All Chapters of Only My Death Can Free Us All: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

That day, I took the opportunity while Natalie and Nick were out to head to the latter's office.However, upon stepping inside, I was absolutely stunned.This looked nothing at all like an office. Instead, it was a replica of our home.The dark green velvet couch, the standing lamp Nick had personally picked out, even the vase of flowers on the coffee table—everything was exactly the same as back home.The only thing different was the wall that had our wedding photo hanging on it. Here, the entire wall had instead been filled with photos of Natalie.Her chopping vegetables in the kitchen. Her leaning back on the couch, eyes closed as she slept peacefully…Every single photo had been taken with meticulous care for the lighting and composition, and even through the photo paper, I could sense the overwhelming love he had for her.My heart spasmed in my chest as I thought back to our honeymoon. I had spent two hours dolling myself up before happily asking Nick to help me take a ph

I'd had a miscarriage even before learning that I was pregnant.Nick sat by my bed, his face twisted into a guilty expression."Lena, now really isn't a good time for a baby anyway. Once your illness is a little more stable, we can try for another baby."I stared at him numbly, noticing the faintly relieved look lurking deep in his eyes.This was actually the second child we had lost.Three years ago, after finding out that I was pregnant, Natalie had moved in to take care of me. That was also when she met Nick for the first time.As time went on, Nick began to return home less and less at night. Then, on the night that Natalie also stayed out, I slipped on the bathroom floor and fell, causing me to hemorrhage heavily and lose the baby.It was only after that incident that I discovered evidence of Nick cheating on me, which ended with me on the rooftop.What a cruel joke it was that my two babies and I ultimately became sacrifices for their so-called great love.It was obvious

For an entire week, Nick stayed by Natalie's side as they vacationed on the island.However, it was as though he had left his soul behind, as he seemed perpetually distracted. He would also keep checking his phone.Every day, like clockwork, he would send a message to Yelena reminding her to take her medications on time, yet he hadn't gotten a single response from her.Could it be that she was still upset with him?But instead of her usual temper tantrums, this time, her response was so cold and distant. It was completely unlike the Yelena he knew.The unusual silence from her end unsettled Nick deeply, to the point that he failed to hear it when Natalie attempted to talk to him. This had happened several times too.On their last day on the island, they headed for the beach, where it turned out that a dating reality show was being filmed.When the host spotted Nick and Natalie, his eyes lit up. He immediately flagged them down, saying into his microphone, "Hello, sir, ma'am. You

The call was cut off, plunging the hospital corridor into a dead silence.Nick didn't know how much time had passed before the doors to the morgue were pushed open from the inside.Natalie stepped out, her body swaying unsteadily as she cradled a small black urn in her arms. With reddened eyes, she spoke up in a choked voice."Nick, Lena is truly gone. All these years, her depression has tormented her, making her life a living hell. In the end, she chose to leave us when we weren't home. She probably did it so that we could be together, right?"As she spoke, she leaned against Nick's shoulder. "She must have realized that we were torturing each other for the past three years, so she decided to use this method to take herself out of the picture. Nick, since Lena did this for us, let's be together from now on and live on for her.""She did this so that we could be together?" Nick snapped his head up to stare at Natalie with bloodshot eyes. He seemed unable to believe that the woma