No Divorce? The Billionaire's Love Chase! novel Chapter 546

She was the only one left in the Ferguson family.

The entire Ferguson Group rested on her shoulders.

She endured the pain and held herself together, but she was terrified of the unknown path that lay ahead.

Peter wrapped his arms around Darleen, comforting her. "Even if the sky falls, I'll be right here with you. After the funeral, I'll move into the Ferguson estate. I'll go to the Ferguson Group with you, and together we'll take care of Mr. Ferguson and Aunt Wendy."

...

It was three in the morning.

Peter called Claudia out of her room. "York and the patriarch will be cremated tomorrow morning. Come with me to his place to pick out a suit. We need to change his clothes before the cremation."

An hour or so later.

Claudia and Peter entered the home she had once shared with York.

Standing in the entryway, Claudia’s gaze fell upon the shoe rack. Two pairs of fuzzy women's slippers were placed neatly next to York’s.

When she stepped into the living room, everything was exactly as she had left it.

The water glass she used was still in the spot she always kept it.

Claudia stood in the center of the living room, staring blankly at an unopened cake box on the coffee table.

Peter pointed to the cake. "I had a video call with York last night. He never showed his face on camera, so Darleen and I got worried. We left early, ordered a cake, and went to find him. By the time we found him, he was already gone."

Claudia remained frozen, her eyes fixed on the cake box, showing no reaction.

York was four years older than her.

She was twenty-seven; York was thirty-one.

At her birthday dinner, she had declared that twenty-seven would be the year of her rebirth.

She never imagined that very day would be the day of York's death.

The two of them entered the master bedroom, one after the other.

Everything in the room was the same, but Claudia was hit with the heavy smell of blood.

After a slight pause, Peter added, "After the divorce, York was struggling badly. He wanted to live for his family, he really tried, but in the end, the guilt and regret crushed him."

Peter told Claudia, "Right up to the end, York was still clutching the crystal pendant you gave him. Even though it was shattered."

Everyone loves differently.

Old Mr. Ferguson had been strict and demanding with York, raising him with a heavy hand and meddling in every aspect of his life.

But the moment something happened to York, the patriarch couldn't bear the blow and followed him.

Who could say Old Mr. Ferguson didn't love his grandson?

York had hurt Claudia.

But all his efforts for her were silent.

His passivity had been a response in itself.

He had hurt Claudia, but who could truly understand the depth of his persistence and stubbornness when it came to her?