Chapter 171 A Secret by the Graves


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    Tracy’s voice stopped short, but Ronald, sharp as ever, had picked up on the hidden meaning.


    Someone had died right in front of her, yet she couldn’t even bury them. She didn’t know where the body was dumped-maybe not even whole.


    Where had the Jackmans sent CeeCee during those two missing years?


    Ronald had looked into Tracy before. He knew the kind of person she used to be when she lived with the Jackmans, and he knew the kind of person she was now.”


    A few short years had entirely changed her into someone else. Whatever she went through wasn’t ordinary.


    A surge of dark fury welled up in Ronald’s chest, an undercurrent in his eyes that looked ready to destroy something.


    He turned his head toward her.


    Tracy’s face was calm, almost expressionless. She carried herself with quiet restraint, yet to Ronald she looked unbearably lonely.


    Before he realized it, the words slipped out. “Is one of these graves yours, CeeCee?”


    Tracy turned to him.


    She didn’t answer, but the shock in her eyes was all the answer he needed.


    It felt like someone had ripped at Ronald’s heart.


    She was alive-yet she had already arranged a grave for herself.


    Even at his lowest point, he had never thought like that.


    He wanted to say something, but the words caught in his throat.


    He knew nothing he said could ease the weight of what she carried.


    After a long silence, Ronald finally asked, his voice dark and steady, “Which grave is yours?


    The question pulled her back from her sorrow.


    She wasn’t sure why he asked, but she pointed toward thest of ten empty plots.


    Ronald stared at it for a moment. Then a radiant smile spread across his face. “Buy me one too,” he said.


    He pointed to the plot right beside hers. “That one. I’ll take it. Right next to you.”


    Tracy looked at him in a trance, unable to process his words.


    He was still smiling, his dimples bright and boyish, like some carefree college kid.


    The way he grinned made it feel less like he was choosing a grave and more like he was picking out


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    something he liked at the store.


    “You…” Her voice came out hoarse. “Why?”


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    Ronald tilted his head, still smiling. “Because you’re here. So this is the only ce I’d want to be.”


    His gaze locked on hers, his big, clear eyes full of sincerity, so clear it seemed they could hold no one else.


    His eyes burned with honesty and determination.


    “CeeCee, you’re the only person I have left in this world: So if the day everes when I die, the only one I’d want toy me to rest is you.”


    Tracy didn’t know where Ronald hade from or what kind of life he’d lived, but she could tell he meant every word.


    Was she really the only one he had?


    She didn’t answer. Instead, she called the cemetery manager and purchased the grave plot Ronald had chosen.


    Then, on the other side of her own, she had another stone carved with Derek’s name.


    For people like them, who didn’t even leave behind a body, a tombstone was the only proof they had ever walked this earth.


    Other than Derek’s, Tracy left the rest untouched.


    She hadn’t fulfilled the promises she made to those who were gone.


    No one else knew about the graves-only Tracy and Ronald.


    It became their secret, one they never mentioned again after leaving the cemetery.


    Because Tracy had trusted him with something so important, Ronald threw himself into making sure every detail was prepared. Their days grew busier.


    Tracy, too, was upied, nning the gift she intended to give Winona on the day of the Investor Conference.


    Even though she and Ronald lived under the same roof, they barely saw or spoke to each other.


    Yet the quiet moments they did share felt natural and effortless, almost enough for Tracy to forget the Jackmans existed.


    She had forgotten the Jackmans, but they had not forgotten her.


    Especially Liam, who kept showing up with fake concern, always bringing little gifts she refused every


    time.


    In the end, just to avoid him, Tracy stopped going back to the vi.


    Time flew, and soon it was the day of the Investor Conference.


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    Sinhaville was more prosperous than Cloudville, and the Renaults’ power was far greater than the Jackmans’


    When the Renaults decided to host the conference in Cloudville, even the Jackmans treated it like a major


    event.


    Everyone assumed the Renaults would hand the project to the Jackmans.


    But to everyone’s surprise, they chose the Millers instead-a family most people dismissed as nothing more than shy neers.


    The moment the news broke, the Millers’ status skyrocketed. Winona suddenly found herself surrounded by more admirers and tterers than ever.


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