Chapter 549
Even After Death
âLiv, Iâm not trying to side with whoever. But this is not the Toxic Hiveâs way of doing things.
âIf Leia really wants you dead, itâs highly possible that she will find a way to drug you. Would she have
chosen this method?
âAs you know, the head of Toxic Hive is Helen. After Mr. Carlton passed away, she brought the Toxic
Hive out of Aldenvine, including Leia. It has been months since they left.â Ethan held Oliviaâs hand.
With a gentle expression, he said, âThe person who bought off The Black Ravens is not only rich, but
he knows the contact them.
way
âHeâs decisive and simple with his way of doing things. Heâs ruthless. Liv, did you think about who you
have offended?â
She shook her head. âYou know my past very well. I got married and was pregnant before I graduated
from university. Who could I possibly offend?
âNot to mention that itâs a powerful fellow that can spend 100 million dollars so easily to put a bounty on
my head.â
He frowned. âI suspect that it has something to do with your real family. You and Ms. Parker took a
DNA test when she suffered from leukemia and found out that youâre not blood-related.
âSomeoneâs trying to stop you from digging further into the matter, so he hired assassins to kill you
once and for all.â
That was the only possibility.
Olivia had a hunch that her real family was a distinct existence. The thought of that gave her the
courage to live on with her life.
Now that she was shouldering her babiesâ and Monaâs lives, Olivia was determined to settle the score
at all costs!
âWill The Black Ravens keep dispatching assassins to kill me?â
âLogically speaking, no. The fact that they dispatched 100 men is enough to tell how resolute they are.
But theyâve underestimated our men, who are not ordinary bodyguards you see out there.
âThatâs why they suffered a lot of casualties. Even though a minority of them escaped, they lost the
majority of their people. Forget about B Ranks and A Ranks; C-rank assassins are rare. Now that
theyâve failed the mission, they will evaluate the risk and give up.â
Ethan added, âOf course, that person wonât give up just because this didnât work out. He will think of
another way, but he wonât take any action for the time being. You can rest up with peace of mind.â
âGot it.â Olivia suddenly stretched her hand toward him.
Baffled, he couldnât read her next action.
Next, she yanked him over to bring him to the bed.
She moved herself to give him some space. âNight.â
He couldnât rest because he was worried about her, so she decided to let him share the bed.
Facing her back to him, she could sense his breathing becoming stable.
Only then did Olivia speak indifferently, âEthan, Iâm sick of this kind of life.â
âLivâ¦â
âIâm sick of hiding. In the end, I couldnât protect my children and dragged someone else into this mess.
Had I not been this weak, would it have been a different ending?â
Ethan hugged her from behind. Her body was trembling in silence.
She was crying quietly, not wanting others to see her weak side.
âI canât forget how Mona stood in front of me and told me to run. Her blood splattered across my face.
âAnd I canât forget how Owen shielded me until his final breath. Dr. Wells is a woman herself, but she
carried me while climbing the cliff. Her hands were scratched, leaving blood along the rocks.â
She was choking on her voice. âI can never forget how the babies wriggled in my belly. They must be
scared.
âI promised them that I would take good care of them. But in the end, I couldnât do anything and held so
many people back.â
Spreading her palms, she looked at her hands. âDo you know? I watched them lose their lives and yet
couldnât do anything.
âAt that time, I kept thinking why I wasnât the one dying but them. If I was dead, things couldâve been
different. Iâm willing to sacrifice my life in exchange for their peaceful lives.â
âLiv, it wasnât your fault. You did well.â
âWhether the opponent was Leia or anyone else, I was always the passive party. I hid, but things
turned out this way in the end.
âEthan, once I recover, send me to Volt Peak Mountain.â
Ethanâs expression changed as soon as she brought up that mountain.
âNo. How could you go there? Liv, listen to me. Your dream is to be a doctor, right? I can send you
somewhere to pursue your
studies.â
âI wanted to save the world before this, but I couldnât even save my babies in the end. If I can avenge
them, I donât mind staining my hands with blood.â