I'm Someone Else

Chapter 265

“Remember not to tell Thomas about what happened today.”

After pausing briefly in thought, Quincy repeated the reminder once more.

He knew how to settle things without going overboard and was willing to give others some leeway, butthe same couldn’t be said about Thomas. If Thomas found out that Leah and Gunnar had the nerve tosink their claws into Olivia, he would certainly take them out and things would go down the path of noreturn.

He would probably go after Declan too.

“Okay!”

Although Olivia didn’t know why she had to keep it from Thomas, she knew that Quincy wouldn’t hurther. Either way, she was safe now and her anger had been sufficiently vented, so she didn’t mindkeeping it from Thomas.

Quincy looked at Declan and Yuna. “Olivia, that old hag Leah threatened your Uncle Declan intotricking you, so don’t hold it against him.”

“That’s your Aunt Yuna. Perhaps you don’t remember her anymore. She hasn’t joined any of thePearsons’ events recently. She was there when you were born, you know, and she was very close toyour mother. They even went through a formal ceremony to acknowledge each other as sisters, soshe’s also your aunt on your mother’s side. Your mother was the one who set her up with your UncleDeclan.”

That was also the reason why Declan doted on Olivia all this while. He had a good relationship with hissister-in-law, so naturally, he couldn’t stand seeing how unfairly the Pearsons treated Olivia.

Previously, Taylor stood up for Olivia because Yuna and Olivia’s mother were good friends. Otherwise,he wouldn’t have bothered to get involved.

Yuna came forward. Her eyes were glistening with tears. “Olivia!”

Olivia looked a lot like her mother, especially her expressive eyes. Looking at her now, Yuna felt as ifshe was looking at her friend.

Olivia allowed Yuna to pull her into a hug, but she was still a little lost. After all, she never had anycontact with this aunt of hers, and she felt a little awkward to be this intimate on their first meeting.

“Sniff!” Yuna began to cry. The last time she saw Olivia, the latter was still a baby, but in the blink of aneye, Olivia was all grown up now and the friend that she considered an older sister to her had beengone for many years as well. Everything had changed.

Declan and Yuna had long since grown extremely displeased by the Pearsons’ actions, but as theywere all part of the Six Greatest Families, it didn’t feel right for them to say anything. Therefore, after adiscussion, the couple decided not to get involved with the family’s matters.

“Ahem!” Quincy seemed to sense Olivia’s awkwardness and came to her rescue. ‘That’s enough now.It’s not like we’re all strangers here. Let’s leave. You have plenty of time to catch up later on.”

Everyone nodded and headed off.

Thankfully, Quincy had made it in time today, or else, there was no telling what could have happened.

Yuna looked at Olivia. “Declan told me that you’re staying at Northpine Villa. Is that true?”

“Yeah! I’m staying with Thomas,” Olivia replied. To her, the name Thomas was like a spell that wouldturn the corners of her lips up whenever she mentioned it.

I wonder what Thomas is doing now. Is he still busy?

“Declan, why don’t we take a look at Olivia’s place?” Yuna kept a loving hand on Olivia’s arm as sheasked Declan for his opinion.

“Sure!” Declan didn’t mind, of course. He wanted nothing more than to spend time with his niece. Afterthe incident today, he felt guilty and remorseful toward Olivia.

“Alright. You guys can get together and catch up. I still have work to do at the hospital so I’ll be takingmy leave now,” Quincy said before leaving.

Over at the rental, Chloe was lying unmoving in bed. She was as white as a sheet and looked nothinglike her usual adorable self. Even her hair was unkempt.

The rise and fall of her chest as she breathed was the only thing that made it clear to others that shewas alive and not a corpse.

Thomas and Adam were both standing in front of Chloe’s bed. The sight of Chloe being this way madeThomas feel as if someone had stabbed him in the heart. It was twisting in pain.

“Why don’t you go out first, Mr. Hahn? Leave things to me.” Thomas forced himself to smile andcomforted Adam.

Adam was getting up in the years now. It wouldn’t be good if he stuck around in a panic too.

Alas, Thomas has no idea that his smile was more of a grimace.

Adam let out a sigh and wiped his tears before leaving the bedroom.

“Get up and eat something, Chloe. Your body will crash if you don’t eat something.”

Thomas kept talking for two whole hours. He felt as if he had spoken more than he ever did in his entirelife, but Chloe didn’t move at all. She lay completely still and showed no reaction.

Thomas was getting anxious. All Chloe was doing now was hurting herself. She wasn’t helping anyoneby being this way.

“What on earth do you want, Chloe? I admit that it’s my fault. I dragged you two into this. Your mother’sashes wouldn’t have been stolen if it hadn’t been for me, but you need to give me some time. If youcarry on like this, you’ll crash before your mother’s ashes are found. If that happens, how am Isupposed to face your brother? I swear that I’ll definitely bring your mother’s ashes back to youunscathed! Just give me some kind of response, please?”

Still, he got not even the slightest reaction from Chloe.

Thomas knew that this was an illness of the heart, not the body, and an illness of the heart couldn’t becured with any kind of physical treatment. Even though he could save people from their deathbeds, hecouldn’t do anything about Chloe’s emotional affliction.

He wouldn’t be wasting his breath here if his body wasn’t weakened after losing too much blood whenhe saved Olivia. He would’ve marched right up to the gates of the three families and snatched theashes right back!

Thomas was the one who was most affected by the theft of Chloe’s mother’s ashes. Not only was hethe reason why Zachary died, but he even dragged Zachary’s deceased mother into this mess. Shecouldn’t even rest in peace.

“Chloe, I’m begging you, please. You need to take care of yourself, okay? I don’t have any other family,you know? Even my girlfriend of eight years betrayed me. You’re the only one in this world who keepsme motivated right now. I’m alive right now because I want to let you have a happy life, but you’vebecome this way because of me. How am I supposed to live with that?”novelbin

Thomas’ tears began to flow. He held Chloe and vented all his emotions.

I might as well die right now so that I can head into the afterlife and atone myself in front of Zachary.

“Thomas…”

At long last, Chloe opened her eyes and called out softly.