All Chapters of Countdown to Goodbye: You Can Burn Now: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Kevin's eyes glinted coldly, the contempt and displeasure in them apparent, but Sophia calmly met his gaze. Even though he was her husband, not once had he ever looked at her with even the slightest bit of affection."Isn't it better for everyone?" she coolly asked. "Mason likes having Ms. Sloan with him. As his mother, why should I insist on making him unhappy? Besides, I do have something to do tomorrow."She genuinely had things she needed to attend to.The identity of her client, Russell, was a secret. After agreeing to take the job, she had to keep her movements and whereabouts discreet. To maintain secrecy, she even had to cancel her phone number and bank account and create new ones.Unexpectedly, she hadn't caused a scene this time, but Kevin frowned even harder as he stared at her.If it had been any other time, Sophia never would've agreed to this. She'd always been very concerned about her identity as his wife. There was no way she would've let Christina attend the perfo

Kevin pressed his lips together, finding his thoughts absurd.Meanwhile, when Sophia looked up and saw him, she was startled. Her brows lifted ever so slightly as she asked, "Do you need something?"For some reason, her question made Kevin feel rather vexed and displeased. She was his wife! Why was she reacting this way over him entering the bedroom that was meant to be theirs?The mix of irritation and an indescribable feeling made him determined to prove something. Striding forward, Kevin pushed her back against the headboard. He brought his lips down, but she turned her head, and they only ended up brushing against the corner of her mouth.Sophia looked at him calmly. "What exactly are you doing?"Her composure infuriated Kevin further. His lips twisted into a mocking smile. "Isn't this what you wanted—the reason why you've been acting up?"Even after they got married, Sophia and Kevin rarely engaged in intimate activities. Apart from the times when he was drunk or when Hiram

Sophia lowered her gaze. She had been married to Kevin for seven years, and this was the first time he remembered her birthday."It's fine," she said, lifting her gaze toward him.The flutter of emotion she felt dissipated quickly as he continued, "Don't you have a project to negotiate that day? Work is more important."When she first married Kevin, she had once tried to cajole him into celebrating her birthday with her and making a fuss when he didn't. As time went on, however, his obvious coldness and indifference had worn her down.Her eager anticipation eventually gave way to a sense of numbness. Therefore, even with Kevin mentioning her birthday now, she felt nothing but a flicker of surprise that he had remembered it.Kevin looked at Sophia, feeling that something was off. She was being unusually considerate.In the past, she might've feigned nonchalance on the surface, but her eyes would still gleam with joy.He thought about his years of neglect toward her and recalled what Mar

Sophia looked at Mason and abruptly chuckled.There had been a complication when she gave birth to Mason, and she had almost lost too much blood. The pregnancy had also severely weakened her body.But even so, she never once regretted bringing him into this world—until now, when she realized just how much of a joke she was.He was only six years old. No matter how mature he was for his age, there was no way he could hide how he truly felt. As she had expected, his eyes were now clearly filled with disdain and aversion.In the past, when he'd been close to Christina, Sophia felt hurt, but she comforted herself by reminding herself that he was just a child. Children naturally gravitated toward people who stood out and seemed special.At the end of the day, she was his mother. There was no way he would distance himself from her because of a stranger.But now, the obvious loathing in his eyes made it clear to hear that even being related by blood meant nothing.Looking Mason in th

When Sophia came to, she found herself tied to a chair. Opening her eyes, she saw that she was in a cramped room, and the door was locked tight.Not far away, Christina lay unconscious on the floor.As the scenes from just before she'd passed out flashed through Sophia's mind, her heart clenched.She'd been abducted.But why was Christina here, too?Sophia's mind raced through the jumble of information she could recall before quickly settling on the incident with Christina's hater not long ago.Was the culprit who sent the death threat also behind this? But what did Christina's matter have to do with her?She was still frowning in confusion when the door was pushed open from outside.Kirk Pratt's menacing gaze flitted over Sophia before resting on Christina, the hostility immediately replaced with an obsessive infatuation.He sprayed something under Christina's nose, and soon she regained consciousness.Terrified, she trembled as she met Kirk's eyes, her own pooling with tear