Chapter 5

When I got off the bus, I threw up violently by the roadside. I couldn't tell whether it was the medicine or my body rejecting it.

I dragged myself home, barely holding it together.

But when I arrived, I was stunned. The little farmhouse I had clung to in my dreams had been replaced by a luxurious villa.

Cynthia Rivers strolled out casually.

"What are you doing in my house?" I demanded, still in shock.

Cynthia was Vivian's biological mother, the woman Nathan's father had quietly loved. He had given everything to her and Vivian while alive.

But after Nathan's…