Chapter 821


    Olivia counted the days. Logan had been with her for around half a year.


    They went from being distant to him bing a full-time nanny for her child. He helped care for Alicia


    without anyints and she had long since dropped her guard with him.


    “I…” But Olivia was reluctant to tell him. The story was too long, and she didn’t know where to start.


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    “It’s okay, I’m very tight-lipped. I’ll never tell anyone else.”


    Olivia nced at Alicia and said, “Maybeter.”


    “Okay.” Ethan wasn’t in a rush. He waited for around half a year for her to open up. He didn’t mind


    waiting for a while longer.


    He sat by the flowerbeds and waited for her while Alicia was taking her nap.


    When Olivia walked over, he stood up. “Ms. Fordham.”


    “No need to stand. Let’s sit and talk.”


    “Okay.”


    Ethan had prepared a ss of juice for her. They sat under a parasol as the sea breeze blew toward


    them gently.


    Olivia took a sip. It was fresh lemonade. The taste was refreshing with a sour tinge.


    “Are you willing to hear a story?”


    “It’s my pleasure.”


    Olivia set the ss down and gazed at the ocean. “The story starts from that one ident at sea…


    This was the first time Ethan heard about their story from Olivia’s perspective. He never knew she fell


    for him the moment he rescued her.


    She didn’t mention all the reprehensible things he did to her over the years. She only glossed over


    them.


    Ethan fell into a deep silence after she finished talking.


    He had experienced the same things as her, but hearing her recounting the events felt like he was


    putting salt on her wounds.


    He had the urge to p himself.


    “I’m already divorced, but he is a very obsessive man. He will never give up on whatever he decides


    on. If he knew where I was, he would definitely take me and my child prisoner.”


    Olivia used a very harsh word-prisoner.


    Ethan collected his thoughts before speaking.


    He said, “Judging from what you said, your ex-husband must have loved you a lot. Maybe he just


    wants to protect you and your child and doesn’t n to hurt you.


    “Besides, they’re his children too. He might be overjoyed if he knew they were still alive. Have you ever


    thought about getting back with him?”


    “Impossible!” Olivia turned down that notion without hesitation. “I’ll never go back to him, not for the rest


    of my life. Love was not an excuse for him to hurt me. I won’t deny that he might’ve loved me a lot. But


    he hurt me repeatedly under the guise of love. His actions hurt me too deeply.”


    Intense hatred appeared in Olivia’s eyes when she said that. “If not for him, my adoptive father would


    still be alive. I would still have a home. My son would still be alive.”


    Olivia raised her hand. “He didn’t just hurt me emotionally. This is proof of the physical harm he caused


    No matter how many evil deeds his sistermitted, despite her multiple attempts on my life, he still


    sided with her and shot me without hesitation.


    “If I forgave him, I would be doing myself a disservice. All the suffering I had been through, the blood I


    shed, and the pain I felt would have been for nothing.”


    Even if her hand had recovered, it would never return to how it was, at least not in the foreseeable


    future.


    The scar was also forever carved on her skin and on her heart.


    “I hate him with every fiber of my being. I despise him. I would never live with that monster, even if it


    were for the children’s sake.”