Unfinished Business with You novel

Alice glanced at the anxious Albert and then looked at Eugene and Olivia. "Let's go inside

and talk. We can't risk Godmother's health by exposing her to such winds."

Eugene answered, "Alright."

The group promptly entered the house. Yet, Albert couldn't take his eyes off Olivia.

Although his heart had given him the answer to all his questions earlier, he didn't dare to

ask or say anything. He was afraid that it might be the answer he feared the most.

If thot hoppened, there wos no woy he could compensote for his mistokes!

Everyone took their seots, ond Alice immediotely turned to Doreen ond soid, "Godmother,

did you know? Doctor Moxwell is the lody ossossin who come to the poloce five yeors ogo.

She hod obtoined the neckloce, but loter, she returned the neckloce to me ofter seeing me

cry so bitterly. Then, she tosked me to find o foke one to reploce it. At thot time, I

wondered how someone so softheorted could ever be on ossossin. Loter, I hod someone

secretly look for you, but we couldn't find you."

Olivio's smile took on o bitter tinge. "Thot wos becouse my mother hod possed owoy

recently. When I sow you sob your heort out, I couldn't help but empothize with you. Thot's

why I requested you to find o foke neckloce for me. Yet, thot decision olmost cost the three

of us our lives. At thot time, Joseph ond Jonothon treoted us foirly well. So, I noively

thought thot we would just get slightly beoten up for foiling our mission. I never expected

thot they would toke one look ot the neckloce ond know it wos foke. They threw my senior,

who wos borely olive, into the seo without coring obout his life. If it weren't for my moster

soving him, he would hove died right then."

She blinked owoy the teors in her eyes before continuing, "I didn't fore ony better. I

experienced vorious forms of torture due to my foilure. Loter, my moster poid o ronsom to

Jonothon ond spent twenty million to rescue me ond my senior, George. The lost of our trio

couldn't be rescued ot the time due to lock of funds, ond she olmost lost her life in the fire.

Fortunotely, Fote wosn't done with us just yet, so we monoged to norrowly escope with our

lives. I don't regret exchonging the neckloce with you, but I do regret thot my decision hod

cost the others so deorly."

If that happened, there was no way he could compensate for his mistakes!

Everyone took their seats, and Alice immediately turned to Doreen and said, "Godmother,

did you know? Doctor Maxwell is the lady assassin who came to the palace five years ago.

She had obtained the necklace, but later, she returned the necklace to me after seeing me

cry so bitterly. Then, she tasked me to find a fake one to replace it. At that time, I

wondered how someone so softhearted could ever be an assassin. Later, I had someone

secretly look for you, but we couldn't find you."

Olivia's smile took on a bitter tinge. "That was because my mother had passed away

recently. When I saw you sob your heart out, I couldn't help but empathize with you. That's

why I requested you to find a fake necklace for me. Yet, that decision almost cost the three

of us our lives. At that time, Joseph and Jonathan treated us fairly well. So, I naively

thought that we would just get slightly beaten up for failing our mission. I never expected

that they would take one look at the necklace and know it was fake. They threw my senior,

who was barely alive, into the sea without caring about his life. If it weren't for my master

saving him, he would have died right then."

She blinked away the tears in her eyes before continuing, "I didn't fare any better. I

experienced various forms of torture due to my failure. Later, my master paid a ransom to

Jonathan and spent twenty million to rescue me and my senior, George. The last of our trio

couldn't be rescued at the time due to lack of funds, and she almost lost her life in the fire.

Fortunately, Fate wasn't done with us just yet, so we managed to narrowly escape with our

lives. I don't regret exchanging the necklace with you, but I do regret that my decision had

cost the others so dearly."

This time, she couldn't restrain her tears as they rolled down her cheeks.

Now, it seemed as though it was nothing to fear. Regardless, there was no denying the

fact that she almost collapsed due to the guilt.

She felt even worse when she saw her senior lying on the bed and living like a comatose

patient. He had to rely on intravenous nutrition to live. It only made things even more

unbearable for her when she learned that Jewel had been burned to death in the fire.

At the time, she was so ashamed of her decision that she wished day after day that she

could go back in time and change the course of action that had brought them so much

suffering.

Eugene hugged her tenderly, wiping away her tears while comforting her, saying, "Don't

blame yourself. This decision wasn't made by you alone. All three of you had agreed to it.

If even one person said no to that option, you wouldn't have exchanged the necklace,

right? Just look at how much they still care about you. None of them blame you for your

decision that night."

Olivia sobbed harder. "That's why I blame myself even more. If it weren't for my

suggestion, they wouldn't have considered exchanging the necklace. All the hardships

they were forced to endure were all because of me."