Chapter 376

Upon receiving this revelation, Theodore nearly lost his sanity. Back then, he had spared no effort, overturning every stone and moving mountains to find Rina Xavier. But all his efforts had been in vain; she had vanished, leaving behind nothing—no clues, no traces. In the end, he clung to her parting words, words he never fully understood. He married Amelia as Rina had instructed. And soon enough, Amelia bore him a daughter. Their union became an inevitable, hollow result. Yet Theodore knew, deep down, he did not love Amelia. What bound him to her was a sense of obligation and Rina’s cryptic wish. To this day, he couldn’t understand why Rina had disappeared so abruptly or why she had left him with such a bewildering final wish. Perhaps he would never know the truth in this lifetime. But if that’s what Rina had wanted, he would honor it. As for Amelia, she had achieved her own objective. She had fought her way into the Hampton family, heedless of the objections from Old Master Hampton