On the day of Amelia's funeral, it was raining heavily. No matter how hard it was for them to accept the fact that Amelia had died, they had to accept it.
Because they couldn't find Amelia's ashes, they put her photo and her favorite things in her tomb. Many people took part in the funeral. Christ didn't know what death meant, but when he saw the photo of Amelia on the tombstone, he cried so sadly that his voice became hoarse.
"Mom... I want mom..."
"Christ, good boy. I'm here and I will take care of you." Looking at Christ who cried desperately, Mignon hugged his body tightly, saying in a trembling and even husky voice.
"Auntie, where is my mom? I miss her so much. Is she angry with me? Doesn't she want me anymore? I'll be obedient. I'll listen to dad and uncles. Woo-woo.." Christ held Mignon and cried out loud.
"Christ, don't cry. If your mom hears you crying, she will feel distressed."
"She won't! She doesn't want me and dad anymore. I hate her! Woo-woo..."
Christ's heart- wrenching cry caused everyone's mood to become very depressed.
"Get out... All of you! Amelia didn't die. Do you hear me? She is still alive!"
When guests were offering flowers to Amelia's tombstone one by one, a black shadow rushed out and threw all the flowers to the ground.
Looking at the flowers on the ground, the expression on everyone's face was very mournful.
They looked at Bradley, and their expressions were ambivalent, painful, and complicated.
"Mr. Haggai, Miss Xi has died. I'm so sorry... for your loss."
"She didn't die." Looking at the person who spoke, Bradley's face, which was wetted by the heavy rain, looked abnormally cold and even stubborn.
He stood in the heavy rain arrogantly and said to Mignon and Joanna word by word, "All of you, listen to me carefully. Amelia... is not dead, she is my wife, and she didn't die."
Leaning against Cedric's arms, Joanna cried so bitterly that she couldn't say a word.
Everyone hoped that Amelia didn't die, but... it was just their wishful thinking.
Amelia had died... They couldn't see her anymore. No matter how Bradley refused to accept the truth, Amelia... was... dead.
Bradley stood in front of Amelia's tombstone and did not allow anyone to approach it. Those who wanted to offer flowers to Amelia did not dare to approach Bradley. Nacho indifferently asked everyone to leave, and only Bradley was left in the cemetery.
Bradley knelt in front of Amelia's tombstone and looked at her photo with a pair of scarlet eyes.
"Amelia, come back, please. I know you're not dead. Please come back. I'm so sorry. Can you come back to me?"
He covered his face and burst into tears like a child who was so frightened.
The heavy rain fell on his face, but he didn't seem to feel anything at all.
He kept digging earth on the ground, as if he wanted to dig out Amelia from her tomb.
The wounds on his body hadn't been cured completely. Because of his stubborn movements at this moment, the wounds were torn apart again and looked so shocking.
"Amelia... come back... Okay? Please... come back."
"I love you, really... love you... I'm so sorry, don't leave me..."
"Bradley." Nelly went to the cemetery at once after she knew that Bradley had gone to Amelia's funeral.
She didn't see anyone in the cemetery except for Bradley. He was lying prone in front of Amelia's tombstone. His hands were bloody, but he kept digging the ground stubbornly.
Nelly's heart broke when she saw Bradley like this.
She pinched her palm and called Bradley's name loud. She grabbed Bradley's arm and tried to pull him away.
However, Bradley shook off Nelly's hand with force. His eyes were apathetic as he said with a surge of great anger, "Get out... Don't touch me! Do you hear me?"
Nelly was pushed away by Bradley and fell to the ground.
Her eyes were filled with tears. She was a little embarrassed and mad.
"Bradley, I'm by your side now. I'll be with you. Don't think about Amelia anymore, okay?" Nelly got up from the ground awkwardly, held Bradley's waist and called his name with tears.
Bradley did not move, letting Nelly hug his body. Then he pushed away Nelly with great strength as if he had gone crazy. Nelly fell to the ground again. Her whole face was covered with mud and she looked extremely embarrassed.
"Nelly, I don't like you. You know better than me how things happened that night. We've got divorced. Did you hear me? I have nothing to do with you."
"We have nothing to do with each other? What about that night? Bradley, even if you dislike me, you can't change the fact that you slept with me that night." Nelly was stimulated by Bradley's action and suddenly laughed out loud.
Hearing Nelly's laughter, Bradley's eyes became furious and even horrible.
He stepped forward, grabbed Nelly by the neck and pressed her on the ground.
Nelly opened her eyes wide and looked at Bradley's cold-blooded and even scary face above her head. Her whole body was trembling.
Bradley looked at Nelly and said word by word, "Nelly, who do you think... you are? Do you think I can't find out what happened that night? I didn't expose you on the spot because I didn't want you to be awkward. You schemed everything to let Amelia leave me. Now your purpose has been achieved. Unfortunately, I will only hate you more and more. Except for hating you, I don't have any other feelings for you."
"You... what did you say? I don't understand..."
Nelly looked at Bradley and said, her breathing became rapid and trembling.
"What did you put in my wine? You took me from the bar to your ward, and you asked some reporters to go there. You schemed all these just to let Amelia misunderstand me. Now you have achieved your goal. You successfully let Amelia leave me. Do you know how much I want to kill you?"
Bradley's words scared Nelly, she didn't even dare move a little bit.
Bradley looked at Nelly gloomily. After a sneer, he stood up unsteadily and muttered, "Nelly, you f**king listen to me carefully. If Amelia's appearance has something to do with you, I will... tear you into pieces."
"Bradley, now you only love Amelia in your heart. You have forgotten me... I am... your childhood sweetheart. Who is Amelia? She is just a stranger. Why do you hurt me like this for that b*tch..."
Nelly was slapped hard on her face by Bradley.
She felt a sharp pain in her face. She covered her face and her eyes were brimming with tears, even her body was trembling.
She didn't expect that Bradley would slap her. Bradley never beat women, but he slapped her in the face because of Amelia! "Get out!" Bradley looked at Nelly with disgust in his eyes. After pushing away Nelly, he staggered to leave.
Looking at Bradley's back as he left, Nelly clenched her fists tightly.
She wouldn't let Bradley have a chance to find Amelia. Since Amelia had disappeared, she should disappear completely, and it would be better if she could disappear forever.
"Christ, be obedient and open your mouth."
Christ refused to eat anything after he came back from the funeral. No matter how Mignon coaxed him, he didn't eat anything.
Joanna looked at Christ who had his back to them and said with some concern, "Is he not feeling well? It's raining today, does he catch a cold?"
"Just now, the doctor said that he is all right." Mignon sighed and put down the bowl in her hand. Looking at Christ who sat with his back to them, she didn't know what to say.
Christ had no appetite because of Amelia's death, and he didn't want to talk to them.
Thinking of Amelia, everyone was in a grieved mood.
"Christ, do you want to play with Ches and Kerr?" Joanna thought for a while and then tried to comfort Christ in this way.
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