Landon's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, his eyes filled with anger.

Nevertheless, he calmed down and looked down as he told the girl patiently and gently, "Evelyn, you should just sit inside and rest for a while. You're tired from the two-hour plane ride."

His voice sounded so gentle that I had never even heard it before.

Sadness and heartbreak surrounded me in an instant.

Evelyn was tired from the two-hour plane ride, but when I travelled over twenty hours on the train alone to save money to see him, he would just say that I was wasting my money, that it wasn't necessary, and that it was holding up his work.

The faint smell of perfume rushed into my nose as Evelyn walked past me.

Landon grabbed my luggage. "You can't leave! What will grandma do if you leave? I need you to join me in explaining to her that we broke up our relationship a long time ago, and we've just been hiding it from her because we're worried about her health.

"Regarding the wedding that was scheduled for today, you must stay and explain to the relatives that it was you who wanted to marry me, so you modified the name on the invitation without permission, and that the bride was supposed to be Evelyn."

I sneered out at the look on his face as he took it for granted.

"Do you care about Karen? Do you care about the relatives? If you cared about me, you wouldn't have hung up on me and blacklisted my phone number when I wasn't finished talking.

"Landon, don't be ridiculous. You just care about yourself.

"You disgust me!"

Saying that, he looked at me angrily.

"Disgust? Julie, you know very well that you were the one who begged me to be with you at first, and now you're pretending to be innocent. Have you forgotten how you flattered me before?

"Who are you? You're just a nanny in my house, and who are you to teach me a lesson?

"I had found a company for you, and it was owned by Evelyn's family. I wanted to recommend you to go there, and you could double your salary, but now you don't look like you deserve it. You're just right for working at the bottom."

Landon moved too much, revealing the Rolex Submariner on his wrist.

I sneered out a laugh.

"I make clean money, but how about you? You're just making money with your body.

"By the way, does that girl inside know what kind of person you are? Does she think she's been with a wonderful man, just like I did back then? I'm going to reveal your true nature right now!"

After saying that, I directly turned around with the intention of walking towards the room, but I didn't expect Landon to yank my wrist so forcefully that I immediately shrieked out in pain.

"If you dare to say one more word in front of Evelyn, I will tear your mouth!"

After saying that, Landon's grip on my wrist got even harder, and my skin rapidly reddened.

I gritted my teeth to endure it, my eyes growing indifferent.

This was the first time I was indifferent to what Landon was doing. A hint of panic showed in his eyes, but he still threatened me.

"I told Evelyn you were my cousin, but are you going in there now to ruin me? I'm warning you, don't reveal my identity. Otherwise, I'll make you lose your job.

"You don't want to live in this city like a stray dog, do you? Karen is my grandma, so do you really think she'll favour you if we break up? Stop dreaming!"

The ferocity in his eyes stung my swollen eyes.

For twelve years of relationship, he didn't give me a single word of explanation when we broke up.

Instead, he asked me to help him hide his identity.

I shook his hand off with all my might, and I felt extremely disappointed at this moment.

I said indifferently, "Landon, don't waste your time. The wedding has been cancelled, and you and your idiot girlfriend can go back."

"What? Julie, are you insane? Do you know how much effort it took me to get Evelyn to agree to come back to my hometown and get married? You're a bitch. Why did you cancel the wedding?"

Landon grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, his face flushed and his eyes filled with rage.

However, I got angry this time and knocked Landon's hand down.

Landon didn't expect that I, who was always obedient, would get angry one day, and he looked stunned.

"Julie, how dare you fight back? If it weren't me, would you be here today? Are you out of your fucking mind?"

I looked at him with a sneer in my eyes.

"Yes, I've gone crazy, so I would have believed your lies and waited for you back home for five years. Twelve of my years were wasted on a bastard, and Karen even felt sorry for me!"

My voice got increasingly louder, and I finally was yelling with almost all my might.

Landon widened his eyes and grabbed me by my neck, and I could barely catch my breath.

"What the fuck were you babbling about in front of my grandma? Did you complain about something? Julie, I was wrong about you, and you make me sick!"

"Why did you cancel the wedding? I've obviously explained it to grandma. She loves me the most, and there's no way I'd cancel the wedding!"

"Where's grandma? I want to see her!"

Saying that, Landon flung me to the side, and my whole body fell heavily to the ground.

