?Chapter 637:


    When Natalie returned, that would be Elyse’s true support for the future.


    Elyse nodded, turning to Nina.


    “You better take this chance while you can.”


    Nina’s eyes brightened as she eagerly nodded in agreement.


    That day, Dani didn’te back to Elite Lux. Katrina was dead, and ording to Caiden, she didn’t deserve much of a send-off. He was cold and detached, as if he had never spent years of marriage with her.


    “Anyway, that’s how I feel. She’s gone, and no amount of mourning will change that. So why make a fuss? Isn’t it embarrassing enough?” he said, his voice void of any emotion.


    Joyce red at him, her disappointment cutting deep.


    “Caiden Harper! I’ve already said I’ll cover the costs.


    You won’t pay a dime. But my mother’s funeral has to be grand. She was your wife, for God’s sake! Can’t you at least do this for her?”


    Joyce clenched her jaw, the memory of a hot summer day shing in her mind. She was just a little girl, standing at the top of the stairs, watching Caiden and Katrina together, their breathing loud in the silence. She wanted to go down, to run to her mother and ask, “Mom, what are you doing? Why are you with him?”


    But she stayed where she was. It was as if she understood something, but notpletely. She simply stood there, silently watching for a long time.


    What she couldn’t make sense of as a child, she now understood as an adult. She had always believed Caiden and Katrina had married, despite the scandal, because they loved each other. But now, all she could see was Caiden’s ugly true nature.


    “Either you take Katrina away, or if she’s going to be buried as my wife, it’s on my terms. Don’t make a spectacle of it. Just bury her quietly. I’ve been humiliated enough because of her. Why should I keep suffering for her even after she’s dead? She’s gone, Joyce. Don’t you get it? The living are what matter.”


    Joyce was stunned by Caiden’s shamelessness, her eyes wide in disbelief. She couldn’t believe he could be this cold.


    “Is that all she is to you now? Just a dead body?”


    Caiden didn’t hesitate.


    “What else?”


    Joyce’s heart shattered. She nodded, then turned to Dani.


    “What do you think? Will you let me take my mother’s body?”


    Dani had never seen Joyce so firm before, but she couldn’t help but give a faint smile.


    “It’s your choice.”


    Joyce narrowed her eyes at Dani.


    “Really? You don’t see her just as a body, do you?”


    Dani arched an eyebrow, clearly intrigued.


    Joyce continued, “I know you always believed my mother was responsible for your mother’s death. But I’ve asked her, and she swore she had nothing to do with it. Dani, you’ve wronged someone who had no part in this.”


    Dani’s face remained stoic, her tone cold.


    “I didn’t do it, Joyce.


    You need to think this through. If it had been me, Katrina would have been long gone by now, a hundred times over.”


    Joyce scoffed in mockery.


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