After My Mom and I Met Our Deaths, They Were Driven Mad With Regret
After My Mom and I Met Our Deaths, They Were Driven Mad With Regret
When my mom failed to win over my dad, she left me with a billion dollars.
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But after my boyfriend, Ronnie Douglas, repeatedly abandoned me for his true love, my heart finally broke. I turned my back on everything and bought a deserted island.
“Ms. Gardner, you’ve successfully secured permanent private residency on this uninhabited island, along with a custom–designed partner service. He will love you unconditionally and remain forever loyal, the agent informed me.”
On the day Ronnie went skydiving with his so–called true love, I vanished from the shore.
From that moment on, I ceased to exist in this world.
Chapter 1
“Donald, have you forgotten? I told you that if you ever betrayed me, I would disappear from this world forever,” Brynlee Herring, my mom, cried, her voice breaking.
My dad, Donald Gardner, however, looked utterly bored.
“Enough! Systems, strategies, how many times have you spun the same lie over the years? Aren’t you tired of it? Irene is pure and innocent,” he replied. “She doesn’t care about my money, only about love. You still own half of Gardner Group, so what’s your problem?”
My mom froze for a moment and then staggered back a few steps.
“Her promises to you, you remember them clearly. But what about the ones you made to me?”
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“In this circle, who doesn’t keep a young, pretty one? The truth is, I’ve been too indulgent with you all these years!” With that, my dad stormed out, slamming the door behind him.
I had always known that my mom was part of a system, a strategist.
She had successfully completed her mission to win over my dad, choosing to stay in this world permanently.
But the cost was clear. If he ever betrayed her, the system would erase her.
And now, my dad was tired of my mom aging and losing her beauty. He was openly involved with Irene Costa, his secretary, who was two years younger than me.
I couldn’t understand. They had spent decades together. How could everything change so suddenly?
I held my mom as she collapsed in my arms, her strength gone. My eyes reddened with unshed tears.
She suddenly smiled weakly, “Andrea, your dad will never understand. What kept me here was never the money.”
That night, I returned to the villa with a heavy heart.
Ronnie, drunk, greeted me by pulling me into a tight embrace.
“Baby, you’ve been gone at your mom’s place for so long, he murmured. “I missed you so much.”
Feeling his arms around me, I touched the wedding ring on his hand, finding a sliver of comfort.
Ronnie and I had been together since our school days, from uniforms to wedding gowns. We’d been married for three years.
Everyone said he, as a cold and aloof heir in Joria, was utterly devoted to his wife. He handled everything personally, never once complaining.
At auctions, he spent millions of dollars on jewelry as if it were nothing, just to light up my world. Morning and goodnight kisses were a constant ritual.
When I was gravely ill and hospitalized, the man who never believed in God went to every church. praving to give un half his life for mu
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He even cried when he saw me in my wedding dress.
“Andrea, I finally get to marry you,” he whispered that day.
He loved me deeply. The wedding ring I designed for him never left his finger, and he never allowed another woman near him.
Before I could finish my shower that night, Ronnie burst in, wrapping his arms around me impatiently.
His cool lips brushed my ear. “Andrea, help me,” he whispered.
After an intense and passionate night, we fell asleep in each other’s arms.
Ronnie, who usually stayed awake until I slept, dozed off quickly that night. But I couldn’t sleep, restless over everything that had happened
earlier.
“Judith… Judith…”
Half–awake, I heard him murmur a name.
My heart clenched instantly.
That name had nothing to do with me.
