Chapter 482
Even After Death
Jeff continued, âOlivia, youâve been sheltered by me from a young age. You donât know how cruel
people can be. Some people will do anything to get status and wealth. When it comes to this, gender
doesnât matter.â
âI know that now.â
âBack then, I was the one who spent the most time with her. I was the ideal target. I didnât have any bad
habits, and I was a dedicated man. She wouldnât have to worry about other women if she married me.
Most importantly, I was much older than her. She could inherit my wealth after I passed.
âShe only gave up and tried pursuing another man after I explicitly turned her down. Olivia, do you
know who she set her sights on that night?â
Olivia felt a chill down her spine. âWho was it?â
âIt was Ethan.â
Olivia was dumbfounded. âHow could it be him?â
âJodie was a proud woman. She was probably discontent that she wasnât able to get together with me.
Your relationship with Ethan wasnât public, and no one knew he was married. Naturally, there were a lot
of women vying for his attention.â
Olivia remembered that she used to feel worried. She knew Ethan was a sight for sore eyes and was
sure many young women had their eyes on him.
Ethan used to tell her that she was the only woman he needed and that there was no one else.
It still felt surreal that Jodieâs story was somehow linked to Ethan. It made sense when Olivia thought
about it.
After all, Jodieâs looks resembled Leiaâs. Ethan would definitely spare her a few more looks when they
met, and she would overthink the attention he gave her.
âWhose baby was it?â
âI had some people look into it. She planned to drug Ethan, but he left before she met him. No one
really knows who she had sex with.â
Olivia was at a loss for words. She understood why Ethan came home that one night, all pent up. He
kept her in bed for the whole day the next morning. It turned out that Jodie was the cause of that.
If Ethan had met Jodie that night, she would have died right then and there. He wouldnât allow anyone
to do something so demeaning with a face that resembled Leiaâs.
âThen, Jodie became emotionally unstable. Sheâd demand an abortion without actually going through
with it. The next time I heard news about her, she had drowned in the ocean.â
That information was in line with what Olivia knew. âDid you meet with her before she left?â
âI met her once before she left. She threatened me over text and threw a fit when I went to meet her.
She said sheâd destroy my reputation if I didnât marry her. I didnât owe her anything. I funded her
education and provided her with whatever she wanted after she graduated.
âAfter seeing her true colors, I was disappointed. So, I told her that Iâd never meet her again. She
seemed
upset. She packed the things I had gifted her into a suitcase, told me to leave, and said I would regret
it.
âIt was a huge mess, and her words were vulgar. She stared at me coldly like a venomous snake the
day I left her. I knew I made the right choice then. I dodged a bullet by not marrying her. Despite all
that, I didnât think sheâd dieâ¦â
Jeff was lamenting his lost love, but his words sent chills down Oliviaâs spine. She felt that something
was very wrong. It wasnât just Leia. There was also the man who impregnated Jodie. She wondered
what role he played in the grand scheme of things.