The dust from the concrete floor got on me.

Perhaps I was all this disgusting dust to Landon.

But Karen wouldn't want me to break down for Landon.

Karen was holding my hand in tears before she died.

"Landon is sorry for you. I will make sure you meet your happiness when I die."

Landon was striding towards inside at this moment.

I struggled to get up, forcing down my tears of distress and patting my shirt.

A few moments later, Landon stumbled out and pushed the back of my head against the wall so hard that I couldn't see anything.

I hadn't eaten since I finished dealing with Karen's funeral until now, and I was so weak that I didn't have the extra strength to breathe.

"Julie, where did you take my grandma? Tell me!"

He was so anxious that his eyes were in tears, and I wanted to sneer but didn't have the strength to make a sound.

It was so ironic.

Seeing that I was about to faint, he angrily yelled, "Stop pretending. Where the hell is Karen? Do you want me to kill you?"

I felt the oxygen in my chest gradually running out, I could no longer see anymore, and the voices in my ears were becoming more and more muffled.

If Landon were to let go of me at this moment, my entire body would immediately fall to the ground.

Evelyn came out of her room after hearing the sound. Seeing this, she turned pale with fear.

She hastily reached out to stop Landon.

"What are you doing? Isn't she your cousin? Why did you hit her?"

Landon seemed to be a gentleman again in front of Evelyn, so he let go of me.

The next second, I fell heavily to the ground.

After regaining my freedom, I breathed deeply.

Despair covered my eyes when I heard the word "cousin".

After our twelve years of relationship, I eventually became Landon's cousin.

I even had to be arranged by Landon to be a bridesmaid, taking all the blame for the change of wedding on me.

Luckily, the wedding was cancelled.

Otherwise, I would be nothing but a joke!

Landon gritted his teeth and did his best to keep his voice soft.

"I don't know where she has taken my grandma, and I haven't seen her anywhere I've checked."

Evelyn heard him and smiled, "Is that all it was? I just saw a bunch of hospital reports in a drawer in my room, and I wasn't sure if they were about Karen or not. Do you want to take a look?"

Saying that, Landon immediately tugged on my arm, hard enough to make me struggle in pain.

My eyes were wide and locked on Evelyn's innocent face.

"Why did you touch Karen's things? Who allowed you to touch them?"

That box was full of Karen's belongings.

Evelyn burst into tears immediately after hearing my stern question.

She wrapped her arms gently around Landon with his hands.

"Why is your sister so mean? I didn't know I couldn't touch them. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I'll just go sort them out and put them back now."

Saying that, Evelyn choked back tears as she wiped them away and walked towards Karen's room.

I felt so anxious. At this moment, I burst out of all my strength and kicked Landon between his legs with all my might.

He didn't expect me to hit back, and he let out a cry of pain and dropped to the floor.

I ran towards Evelyn and jerked her arm the moment before she was about to open the door.

I shook it off with such force that Evelyn fell to the ground like a rag doll.

She looked pale with pain.

Her tears fell to the floor in drops, but she bit her lip tightly to keep from crying out, looking at Landon in aggrievement.

I turned to protect the door to Karen's room from them.

Landon slowly got up and saw the scene where I hurt Evelyn. At this moment, he was so angry that his eyes were in tears, and he had completely lost his mind.

He shouted at me angrily, "If I don't teach you a lesson today, will you forget whose house this is?"

He held up a chair that Karen used to use to sit and cool off in the yard.

He strode towards me, the wind in my ears making me close my eyes in fear.

I reflexively dodged sideways.

The worn wooden chair slammed fully into my back, and it instantly turned to splinters.

The enormous strength caused my back to bend in a bizarre arc.

The next second, my entire body fell straight to the floor, my limbs twitching involuntarily.

I still murmured, "Don't touch Karen's things."

Evelyn turned pale with fear and shouted at Landon, "Get her to the hospital. Let's go to the hospital!"

Her driver, along with Landon, threw me roughly into the car.

I closed my eyes in despair all the way, just hoping that Karen in heaven wouldn't see this.

Otherwise, how upset would she be?

As soon as we arrived at the hospital, I was immediately carried to the door of the operating theatre.

But Landon yanked on the stretcher and asked the paramedics to stop where they were at that moment.

