Chapter 91


    91 Maniptive- visiting the columbarium


    “…If I hadn’t stopped you from knowing what you felt for Jeslyn, do you think you would have lived to


    this day? All I did was for your safety… I love you so much and I’ll do it again if I have to: 1


    Sharon stretched out her hand and touched Ray on the shoulder hoping he had been br ainwashed


    again, however, Ray pushed her hand off and turned around. His eyes were red and his hands were


    balled in fists.


    “I thought you could change. However, you can never stop your schemes, never!” He pointed at the


    door with his back turned to her. “Get out… leave!!”


    Sharon furrowed her brows slightly. She knew this was not the right time to continue. Whenever Ray is


    angry, it is better to leave him alone. With that, she picked up her purse from the desk and left the


    office.


    She had no hand in spreading the rumor regarding Jeslyn’s death, also, she was sure that the vixen.


    was still alive somewhere, however, she wasn’t intending to tell Ray that. It is for everyone’s good that


    he believed Jeslyn was dead.


    Ray closed his eyes. Why was he just knowing that his sister could be this maniptive? She still didn’t


    take any me for all that happened. From everything she just said, she put all the mes on Emilee


    and the situation their family was in at that time.


    Yes, Ray agreed that his sister was right. He and Emilee had been dating from a young age. Emilee


    had always been the jealous type and wouldn’t think twice before she killed anotherdy because of


    him… she did it a few times in high school.


    Emilee killed a few girls because she found out or suspected they liked him. One of the girls she killed


    happened to be a politician’s daughter. The man wouldn’t let the matter go, so Emilee had to run away


    from home.


    After a few years, Emilee sent a girl who imed to be her assistant to him and told him she was fine.


    but didn’t exin anything.


    From there onwards, thedy became the bridge between them, and even when Emilee and Ray


    started tomunicate through the phone, thedy didn’t stop visiting Ray and that was because she


    had started to love Ray.


    However, after thest time thedy and Ray had s*x in the hotel where they discussed the poison Old


    man Lee was being given, Ray stopped hearing from her. He believed that thedy must have been


    killed by Emilee.


    That aside, Ray knew that he did wrong to Jeslyn. If it wasn’t because of Emma and Ava who


    approached him and talked some sense into him, Ray wouldn’t have realized what his beloved sister


    was doing to him.


    He had the belief that Jeslyn had been killed by Emilee and for that. Ever since his life had be


    miserable. He no longer sleeps at night due to guilt, and burning rage for himself and everyone


    around him.


    Ray knew that if he didn’t stay away from everyone, he might kill someone.


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    Ray brushed his fingers over his messy hair and sighed. He walked into the office room and entered


    the bathroom. After washing his face, the makeup covering his dark circles was washed off.


    Ray’s face looked pale like that of a ghost. His dark circles were so thick that it was scary.


    Ray stared at his reflection in the mirror for a long time before he returned to the office to continue


    working. When it’s down, he’ll call his makeup artist toe apply makeup on him. He’d been living


    like that for around three months now.


    The next morning, Jeslyn got dressed in an off-shoulder ckce gown. She wore a ck cocktail hat


    with a veil. She held three bouquets of roses. One is a dark crimson which they say represents sorrow,


    while the other two are yellow roses, which the people say symbolizes strong ties. Jeslyn got into a


    ck car which was driven by Blue with Pink sitting in the front passenger seat.


    Both guards wore ck suits and ck inner shirts.


    Jeslyn had her eyes closed all through the journey to Rose City’s columbarium.


    After a long time of driving, they arrived at the City’s columbarium. Blue was made to stay inside the


    car while Jeslyn and Pink got down and walked into the building after Pink spoke with the security men


    and people in charge of the Columbarium.


    The management of the Columbarium walked Jeslyn and Pink into the building and directed them to


    the private sector specially designed for the Lee family. Although Jeslyn was already familiar with the


    ce, she didn’t stop the three men from taking her there, after all, she had her face disguised and she


    didn’t appear like Jeslyn but a family friend.


    The people didn’t suspect that the youngdy was lying because almost everyone in Rose City knows


    that Jeslyn was dead.


    After the men left, Jeslyn walked into therge room alone, leaving Pink to stay outside the door.


    Standing in front of the niches, she stared at the ss covering the urns with her family’s pictures, an


    inscription telling the biography of each member of the Lee family, and a bu nch of red roses ced on


    each of the Lee family’s ss.


    The flowers caught Jeslyn’s eyes because they were still fresh. They must have been ced here this


    morning. She thought.


    Jeslyn walked closer to the niches and felt the roses before counting them. There were 15 roses in


    each vase. From what she knows, 15 roses are for an apology.


    She knew that her family had enemies but who could have wronged her grandfather, grandmother, and


    mother that they needed to apologize like this?


    Whoever it was, Jeslyn nned on finding them and forgiving them on behalf of her family. “Grandpa,


    I’m so sorry… your unfilial granddaughter finally found the time toe andsee you.”


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    92 Jeslyn’s disbelief


    “Grandpa, I’m so sorry… your unfilial granddaughter finally found the time toe see you.


