5

With that, she grabbed her own phone, slid her finger across it, and made a video call to me.

The camera on the other end shook for quite a while, but judging from the familiar decor, it was obviously my and Olivia's home.

"Ethan Winters, my mother treats you like her own son, but you've been using her and making her act with you!"

Olivia's tone was full of mockery and disgust, deeply piercing my heart.

The camera on the other end finally steadied, and my face appeared on the screen. As soon as "I" opened my mouth, it was still the familiar synthesized voice.

"Liv, as long as you leave that pretty boy Liam, I naturally won't do anything else."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee which part of Liam's body will be injured."

Olivia was instantly furious: "You dare threaten me? Get over here right now and apologize to Liam, or I'll divorce you tomorrow!"

I saw her anger and concern for Liam, but my heart was as calm as dead ashes.

How could a dead man divorce her? Her current anger had no target to bear it.

My mother-in-law was so angry that she was shaking. She took out that thin death certificate with a pale face and threw it at her face.

"Olivia Grayson, open your eyes and take a good look. What is this?!"

Olivia looked at the paper on the ground and hesitated for a moment before bending down to pick it up.

I saw the color drain from her face.

Olivia stared at the name on it in disbelief, her mind going blank.

Just then, Liam, who was leaning on the hospital bed, suddenly started coughing violently. He spit out a mouthful of blood and passed out.

Olivia immediately threw the death certificate aside and hurriedly pushed open the door to find a doctor and nurse.

"Someone come! Come quick! Liam is coughing up blood!"

Olivia's voice was choked with sobs. She didn't even care about her image that she valued most. Her hair was disheveled from running, but she didn't care at all.

At that moment, I realized that the rules she had set before weren't because she had high standards, but because she didn't love me.

My mother-in-law was anxious to chase after her, but Henry stopped her.

He shook his head, his eyes full of pain.

"Forget it. She won't care if Ethan lives or dies. Right now, she only has that pretty boy in her heart. This pair of ungrateful dogs probably wish Ethan was really dead."

Hearing this, my mother-in-law froze in place. She couldn't understand how her daughter had become so cold and heartless.

She couldn't support herself any longer. In an instant, she seemed to have aged a lot. She collapsed to the ground, crying incessantly.

I wished I could go forward and hug her, tell her I didn't care about Olivia anymore, and not to be sad for me anymore.

But I couldn't touch anyone at all. I could only silently stay by her side and shed tears with her.

While my mother-in-law was immersed in the grief of losing me, a phone suddenly rang.

She answered the call, and a weak but eager voice came from the other end: "Mom, where is Ethan?"

My mother-in-law's eyes instantly lit up. She asked excitedly, "Amelia, you're awake?"

I was also overjoyed to hear this news. My little sister-in-law, who had loved to stick to me since childhood, had finally regained consciousness. I hoped I could see with my own eyes how she was doing now.

Unfortunately, I couldn't move freely at all. If I left Olivia for a while, I would automatically return to her side.

Less than a few minutes after my mother-in-law and the others left, Liam woke up slowly. He looked guilty and kept apologizing to Olivia.

"Liv, I'm sorry. It's all my fault for being so useless and wasting so many days of your time keeping me company in the hospital, delaying you from going to find Ethan."

Olivia just snickered, "Ignore him. Sooner or later, he'll come out on his own. When the time comes, I'll divorce him."

"To think I used to believe he was honest and down-to-earth. I never thought he would dare to make my mother act with him. It's really unbearable. When he comes back, I'll make sure he leaves empty-handed!"

Every word she said made me suffocate with pain.

It turns out it's so easy to make someone's heart die. Olivia, I regret devoting myself to you in this life. If there is a next life, let's never meet again.