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Chapter 396
Esme’s funeral.
Fia changed into a black attire. Her long hair had been tied up and was held by a wooden hairpin. She wore no
accessories.
Her face was pale, and she looked slender and frail.
When she appeared at the cemetery, the Lawsons and Manning looked at the two of them, their eyes. filled with
various kinds of emotions.
Fia couldn’t see their expressions. All she could do was hold Conrad tightly and follow him.
Conrad’s eyes looked at the photo on the tombstone.
The woman in the picture smiled gently.
He felt disgusted!
“Did you see her?” Fia suddenly stopped and asked the man next to her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“I did.” Conrad looked at all the people surrounding them, his eyes cold and expression violent.
He was making a statement. If any of them said anything they shouldn’t to Fia, he would make them regret their
whole lives!
Hank’s company had declared bankruptcy and his assets were seized. He now stood there without strength, and
the Mannings didn’t dare to say a word.
“Conrad, let’s go pay our respects, alright?”
Conrad frowned and wanted to refuse, but looking at her empty eyes, he couldn’t say no.
“Fine.”
He gave Silas a look, and Silas gave Conrad a white rose.
Conrad carefully put it in Fia’s hand and held her tightly,
He guided her as she finished the entire procedure.
“Do you want to do it too?” Fia straightened her back and asked him.
Conrad looked at the photo on the tombstone icily and held her waist.
“No, let’s go home.”
Fia didn’t force it and was about to leave with Conrad.
Suddenly, Beth, who was held by a few people, ran over with a knife in her hand.
She screamed, “Die with Esme!”
The knife didn’t touch Fia at all as Conrad easily knocked it out of her hand.
Just as they were screaming and yelling, he grabbed Beth by the throat.
Conrad’s amber eyes were frozen cold, and his voice was like winter’s breath. “You have a death wish, don’t you?!”
He tightened his grip, choking Beth like he was grabbing a chicken by the neck. He could finish her off if he just
tightened it a little bit more.
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Even though Fia couldn’t see, she could sense the murderous intent from Conrad.
She held his arm and said, “What happened?”
Conrad looked at her nervous expression while still choking Beth, and said to her softly, “Nothing happened.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“If nothing happened, let’s go,” she said softly. While she couldn’t see, she could tell from her aunt’s voice that she
wanted to kill her.
Conrad looked at everyone and said, “Fia’s my wife. If any of you lift as much as a finger against her, I won’t show
any mercy!”
With that, he threw Beth away like a ragdoll.
Beth was thrown a few meters away as she slammed on the ground, her black outfit stained with mud.
She wailed as she crawled on the ground and slammed the rain-soaked earth with her fists. She didn’t care about
her image anymore.
“My daughter… Why did you fall in love with someone as heartless as him?!” She glared at Fia. “Don’t be too happy,
Fia! He’s a heartless demon! Your future will be worse than Esme’s a hundred fold! Hahaha! You better bet on it!”
Fia gulped. While she couldn’t see her face, she could still hear her curses and her hate.
Her blinded eyes became wet.
She could understand her mother now No matter how her aunt treated her, she would always call Beth her sister
with sincerity.
While she complained about Beth, she would always talk about how close they were when they were little. When
they were younger, the Lawsons were not very wealthy. They had to do a lot of chores. But Beth would always take
over most of the chores to help her sickly mother.
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