathan… Nathan…"She lifted the glass again, staring blankly at the amber liquid, her voice heavy with pain. "Why did you leave me? Why… didn't you let me be with you even for the last moments?"We… We used to be so close…" He

Just as Christian had predicted, in the days after Helena sobered up, she was hit with a wave of unexplained online backlash. None of it really rattled her. A little money in the right places made the problem disappear.What hit her hardest was Nellie and Christian's coordinated move. She was still in a meeting when her secretary, Liam Hawkings, anxiously thrust a phone toward her.The screen was flooded with headlines, wall-to-wall coverage accusing her of abusing her power and colluding with a hospital to cause the death of Nathan's and Nellie's mother. Her eyes flickered in shock. She hadn't expected Nellie to actually expose the incident.Even less had she expected that, after tracing the source, the account that originally posted the story turned out to be one of Christian's long-abandoned burner accounts.Still, Helena was no stranger to this kind of storm. In the span of a heartbeat, she pieced everything together and regained her composure."Let's wrap up this meeting for