The sweet gesture from the kid brought a tad bit of warmth to Eleanor's grieving heart.
She didn't want to look like a hot mess in front of the kid, so she swallowed her sadness, stood up from the ground, and gently patted Nina's head.
"Auntie won't cry anymore, let's go back to the room."
Nina responded with a "Okay" and quickly reached out her tiny hand to guide Eleanor back to the room.
Before long, Eleanor began to feel a little cramp in her lower belly, not sure if it was because she had just cried or her emotions were too bottled up.
She felt that this pain wasn't quite like a pregnancy pain but more like the kind during period.
As she was doubting, a warm fluid flowed down her legs and she was stunned.
During this period, George not only prescribed her eye treatments but also some prenatal vitamins and nutritional supplements.
She occasionally had morning sickness, but it wasn't severe, so she never doubted whether she was pregnant or not, but...
She never thought that all of this was nothing but a big fat lie!
She trusted George so much, obediently followed his words, took every medication he prescribed, but he was deceiving her!
Inescapable fate, shackled life, a cage she couldn't escape from, now even the last glimmer of hope was ripped away.
Eleanor completely broke down, like a lunatic, she stumbled out of the room.
"George, why did you lie to me!"
"I'm clearly not pregnant, why did you say I was?!"
"I trusted you so much, why did you do this to me?!"
George, hearing the cries, rushed out of the room. Catching sight of the fresh blood on her lower dress, he immediately understood.
He walked over filled with guilt, trying to help her up, but was shoved away by Eleanor.
"I hate you!"
The once kind-hearted her, now had eyes filled with hatred.
George kept apologizing, explaining he just wanted her to live, but Eleanor no longer believed a word he said.
She wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, then, leaning on the wall, she staggered up and headed back to the room.
Nina, seeing her aunt like this, also began to cry. But fearing the weird uncle might hit her, she could only squat in the corner and sob quietly.
At this moment, Eleanor had completely lost the will to live. Her surroundings were so quiet she couldn't hear a sound, her mind filled with one thought.
She was a bit reluctant, squatted down, and gently kissed Nina's forehead.
"Nina, I'm sorry, Auntie can't take care of you anymore."
She learned from George that her sister's ex-husband was a nobleman from G country, with a background like the Ziegler family.
She believed that soon, her sister's ex-husband would find Nina and take her away...
Eleanor once again touched Nina's soft hair, then with the knife in her hand, she harshly cut her own wrist.
Fearing that Nina would wake up and be frightened by a cold corpse, she leaned on the wall, made her way to the bathroom, and lay in the bathtub...
She rested her hand on the edge of the bathtub, letting the blood slowly flow out...
In her mind, she saw the four scars on Bernard's wrist and suddenly understood his feelings at that time.
Because of missing someone so much, you'd want to follow them, this is love, and obsession, but...
Who can say for sure, whether this act is right or wrong...
She closed her eyes and quietly recalled every moment with Bernard.
Bernard, in the next life, let's love each other properly...
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