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Layla even lowered her standards to Joanna, but she didn’t expect Hayden to refuse to remarry.
Hayden frowned slightly. If it were anyone else, he wouldn’t even bother saying a word.
However, he knew Layla’s temper all too well.
“I was the one who wronged Yvonne. She is the only wife I will ever have. After emphasizing it once again, he turned and left.
Layla slumped back onto the sofa, utterly drained.
Her eyes were vacant as she stared at the scattered pieces of paper on the floor.
She only had two children in her life.
Nevin was incompetent and destined for a life of indulgence.
Fortunately, Hayden was intelligent and promising.
However, Layla didn’t expect that Hayden would be ruined by Yvonne.
The point was that Hayden had no heir yet. It would be a problem if he never remarried.
Layla gritted her teeth and clenched her hands before thinking, “Yvonne, you won’t even let my son go in death!”
The large living room was filled with resentment.
Hayden drove back to Rosy House.
He originally only meant to make a quick visit and reassure everyone that he was alright. He didn’t expect that Layla would come up with all those whimsical ideas. He didn’t want to spend another minute in that place as a result.
Upon his return to Rosy House, he found everything eerily quiet. The villa was shrouded in darkness, not a single light illuminated the surroundings.
The servants assumed he was staying at the Parker residence for the night, so they had all retired for the day. Only a few on night duty were startled to witness his return. “Mr. Parker, welcome back…
Hayden nodded, suddenly struck by the profound silence that enveloped the house. “Has everyone gone to bed?”
The servants were momentarily taken aback but quickly recovered. “Yes, Mr. Parker. Is there anything you need? I’ll wake everyone up.
“There’s no need. Hayden waved his hand dismissively.
Only after the words had left his mouth did he realize, with a jolt, that the person he truly wanted to ask about was Yvonne.
In the past, even though Yvonne never waited up for him, her presence had always filled the house with a welcoming warmth and light. Now, it felt empty and cold.
A wave of sadness welled up from the bottom of his heart and surged into his mind.
After the servants dispersed, he walked upstairs.
Every step was heavier than ever before.
When he pushed open the bedroom door and found it quiet, the calmness and composure he had forced on his face finally crumbled.
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Yvonne’s fare and smile kept flashing through his mind. Hayden? What are you doing here? Don’t you know how to knock? is rare for you to come back Grandma is gone, so you don’t have to pretend to be well–behaved anymore, do you?”
Every word she had ever said, even if it was sarcastic, he remembered clearly
Now that he thought about it carefully, the only reason he came back to sleep there after his grandma’s passing was that he wanted to see hei
It was a pity that he had realized it too late.
“Sigh. “With an unconscious sigh, Hayden walked slowly into the room.
He remembered that Yvonne liked to sleep on the side of the bed facing the window. He sat on the edge of the bed now, his
inbling slightly as he caressed the pillow she used to sleep on.
It was as if her scent still lingered there.
“Yvonne, he murmured her name, his handsome face drained of all color, his face pale and lifeless.
In the past, he did not understand what it meant to be sad and sorrowful.
Now. Yvonne’s departure had made him understand what true pain was
He didn’t even know when he had developed so many feelings for her. Every piece of news about her would pull at his heart.
At that moment, a melodious piano sound suddenly came from outside the door.
Each note seemed to contain a deep longing, reaching the depths of one’s heart.
Most importantly, this melody was very familiar to Hayden.
It was the tune that had awakened him from his coma.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly got up and chased after the sound.
He thought, Only Yvonne should know this melody!
Could it be that she’s not dead?
It must be.
She must have faked her death to punish me!”
He kept fantasizing about this possibility. Hayden rushed to the corner of the stairs in one breath, only to find that it was a maid watching a video on her mobile phone.
While watching and crying, her eyes were red and swollen.
The beautiful piano sound came from the maid’s mobile phone.
The hope in his heart was instantly shattered.
What followed was an emptiness in his heart and a deep powerlessness.
“What video is that?” He asked suddenly.
The maid was so engrossed in her crying that she didn’t even hear the footsteps. Suddenly hearing a human voice, she trembled in fright and almost couldn’t hold her mobile phone. “Mr. Parker…”
“What are you holding in your hand?” Hayden asked again, frowning.
The maid said with a sob, “It’s when Mrs. Parker played the piano when she was still alive. I thought it sounded so good at the
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time, so I secretly recorded it. She was always very kind to me. L… I heard the news that she jumped into the sea, and I felt
sid…
Every word she uttered was laced with a slight tremble.
After all, it was wrong to film Yvonne without her consent, and now that everyone knew she was gone, Hayden must be devastated. Everyone was deliberately avoiding the subject.
She also feared that if Hayden got angry, she would lose her job.
However, not only did Hayden not get angry, but his eyes even softened a little when he heard it was something related to Yvonne
“She played the piano at home? Let me see.” Hayden remembered seeing Yvonne sitting in front of the piano once when he came back.
He asked her to play a song, but she refused.
The maid respectfully handed over her phone. “Last time, a piano was delivered to the house, and Mrs. Parker loved it. She played beautifully! But later, the piano was taken away…
It was originally a gift from Hayden to Joanna, but it was sent to the wrong address.
Hayden didn’t think about it. After glancing at the video and confirming that the woman was indeed Yvonne, he asked the maid to send it to his phone.
He went back to his bedroom and only started playing the video after closing the door.
With her long hair cascading over her shoulders, Yvonne sat gracefully at the piano, her slender fingers dancing over the black and white keys, each note coming to life beneath her touch.
The soothing music, as if given a soul by her, became so lively and healing.
The famil
familiar melody instantly transported Hayden back to those days of coma.
He struggled desperately in darkness, and it was the arrival of this melody that guided him and urged him not to give up Now, the thought of Yvonne traveling abroad alone, leaving everything behind to care for and accompany him, only
only to be mistaken by him in the end, Hayden’s heart ached with every beat.
His hand holding the phone trembled slightly.
His vision blurred, a glimmer of light shimmering in the depths of his eyes.
“I should have recognized you sooner… A deep sorrow spread from his voice.
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