Benjamin agreed with Gregory, but stubbornly believed that Amelia first needed Reba’s forgiveness. He understood now that his mom’s reaction wasn’t entirely unjustified. If Amelia <b>kept </b>threatening to end her life, the same situation would just keep repeating.


    To put a stop to it, he decided to harden his heart and ignore her.


    As the temperature dropped sharply that night, the cold crept into the bones of the kneeling Amelia. She had been frozen in ce for most of the day, resembling a statue, utterly still.


    Tara draped <b>a </b>cloak over Amelia’s shoulders before going inside to persuade Reba. The old woman refused to budge, insisting her daughter–inw must remain kneeling until the next day


    “If I don’t punish her severely, how will she ever realize her mistake?” Reba said coldly.


    “But it’s so cold, and Madam Amelia has already caught a chill from the water. She might end up worse off,” Tara urged.


    “No more talking! Close the door. If anyone else begs for her again, she’ll kneel again tomorrow!” Reba snapped, her voice low and filled with menace.


    Tara dared not argue further. Instead, she snuck out again to add anotheryer to Amelia’s clothing, then dismissed the other maids. She returned to sit with Reba, who had been known to wake several times a night.


    Previously, Amelia had been tending to her, but it had resulted in Amelia not getting proper rest.


    In the middle of the night, Reba got up to use the chamber pot as usual. Tara stepped outside to fetch the spittoon. Just as she reached the door, she saw a shadow illuminated by the dimnterns of the corridor, hanging from a tree directly facing Reba’s room.


    Tara slipped, letting out a terrified scream.


    “Help! Madam Amelia has hanged herself!”


    Hearing Tara’s cry, Reba rushed out to see. Her heart plummeted at the sight of a woman hanging from the apple tree. The woman’s eyes seemed still alive, staring nkly in her direction.


    Reba fainted from shock.


    Before long, the lights at Valor Estate zed to life and everyone rushed over.


    Amelia’s body had already stiffened.


    She had used a frayed rope she found discarded in a corner of the yard, hanging it from the apple tree. There was nothing to stand on below, making it clear she had climbed the tree, then slipped the noose around her neck and let herself drop. The apple tree’s branches weren’t thick, but Amelia was too slender, so it bore her weight without <b>snapping </b>


    She didn’t perish in the rushing river. Instead, she hanged herself in front of Reba’s door.


    As Barrett carefully lowered Amelia’s lifeless body to the ground, Benjamin was trembling all over, sobbing uncontrobly. He wanted to rush forward to hold her onest time, but he hesitated. Justst night, he had promised to treat Amelia better. She had been alive then.


    Now, she was <b>just </b>a corpse, and death always brought a sense of dread.


    Amelia died on a cold, bitter night, leaving no words for the Warren family. Everything she needed to say had already been spoken at Arcane Sanctum. N?velDrama.Org ? content.


    Charlotte heard themotion. When she heard what had happened, she felt her heart nearly shatter. Ignoring her illness, she hurriedly climbed out of the bed with the help of her maids and rushed over.


    Upon seeing Amelia’s lifeless body, Charlotte’s tears flowed freely.


    “Oh, what a tragedy!”


    She took off her cloak and draped it over Amelia’s body, then turned to re at Benjamin, raising her hand to p him. But what good would hitting him do now? With Amelia gone, Charlotte couldn’t bring herself to care about the first branch of the family’s affairs now.


    Through his tears, Benjamin cried out, “I didn’t know it woulde to this! I thought she wouldn’t really take her own life. Why did this happen? She already almost died once! I even went to bring her back! Didn’t she just have to apologize to Mom? Why did she have to resort to this?”


    His futurey in ruins. With his wifemitting suicide, people would surely say that he had mistreated her. His prospects were irrevocably shattered.


    Barrett also felt deeply saddened. After quarreling with Vi, he hadn’te to check on his mom that evening. He had returned only when the pce gates closed and gone straight into bed, unaware that his sister–inw had been kneeling outside his mom’s courtyard.