Chapter 196


    If this recording wasn’t synthesized, then what had Yvan done to them, to his own flesh; and blood? My


    God, what atrocities had hemitted against that innocent mother and


    son!


    He had hurt Matilda, deceived her, humiliated her, and even sided with the true viin behind the


    scenes right in front of her!


    Matilda had told him, screamed her usations at him over and over, but he hadn’t listened. Not one


    damn word did he believe her at the time!


    Yvan felt an excruciating pain engulf his entire body, clutching at his chest as if he had been wounded a


    thousand times over, his heart bleeding, his very sinews being torn apart.


    He was gasping for air, spasms racking his frame, as he clicked on the next audio clip. A child’s voice


    emerged, innocent yet haunting.


    “Mr. Boyd, this is Logan. By the time you hear this, I won’t be by your side anymore. Thanks a lot for


    keeping E close, for making her so angry at me, time and time again, that she wanted to kill me.”


    Those words were like a knife twisting in Yvan’s heart. His face turned ashen, and he shuddered, the


    phone slipping from his grasp and crashing to the floor.


    But the voice continued relentlessly.


    “To escape


    making. you, I had to pay a fair price. Do you see it now? This tragedy is your ow


    making. You’re the origin of all these disasters, and you will be the one to pay the price, the ultimate


    redeemer. I don’t know what my mom did to you five years ago, but I hope for your sake it’s exactly as


    you imagined. Because if the dayes when I unveil the truth once more, Mr. Boyd, you’ll have


    nothing left.”


    Yvanughed, a hollow, tearful sound.


    “And now, let me congratte you with a line I read in a book–congrattions on your vast empire,


    your eternal solitude from this day forth!”


    His own son had cursed him to eternal solitude!


    He couldn’t even ovee a child’s hatred!


    Yvan felt as if his heart had been literally ripped out, his legs gave out, and he copsed to the floor.


    He was like a man stripped of consciousness, staring nkly at the vast blue sea below; suddenly


    realizing that maybe the one in need of redemption wasn’t Matilda, but himself.


    And Matilda… she was his only shot at redemption.


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    In the end, even Logan had abandoned him. What was left for him now? Nothing! Yvan had never felt


    so utterly defeated In his life, not even his own son wanted to be with him!


    Pathetic, that’s what he was.


    Yvan let out a derisiveugh as Carl stepped forward to help him up, but Yvan staggered back to the


    shore, staring out at that ocean, his voice still trembling, “Search! Find Logan even if you must drain the


    sea!”


    Carl ced a hand over Yvan’s eyes.


    Blinded by Carl’s hand, Yvan babbled, “What are you doing, I can’t see, Carl…”


    Until he choked up.


    Carl, with a heavy heart, covered half of Yvan’s face, the rising sun casting its light upon his cheeks,


    reflecting something shiny and liquid.


    In the deep winter of that year, Yvan lost Matilda, Logan, and everyone who had ever been close to


    him. He stood at the edge of the sea where Logan had fallen, as if in silent tribute. But he knew, no one


    would forgive him again.


    He had extinguished all the warmth he had with his own hands.


    Everyone’s hearts ached for him. Witnessing Yvan’s expression, they felt as if the sky had fallen. The


    once–glorious Mr. Boyd was nothing more than a pitiful man.


    Until the break of dawn, until the first light tore through the darkness, Carl covered Yvan’s bloodshot


    eyes, and everyone waited in silence, waiting for Yvan’s sobs to subside.This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.