“You’re ruthless.”


    “Grace, you were even ruthless to your own child.“]


    For three straight days, ke kept repeating those words to me.]]


    What he didn’t know was that I could be just as ruthless to him.]


    The day I was finally able to get out of bed again.]


    ke sat by my bedside, his face dark as storm clouds.]


    Suddenly, a nurse walked into the room with police officers behind her.[]


    “ke Harrison, you’re under investigation for running an illegal website that distributed pornographic content. You need toe with us.”


    ke’s eyes locked onto mine.[]


    I turned my head away.[]


    “I’m the one who searched yourputer, and I’m the one who called the cops.“[]


    “ke, I don’t care who you did this for. You’re going to pay for every single crime.“]]


    The day ke was taken in for questioning, videos of him and Scarlett hit the inte.[]


    Harrison Industries‘ stock price crashed overnight.]]


    And ke, now connected to so many criminal cases, became the family’s ultimate disgrace.]]


    ke had originally created that forum just to make Scarlett happy.


    Butter, the profits from the forum kept growing bigger and bigger.]]


    So he let Scarlett do whatever she wanted.[]


    ire was the first person to discover her videos spreading on the dark web. She identified Scarlett from one of the photos.]


    When she confronted Scarlett, she overheard her conversation with ke.[]


    By the time they discovered her, it was toote for her to escape.[]


    ke allowed Scarlett to eliminate ire, butter when he wanted to call it off, he realized things had gone too far to stop.


    Later, because of my persistence, he told Scarlett to shut down the site.[]


    But Scarlett wouldn’t listen to him anymore. That’s why ke deliberately nted evidence to frame her


    ke had calcted everything.[


    Except he never expected ire to wake up.[]


    He never expected me to get pregnant, and he definitely never expected me to end our rtionship the way I did.[]


    On the day of his trial, I sat in the gallery.[]


    After ke pleaded guilty, he looked at me and said:” Grace, I’m sorry.“[]


    “But I really did love you. Whatever twisted thing I had with Scarlett couldn’tpare to what I gave you.“[]


    “At one point, I genuinely wanted to marry you.“[]


    “But it’s toote now. I know I was wrong. If there’s a next life, I’ll never make these mistakes again.“]]


    ke got twenty years.[]


    Scarlett got ten.[]


    The dark web scandal stayed in the headlines for months, until Harrison Industriespletely copsed.]


    Every single Harrison contract was terminated.[]


    They fell from their pedestal–a century–old dynasty destroyed by their own descendants.[]


    Later, I heard ke killed himself in prison.[]


    He left me a letter, I never went to pick it up.[]


    Eventually, Scarlett died in prison too, from her medical condition.]


    And I took that massive settlement money and returned to my hometown with Grandma’s and ire’s ashes.[]


    The day of their burial, I saw a little girl at the foot of the cemetery hill.]]


    She looked just like ire.]


    When she smiled, she had the exact same dimples.


    “Miss, want to buy some flowers? Buy flowers in this life, be beautiful in the next.“]


    I nodded and bought every single flower she had.[]


    Later, I tracked down this little girl through the foster care system and adopted her


    I named her Lily, hoping she’d always have the courage to walk away from anyone who hurt her


    Later, Lily and I traveled all over the country, seeing differentndscapes and meeting new people []


    The year she started school. I settled down in Pine Valley, whore low and show capped mountains existed in perfect Harmony []


    After saying goodbye to my past, a beautiful new future gradually gave me the peace I’d been searching for.[]


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