He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 452

It was all to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

"Follow her," Sebastian ordered lightly.

It made perfect sense that Helena would refuse him.

Soon, the driver was tailing the car ahead.

Helena didn't go to the apartment Sebastian had prepared for her; instead, she headed to the one her mother had left behind.

Sebastian lowered his gaze, watching in silence.

Ultimately, he said nothing.

...

Meanwhile, from the back seat of her ride, Helena finally called Sophia Zane.

Since the incident, they hadn't spoken once.

So when Sophia answered the phone, her voice trembled with overwhelming emotion.

"Lena, where are you?" Sophia asked frantically.

"I'm at my mom's apartment. Can you come over?" Helena asked quietly.

"Wait for me, I'll be right there!" Sophia agreed instantly.

"Okay," Helena nodded.

Sophia hung up the phone and immediately raced over to Helena's apartment.

She found Helena waiting inside.

The moment Sophia laid eyes on her friend, she nearly burst into tears.

In just a short amount of time, Helena had been tortured to the point of being a mere ghost of herself.

Though she was standing right there, she lacked any vitality and looked incredibly frail.

She was frightfully thin.

She looked nothing like the radiant Helena she used to be.

"Lena..." Sophia couldn't hold back anymore, a sob threatening to break free.

Of course, she knew how much Helena had endured recently.

She had pieced it together from the media and the relentless gossip.

But Helena had never spoken a word about any of it.

Instead, Helena just smiled at her. "I'm doing fine, aren't I?"

"Fine, my ass!" Sophia cursed, unable to help herself.

Helena kept smiling.

Then, she asked, "Once you get rid of all this, what are your plans?"

"Once I handle everything here, I'm leaving Riverton," Helena said softly.

"Are you going back to the team?" Sophia asked quietly after a moment.

Helena hummed in agreement.

Sophia didn't pry any further.

She assumed "handling everything" meant sorting out the finances and finalizing the divorce with Sebastian.

It would take a little time.

But Helena offered no further explanation.

The truth was, the main thing she needed to investigate was exactly how Hope had died.

The Neonatologist's words from that day still echoed in her mind, refusing to fade.

Some things eventually turned into inner demons.

If she didn't get to the bottom of this, she would never find peace for the rest of her life.

She didn't need to tell Sophia about this, sparing her friend the worry.

She simply remained quiet.