All Chapters of The Dreams Have Burned To Ashes: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

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Chapter 1

Laina Miller saw me backing away.She burst out laughing.“Come on, stop pretending! I know you’re so excited that you’re close to tears.“I’m back now, so stop playing hard to get. As long as you take good care of Raivo and me, your title as my husband is secure. It’s not going anywhere.”Hearing that, I almost laughed out loud in sheer frustration.I wiped away my tears, then calmly retorted with a sneer.“Laina, what makes you think I can’t live without you?”The woman rolled her eyes again. She looked at me as if I were an idiot.“We were engaged when we were twenty. You’ve been part of the Miller family for a long time now, and you even took care of my child for several years. If you don’t stay with me, where else will you go?”Hearing that, I felt relieved.Thank goodness I had ended whatever I felt for her and married someone else instead.A few years ago, when we parted ways at the airport, she clung to me and swore, “Noah, wait for me for five months. I’ll definitel

Chapter 2

My heart ached when I saw that Sweeny’s face had turned red from crying.Just then, Raivo dipped his head before me.As he stroked the child’s face, he wept bitterly.“Noah, even if you hate me, you can’t drive a wedge between us! You can’t use a child in that way! Sweeny’s so young. He calls you ‘Daddy’ over and over again. How could you abuse him behind our backs?”As he spoke, he pulled up the child’s shirt and revealed his back, which was covered in red welts.Laina’s eyes widened. When she looked at me again, her face changed.“Noah, I kindly sent the child to you so you could get some practice in! I trusted you but you dared to whip him?“You don’t have to be so vicious just because you can’t have me!”The child’s back was covered with welts and bruises from top to bottom as though he had been whipped. It was terrifying to look at.Laina could not bear to think about how miserably her son must have been in these past few years.She did not know that those were not marks

Chapter 3

At that time, Trisha Miller was leading a prayer with the Miller family. As soon as I got out of the car, I sent someone there to notify her. Then, I rushed into the infirmary with Sweeny in my arms.Sweeny had woken up at some point.His little hand was clutching the hem of my shirt tightly. Even then, he tried to comfort me.“It doesn’t hurt, Daddy. Don’t cry…”The more he tried to comfort me, the guiltier I felt.If I had not taken him to the Miller family house today, we would not have met those two lunatics.“Sir, please don’t panic. Master Sweeny… God will look after him.”The doctor was so frightened by Sweeny’s weak breathing that his voice trembled.Just as I placed the child in the medical pod, the infirmary door was kicked open.Laina stormed in with a group of bodyguards. She had her arms around Raivo.When she saw me, a smug look of satisfaction flashed across her face.She said contemptuously, “You said you didn’t care, but here you are in the old mansion! Ho

Chapter 4

“Don’t hit my dad!”Sweeny saw me get thrown to the floor. My forehead split open and blood gushed.Sweeny screamed in panic as he prepared to bite a second time.But Laina saw right through him. She gripped Sweeny’s chin, glanced at Raivo in the corner, and kept tightening her grip. “You little beast! Open your eyes and look for yourself! Your real dad is right there!”“He’s not my dad! You’re all bad people!”Sweeny looked up. He opened his bloodied, mangled mouth, and lashed out at her as he tried to bite and scratch.Laina was out of patience. She flung him to the floor and planted her sharp heel firmly on the child’s chest.She sneered and said, “Noah has completely corrupted this child! He doesn’t even recognize his own parents!“Fine! I’ll teach you a good lesson today. Here’s how you apologize to your parents!”With that, she applied more pressure and stomped and ground her foot harder onto Sweeny’s chest.Sweeny’s muffled screams and groans of pain echoed throughou

