Even Beyond Her Death?
For three years, Olivia Fordham has been Ethan Miller’s wife in name only—an outsider standing in the shadow of the woman he adored for a decade, Marina Carlton. Olivia learned....
For three years, Olivia Fordham has been Ethan Miller’s wife in name only—an outsider standing in the shadow of the woman he adored for a decade, Marina Carlton. Olivia learned to live with the coldness, the silence, the distance… until the day a doctor’s quiet words shatter the world she was barely holding together. Terminal. Irreversible. Limited time. As she walks out of the hospital clutching her diagnosis, she glimpses Ethan across the street—smiling, relaxed, gently guiding Marina’s children. He hadn’t been there for her appointment. He never was. Deciding not to die in a cage of bitterness, Olivia signs the divorce papers and leaves without a single accusation. But Ethan sees this as rebellion. As betrayal. As yet another debt her family must pay. Ethan’s cruelty intensifies. Accusations. Punishment. Cold reminders of a past Olivia doesn’t fully understand. And then tragedy strikes: her father, the only person who ever loved her unconditionally, is left comatose after a suspicious accident. Olivia is left with nothing—not health, not hope, not a future. Standing on the rooftop, her final words echo through the wind: “If my death settles what my family owes, then let this be the payment.” But when Olivia closes her eyes… Ethan finally opens his. And for the first time, the man who swore he could never feel for her realizes the truth: It wasn’t her family who owed him. It was him. Always him. And now, it may be too late.
