Yuriel blinked slowly as she opened her eyes. With a dazed expression, she looked around. The room's monotonous white tone and the strong odor of medicine stabbed her deeply, causing her consciousness to fully recover. She flinched and reached out a terrified hand to feel her stomach as she remembered what had happened to her before losing consciousness. Her stomach ached and felt empty. Her heart sank as she felt her stomach flatten. Tears streamed down her cheeks.The baby had vanished."This can't be..." Yuriel was in a trance, unable to accept that her baby had died. She forcibly withdrew the IV needle in her hand, oblivious to the state of her body, which had just undergone surgery.“I have to confirm myself…” Yuriel muttered with a pale face in a hurry to get off her bed. Her stomach was immediately attacked by pain. She trembled and clutched her stomach. Her pale face was drenched in cold sweat. Her knees felt so weak that she was about to collapse on the cold floor. She straig

18:00, GN Group.Aleandro massaged his throbbing temples as he considered the slightly bleak financial reports of late and Mayor Rollies' intensifying media attacks.There was a soft knock on the office door."Come in," Aleandro said, his gaze fixed on the document in his hand.Viktor's figure entered with heavy steps as the door opened. He looked doubtful at his boss, who was checking the financial documents in his hands while massaging his head."What is it?" Aleandro asked coldly as he noticed Viktor standing by his desk without saying anything.“There is news regarding Thalia Gibson, sir,” Viktor said as he grimaced at the boss."What news? Have you fixed it?” Aleandro asked indifferently and went back to checking the documents in his hand.“Thalia Gibson ran away after her family's company went bankrupt. I've been looking for her and found her in a suburban hotel. But…she was already dead before we could find her. The hotel representative said she committed suicide by drowning he

Yuriel stared blankly out the bedroom window at the vast expanse of sea. The sun was setting and twilight rays were floating on the sea's surface. Seagulls soared through the sky. She didn't know how much time had passed because she hadn't counted since her confinement days.Yuriel shifted her gaze to the seafloor. The room was on the edge of a cliff. This kept her from breaking the glass and escaping. What if she shattered the glass and jumped? It made no difference whether she drowned or hit a rock to get away from this place or that devil-like man. She was ready to die.While deep in Yuriel’s thoughts, the bedroom door opened and a maid cautiously entered the room with a tray in hand. She looked at the woman sitting under the large french window pane.The woman stared blankly at the sea stretching outside like a caged bird longing to fly freely."Madam, it's time for lunch," the maid said, placing a tray of food in front of her. But the woman didn't move or even look at her.The ma

Aleandro knelt and placed a white rose bouquet on the grave. He knelt beside the mound of dirt, oblivious to the fact that his body was drenched in rainwater.“Yuriel...” Aleandro gently stroked Yuriel's name on the tombstone, as if he were touching the skin of the woman in his memories. He seemed to be able to see a smiling face in front of her. In a hoarse voice, he said. "It’s all my fault. You are free to hate me and leave me. But I can't...you can’t leave me like this and then never return…"Aleandro had a sad expression on his face. Looking at the grave, tears welled up in his dark eyes. His heart couldn't accept Yuriel's departure."I'm sorry I locked you up and made you suffer."Aleandro could still see the look of rage, disappointment, and hurt in Yuriel's green eyes when he locked her in the villa and tortured her. Under his torture, the smile that had always graced her beautiful face with arrogance was gradually replaced with hatred, pain, and terror. Her eyes gradually los