    Grandma, please forgive me, I’m the reason for the family’s downfall.


    M om… I was wrong for being such a weakling… Jeslyn brushed her palm over the smooth ss, no


    dirt could be found on it.


    Thinking the management cleaned it, Jeslyn’s heavy heart calmed a bit. Not everyone would care


    about the remains of a fallen family, so Jeslyn was earnestly grateful.


    After a long while of crying and apologizing, Jeslyn started to y around. She believed that her family


    wouldn’t be happy seeing her like this, so she similed.


    “Grandpa, I married a bad man. Your son-inw is not a normal person…” She picked up the Crimson


    Rose and added it to the apology Roses ced inside the small vase attached to her mother’s ss.


    “I don’t know his full capability but he’s one of the devils in country M. She picked up a yellow Rose and


    ced it inside her grandmother’s vase.


    “Do you know…” she smiled. “He has a son. He is very cute and I love him a lot even though I hated


    him before…” she chuckled and continued to brief her family about how her life had been ever since.


    Sometimes the sound of herughter traveled through the ce, other times, her cries and sniffs, while


    most times her voice could be heard as she talked to her family like they were there.


    Inside one of the higher-ups’ offices, the man had been deliberating if he should call Ray as promised


    or inform him when hees tomorrow.


    Every morning, Rayes to the ce to keep it clean with his own hands. He cleans the sses and


    changes the flowers and pictures. He wasn’t doing it because he wanted to be forgiven. He was doing


    it because he knew that If Jeslyn was still alive, she would be the one doing everything now. 1


    Ray was inside his car speeding to thepany, lost in thought. He didn’t take anyone along. including


    his chauffeur. His phone rang which jolted him back to reality. He clicked on his earpod to answer the


    call.


    His face changed when he heard what the other person said. “Screeeeech!!” He recklessly turned the


    car around without caring about the carsing behind him.


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    “Keep them there and don’t let them leave!” He hurriedly said before he stepped on the elerator and


    almost flew out off the road like a racing car about to overtake itspetitors.


    Ray got to the columbarium but he was a little toote.


    “I’m sorry, CEO Ray, they left a while ago, we couldn’t keep them. The manager reported with his head


    bowed. How could he stop them when a gun was pointed at his head? None of the girls looked friendly


    at all, so all he could do was to keep his life.


    “What route did they leave from?”


    “CEO Ray, I’m not sure


    “Useless!” Ray hissed, got into his car, and dr ove off. Who else would that be? He had beening


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    here every day for the past three months and no one has evere here to family.


    pay homage to the Lee


    For some reason, Ray’s instinct was telling him it was Jelsyn but he didn’t dare to believe it because he


    saw Jeslyn’s ‘dead body’ from the video Emilee sent him.


    While Ray was almost going crazy thinking of who that person was, Jeslyn’s car was speeding across


    the busy roads.


    “Little bunny, where do you want to go after here?”


    “I want to see everything my family once owned,” she replied.


    Pink nodded and directed Blue on where to go.


    The first ce Jeslyn stopped at was the Lee mansion. She got down from the car and stood by the


    door to feed her eyes with the beauty of the mansion one more time.


    On the ck bar gates was a ck card with the words ‘Lee mansion’ written on it.


    The two-story wh ite mansion stood strong in the middle of the bigpound with a swimming pool by


    its side. Memories of how she rushed to drive her car in and out of the bar gates every day shed


    through her mind.


    Jeslyn sh ut her eyes for a moment and when she opened them again, the emotions had disappeared.


    She got into the car and it started moving out of Lee street.


    Unbeknownst to them, an almost invisible camera was fixed around the house and one was ced on


    the card. Luckily Jeslyn’s face was always disguised and also covered by the veil, however, Pink


    and Blue were captured by the CCTV.


    Inside the car, Jeslyn voiced out her doubt. “Older sister, the house looked empty and there’s still the


    card my grandfather ced on it. Why has it not been removed?”


    “It seems the person who stole the property hasn’t touched anything yet.”


    “Oh? I doubt that. Thepany should be doing well. I checked the progress of thepany but found


    nothing. It’s like the new owner has taken the Lee cooperation off the inte.


    Pink slightly shook her head. She’ll just allow Jeslyn to see the state of thepanies by herself.


    Getting to the headquarters of thepany Jeslyn looked from her window but refused to get down.


    She slowly turned to look at Pink. “I- is th- this m- my family’spany?”


    Pink nodded.


    Jeslyn shook her head. “Lies. Th- this is the wrong address.” She refused to believe it even though the


    name, “Lee cooperation’ was written on the top of the fifty-story building.


    Pink sighed. She got down from the front seat and entered the back seat. She pulled the shocked


    Jeslyn to herself and hugged her. “Little bunny… they are not your family’s property anymore. Forget


    about them.”


    Jeslyn fervently shook her head on Pink’s bosom. “My grandpa suffered so much when he…when he


    started thispany.” She choked on her tears. “My grandma died because of thispany… older


    sister…” She looked up at Pink’s stoic face and slowly pointed a finger at the dpidated building with