A Journey from Bitterness to Truth (Matilda and Yvan) novel Chapter 716

Matilda squinted her eyes, a smile playing on her lips. She knew it was a hard pill for most people to swallow, but she started to ease into the revelation anyway, "It's time to step down, time to return everything back to the Boyd family."

She felt a profound sense of relief wash over her.

"So... you mean," Chloe gulped, her voice barely above a whisper, "Yvan... Yvan is back?"

Under normal circumstances, Matilda wouldn’t dream of handing over the reins of the Boyd Group unless Yvan was in the picture.

Chloe’s eyes widened in disbelief, her hand flying to her mouth, "For real? Yvan... he... he..."

She struggled to find the words, her mind racing. Wasn’t Matilda devastated by Yvan’s death? Hadn’t they buried him? How could he possibly be back now?

Matilda caught the shocked gaze of her dear friend and turned to see Godfrey and Orson sporting the same astonished expressions.

She chuckled, remembering her own disbelief at first. Now, she had moved past the shock, the tumultuous waves had given way to exhaustion and weakness. Matilda felt as if her spirit had aged rapidly, leaving behind nothing but a barren landscape.

"Chloe, there’s something I have to come clean about. Tonight, I saw Yvan."

Deciding to share her encounter from the evening with Chloe, Chloe and Godfrey practically leaped towards Matilda, startling her with their speed and urgency.