Chapter 5

Third-Person POVLaina’s face suddenly changed.Before she could react, she was kicked away.When she finally snapped back to the present, her ninth aunt, Trisha, had pulled the blood-soaked Noah into her arms. She had never shown any interest in any other man. She also served as the head of the Miller family. She glared daggers at Laina.Laina hurriedly pulled Raivo, who looked terrified, to her side. Together, they bowed their heads in apology.“Aunt Trisha, I-I just returned from abroad today.“W-Why are you interfering in my affairs the moment I walk in the door?”Resentment lingered in Laina’s words. She was very afraid and resentful of Trisha.The previous head of the Miller family had nine daughters. They all competed for power. Trisha was one of them. She was an illegitimate child, so she was not even allowed to be seen in public. They had just brought her back from abroad.She had no foundations here, no power, and could not even understand English very well.But in

Chapter 6

“Understood!”The moment the words left her mouth, Laina crumpled to the floor in terror. She instinctively looked up at the woman seated in the seat of honor.Her life was on the line. She was petrified but she managed to ask in a trembling voice, “Aunt Trisha, what did I do wrong? Why do you want to chop off my foot?”Trisha focused a lazy gaze at her, like she was looking at an annoying bug.She rolled up her sleeves and added in a drawling tone, “Add in the other foot too!”Just then, a bodyguard returned from outside with a Tibetan mastiff, which was nearly as tall as a person.At the sight of it, cold sweat broke out on Laina’s forehead.“Aunt Trisha, no!”She scrambled to her feet and stumbled as she tried to rush past and beg Trisha. However, a bodyguard pinned her down firmly.“Aunt Trisha, what on earth have I done to deserve this treatment from you?! I’ve been away serving the Miller family for five whole years! Even if that isn’t enough, I’ve definitely done a lot

Chapter 7

She ignored the three people before her and merely waved her hand indifferently.“Take them away! Remember to keep it down. Noah and Sweeny need to rest.”“Yes, ma’am!”The bodyguards rushed forward and tried to escort Laina and Raivo away.Raivo’s outburst at that point was very unexpected. It was not clear whether he was simply stupid or was jealous, but he lost all rationality.He let out a cold laugh. “Ha! So the famed head of the Miller family is nothing but a fool! What’s so great about that Noah? He’s just a pair of worn-out pre-loved shoes that Laina left behind. Is he really worth being treated as a precious treasure?”A collective gasp rippled through the room.The atmosphere in the hall instantly turned cold.Raivo was oblivious to it all. He snarled and sneered as he hurled insult after insult.“Everyone says you’re a genius with impeccable judgment, but in my eyes, you’re just a dumb woman who’s been duped by a cunning man!”Trisha did not get angry at Raivo’s

Chapter 8

They would not have fallen out. They would have continued to live as a couple just as before. They would have been married. Maybe their relationship would not have been passionate, but it certainly would have been stable.Noah would have turned a blind eye to her infidelity.Once she gave birth to a son or a daughter, he would have stopped paying any attention to her altogether.But she had been reckless and foolish and had sent Sweeny here.She understood what Raivo had intended at that time.She had known very well that she was doing it to humiliate Noah, just as Raivo wanted.At first, she hesitated. She did not want to take things too far, but at that time, she had been too infatuated with Raivo.Unfortunately, it was all too late.She looked at her two legs, now missing their feet. A wave of despair washed over her.She had thought that as long as she let Trisha vent her anger, her father would surely find a way to get her out.But to her surprise, no one came to see her

Chapter 9

Since I said nothing, Trisha called out to me tentatively, “Noah, do you blame me?”She then hung her head and sighed, as if she was really sad. “It’s only right for you to blame me, but I swear that such a thing won’t happen again. It’s my fault this time, so you can punish me however you want!”Who would have thought that the fearsome and ruthless Trisha was a witch in sheep’s clothing who fought for affection at home?Laina might never find out the reason she was suddenly sent to another country to develop a new market. It was all Trisha’s idea. She only told me after I married her. Apparently, she had liked me for a long time, but I was engaged to Laina, and she could not do anything about it.Who would have thought that Laina would decide to ruin things for herself and cheat on me with Raivo?So, Trisha decided to do Laina a favor and send her overseas. To everyone’s surprise, Laina was stupid enough to bring Raivo back. After giving birth to her baby, she had someone b

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