He gritted his teeth and asked me, "Julie, now tell me exactly where my grandma is. Otherwise, you will die in the hospital today. If I don't sign for you, no one will dare to operate on you!"

The scene in front of me had blurred, and the voices in my ears were getting lower and lower.

Hearing his question, I could only smile helplessly.

"I told you this a long time ago, but you didn't believe me."

Seeing that I still hadn't answered, he cursed me in anger and slammed his fist into the side of my face so hard that it almost reached my cheek.

I closed my eyes, tears slipping from the corners of my eyes.

His eyes were full of resentment. He was just about to ask me again when his phone rang.

It was the staff of the funeral parlour.

"Hello, is this Mr. Landon Wellington? I'm from the funeral parlour. Yesterday your grandmother's cremation and burial contract needed to be signed by a relative, and your friend said you'd probably be back today. Are you available to come over now?"

Landon instantly let go of his hand and put the phone against my ear, slamming it down on the hospital bed.

Evelyn was closest to Landon, and of course she heard the voice on the phone.

She hurriedly dragged Landon over to sign me up for surgery.

Before Landon could react, I was already in the operating room.

Until my surgery was over and the anesthetic had worn off, he hadn't returned from the funeral home when I opened my eyes.

The hospital room was awfully silent. I stared at the ceiling, and Karen's tear-filled eyes kept appearing in my mind before she died.

The door to the hospital room was suddenly opened from the outside, and Evelyn walked in in her high heels and stood next to my bed.

I thought Evelyn was going to show me off her victory, so I was about to close my eyes.

Evelyn, however, suddenly bent over and bowed to me.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know about Karen's death, and I shouldn't have touched her belongings. I hope you can forgive me."

My throat was dry and hoarse, but even if I could speak, I didn't want to have any interaction with Evelyn at this moment.

In my subconscious, I had an inexplicable animosity towards the girl who stole my boyfriend.

But Evelyn didn't give up because of my indifferent attitude. On the contrary, she enthusiastically served me water, helped me with my medication, and promptly called the nurse when my infusion needed to be changed.

I was getting confused with Evelyn.

After two hours with Evelyn being attentive to me, I finally couldn't help but say, "Why are you taking care of me? The one who owes me is Landon. It has nothing to do with you that I'm hurt."

I looked at Evelyn's face, the palm prints from my slap hadn't completely faded.

It looked slightly blushed under the cover of the foundation.

But Evelyn just smiled lightly when she heard that, and she said gently, "You're Landon's cousin, and from now on, you're also my sister, so it's proper for me to help him take care of you."

Listening to her understanding words, I couldn't help but want to sneer. However, my heart raced, and the wound in my back tore up in pain.

I looked at her bright eyes with a smile and said, "What if I said I wasn't his cousin?"

Looking at Evelyn's confused eyes, I told her the story of the twelve years Landon and I had been together.

I told her in details that we used to have a happy life, and Landon promised to take care of me for the rest of my life.

However, I was now his so-called cousin.

Evelyn was stunned when I finished speaking, tears filling her eyes.

After a moment, she said in a daze, "No way. there's no way Landon would lie to me.

"You're joking, right?

"He clearly said I was his first girlfriend and that I was the only one he ever loved!"

I was defeated by her innocence.

Perhaps Landon was telling the truth, and he just stayed with me before because he had no better choice.

We were more like family to each other than lovers.

I closed my eyes weakly.

"Haven't you seen Karen's belongings? There should be something else at the bottom, and now you have my permission to see it."

Saying that, Evelyn's incredulous expression lasted for three seconds.

Then, she stumbled out of the hospital room.

As she opened the door, she almost ran into Landon, who had just returned.

Landon finally stopped being so lost the moment he saw Evelyn.

He asked worriedly, "Where are you going?"

But all Evelyn responded to him this time was her hasty departure.

Landon noticed something was wrong, and he angrily entered the door to ask me, slamming the papers he was holding that he had signed from the funeral parlor on me.

"Julie, why did you lie to me? Why did you hide the news of Karen's death from me? I'm Karen's only family, but who are you to hide it from me?"

His tone gradually became angrier and I felt my heart break.

"I called you, but you were so caught up in the joy of getting married that you couldn't hear what I was saying.

"That's your problem. When I re-called you later, you had already blacklisted my number."

Landon was furious and full of rage after hearing my words, and he strode over to me, raising one hand high in the air.