CHAPTER 96: CHAPTER 96: ADRIAN GRANT AND ISABELLE EVERETT’S ENGAGEMENT

Adrian Grant returned to Raina Lowell’s hospital room.

He initially wanted to see how the woman was doing, but she and the child had not yet woken up.

Alaric Jennings saw them, his eyes filled with mockery and hostility.

"Aurora is dead, are you satisfied now? I’ve never seen people as cold-hearted as you, standing by and watching as she died without helping."

How can they still have the nerve to appear here?

When needed, Raina pleaded desperately but couldn’t summon them, yet now, when she’s gone, they appear of their own accord.

Is it to see how much pain and despair Raina is in?

At this moment, Alaric truly regretted why he didn’t persist back then.

If he hadn’t given up on Raina, perhaps she wouldn’t have returned home with the children, and if she hadn’t returned, nothing would have happened to Aurora.

But now, what’s the use of regret?

Aurora can never come back.

Adrian really thought the child was Alaric’s, and although he felt some guilt before, now he feels no connection with the child’s passing.

Seeing the mother and child still unconscious, and knowing he and Raina Lowell have divorced.

Why should he feel any pity for them?

Perhaps Raina doesn’t want to see him anymore.

Adrian turned and left.

Elias Sheridan felt guilty toward Raina Lowell and Evelyn, afraid he’d face them if they woke up, so he also left.

When Raina Lowell woke up, her eyes were rimmed with tears.

Still murmuring her daughter’s name.

Alaric Jennings held her hand tightly, his throat choked:

"Raina, my condolences."

Hearing Alaric’s voice beside her, Raina Lowell suddenly sat up, her expression dazed and helpless.

"Aurora, Aurora, don’t be afraid, mom is here. Mom promised to take you to find dad."

She didn’t know where her daughter was, after getting out of bed, she searched around in desperation.

Her entire demeanor was like a madwoman, completely out of touch with reality.

"Raina..."

Alaric Jennings went over and embraced her, "Don’t be like this, we still have Evelyn, Evelyn needs you too."

"No, Aurora wouldn’t leave me, she’s only three, just came to this world for three years, hasn’t even seen this world properly, how could she leave just like that."

After searching the hospital room and not finding her daughter, Raina Lowell anxiously grabbed Alaric Jennings, tears streaming down like rain.

"Where’s my Aurora? Where did you take her? Please, give Aurora back to me."

Alaric Jennings hugged her tightly, his eyes reddening with sorrow.

"Raina, Aurora is gone, she will never come back, cry if you need to, we still have Evelyn to take care of, Evelyn needs her mom too."

"That’s impossible, Aurora wouldn’t leave me, she’s still so young, she’s the most obedient, she must be waiting for me somewhere."

Struggling to push Alaric Jennings away, Raina Lowell ran towards the hospital room door.

Alaric hesitated for a moment, thinking Evelyn hadn’t woken up yet and should be fine.

He chased after her.

He caught up to Raina Lowell, speaking gently to her: "I’ll take you to see Aurora, but you need to control your emotions, okay?"

Raina Lowell nodded.

She followed Alaric Jennings to the morgue.

Seeing her daughter already lying in the ice coffin, her small body completely cold and devoid of warmth.

Raina Lowell fell to her knees with a thud, trembling hands gently embracing her daughter, pain tearing through her heart.

She lowered her head and caressed her daughter’s small face, her throat sore and swollen, trying to cry out:

"Aurora, Aurora, please wake up and look at mom."

"Mom is sorry to you, mom knows she was wrong, she should have taken you to find dad sooner."

"If we found your dad, would you not have left?"

"Aurora, don’t abandon mom, if you do, mom will be very hurt. Listen, wake up and come home with mom, okay?"

"Aurora, Aurora, mom begs you, wake up, okay? Don’t scare mom, Aurora..."

No matter how much she cried and pleaded holding her daughter, the child in her arms remained motionless.

Her small body even started to turn rigid.

Seeing this, Alaric Jennings felt heartbroken, stepping forward to embrace the mother and daughter.

"Raina, pull yourself together, Evelyn is still waiting for us in the hospital room."

The dead cannot come back to life, they must accept this harsh reality.

Thinking about Evelyn alone in the hospital room, afraid she’d wake up and find no one there, he needed to take Raina Lowell back as soon as possible.

As for Aurora, he would ask someone to watch over her for now.

"I don’t want to, Alaric, I don’t want Aurora to leave me. I know I was wrong, I shouldn’t have taken them back home."

"I’m sorry, Aurora, I’m sorry. It’s mom who didn’t protect you well enough, wake up and give mom another chance to make amends, okay? Aurora, Aurora..."

Holding her daughter’s thin and stiff body, Raina Lowell cried out in heartbreaking pain.

Her whole body trembled uncontrollably, tears pouring like broken pearls.

She felt her world had collapsed, engulfed in darkness, unable to see any light.

She didn’t know what there was left to live for, knowing her daughter could never return, she wanted to follow her.

Alaric Jennings understood Raina’s desperation and breakdown.

After all, Aurora was so sweet and lovely.

But she really left, gone to a place without pain.

Raina should accept this cruel reality.

Alaric Jennings gently told her:

"Didn’t you say, you and Aurora ran into trouble thanks to that woman called Isabelle Everett?"

"Pull yourself together, after we lay Aurora to rest, we’ll avenge her."

These words woke her from her dream.

Raina Lowell suddenly raised her tear-filled eyes, staring intensely at Alaric Jennings.

Alaric kindly wiped away her tears, his voice gentle:

"We can’t let Aurora die in vain, we must make those who harmed her pay dearly."

Suddenly, Raina became rational, trying to control her emotions from the brink of collapse, holding her daughter tightly, using her thoughts to tell her:

Aurora, mom will avenge you, once she sends those who kidnapped you to prison, once she finds your dad and brother, she’ll tell him to come to see you, okay?

Aurora, wait for mom over there, once mom finishes things here, she’ll come to accompany you.

She lowered her head, caressing her daughter’s small face for a long time, then rationally placed her back into the ice coffin, standing up to tell Alaric Jennings:

"Go take care of Evelyn for me, I want to personally escort Aurora to the funeral home."

Alaric was worried, "Wait here for me, I’ll go bring Evelyn over, we’ll go together."

Raina agreed.

After Alaric brought Evelyn over, the three personally escorted little Aurora to the funeral home.

On the way, little Evelyn still couldn’t accept her sister’s departure and cried continuously.

Upon arrival at the funeral home, after settling down, they waited for Aurora to be blessed before cremation.

This would take three days.

During these three days, Raina Lowell received NEWS on her phone.

The Everett and Grant families are to unite, and the engagement ceremony will be held in a week.

The Everett and Grant families, is that not Adrian Grant and Isabelle Everett?

Thinking about her daughter’s and grandfather’s deaths, all connected to Isabelle Everett, Raina Lowell looked at her daughter’s small body and vowed to avenge them.

She would never let Isabelle Everett live well.