Chapter 4We Shared a Twin-Destiny System, Then She Was Gone Forever

Sebastian stood frozen, looking as if he had been struck by lightning. His trembling hands slowly reached down to pick up the photograph. "No... no, it's impossible. How could she be dead? She was only sentenced to three months... I just wanted to teach her a lesson..."

Alexander's expression shifted into profound shock and regret. He looked at me, his mouth opening, but no words came out.

Suddenly, Sebastian's eyes snapped toward the hallway. Pure horror contorted his features. "The urn... the ashes..."

I pushed past them, dropping to the floor in the hallway, painstakingly scooping the scattered gray dust back into the broken remnants of the box.

Sebastian rushed over, dropping to his knees to help me.

I shoved him backward with all my strength. "Get off! You have no right to touch her!"

Sebastian stayed kneeling on the marble floor, tears finally spilling down his cheeks. "I'm sorry... God, I'm so sorry..."

Just then, Bella clutched her stomach, her face twisting in agony. "Sebastian... my stomach hurts so much... The baby... I think something is wrong with the baby."

Sebastian froze. He looked at me, torn. But after only a second of hesitation, he stood up and lifted Bella into his arms.

Look at that. Even knowing Sophie had been burned to ash, he still chose Bella.

Bella sobbed against his chest, playing the understanding martyr. "Sebastian, just call an ambulance... I can go to the hospital alone. You... you should stay here with Sophie."

"No," Sebastian said, his voice tight with worry. "Right now, you are the most important thing."

He shot me a deeply guilty look. "Diana, I'll take her to the emergency room and come right back."

I didn't even lift my head. My eyes remained dead and vacant as I continued sweeping the dust into my hands.

But as I heard his footsteps fading down the hall, a bitter sorrow washed over me. Sophie gave everything for this man. This was the man she loved.

A moment later, Alexander marched Oliver back into the hallway. He forced the boy to his knees in front of me.

Oliver seemed to finally realize the gravity of what he had done. He kneeled quietly, his head bowed.

I didn't want to look at either of them.

Alexander frowned, his voice stiff and awkward. "I... I didn't know Sophie was actually... But if she hadn't tormented Bella in the past, we wouldn't have assumed she was lying."

I looked up at him. This man, whom time and wealth had treated so kindly, was the same man who once made my heart race. Now, he looked as repulsive as a rat crawling out of a sewer.

My voice was dead calm. "Let's get a divorce."

Alexander flinched. "Are you crazy?"

I let out a dry laugh. "You're the crazy one. What makes you think I'd stay married to you after watching you desecrate Sophie's remains?"

He gestured toward the boy on the floor. "What about Oliver? He's your son. I thought all you ever wanted was to bring him home and raise him yourself."

I stared at Oliver with absolute disgust. "I don't want him anymore. He's nothing but the toxic byproduct of Sinclair genetics."

The cemetery staff finally arrived. I ignored Alexander entirely and followed them to the burial grounds.

After Sophie's plot was sealed, I stood there tracing the outline of her photograph on the cold stone. Remembering the thirty years of laughter we shared, the grief finally swallowed me whole.

As I walked out of the cemetery gates, Alexander's car pulled up. He looked exhausted.

He stared at me, his brow heavily furrowed. There was a trace of pity in his eyes, but his words remained clinical.

"I understand you are grieving. But Sophie chose to end her own life. You shouldn't take your anger out on an innocent child. And you shoved Bella. She almost suffered a miscarriage. She's in the hospital right now trying to save the pregnancy."

I looked at him with ice in my veins. "Did you rush all the way out here just to demand justice for her?"

Alexander looked genuinely stung by my tone. "Do you have to speak to me like that? Do you have any idea what my mother would do to you if I hadn't stepped in to protect you?"

Of course. The entire Sinclair family adored Bella. She was the daughter of his mother's late best friend, the adopted golden child of the estate. And now she was carrying a Sinclair heir.

"Are you done?" I asked coldly. "If you're done, get the hell out of my sight."

I walked past him. He grabbed my arm, pulling me forcefully against his chest. His eyes softened with frustration and helplessness. "Diana, please stop this tantrum. Come home.

"I know losing Sophie hurts. But the living are more important than the dead. Don't you realize I haven't slept a wink since you left? Oliver regrets what he did. He's been crying, asking for his mother.

"Come home. We will stay by your side. We can heal from this together."

Hearing those words, I actually laughed out loud. I laughed until the tears started falling again. I shoved him away with violent force.

"Alexander, what gave you the arrogant delusion that you and your son could ever compare to my Sophie?

"Let me tell you the truth. I only married you to stay alive. I never loved you. I certainly don't love your son. Everything about the Sinclair family makes me physically sick!"

Alexander stared at me, completely paralyzed. "What... what did you say?"

I turned away. "Go tell your pathetic brother to wait. When his precious baby is finally born, I'll be sure to deliver a spectacular gift."