Chapter 18

The Shores and Jordan thought the same thing—if only they could do it all over again! Unfortunately, "Rowena" was dead. She wouldn't come back to life anymore. Her body lay quietly in the ice coffin, and their hearts died with her. All that was left for them was endless despair. Melinda and Philip had never been superstitious or religious, but they now started praying daily and contacting various monks and masters of mystic arts. They wanted to look for ways to be reunited with Rowena in their next lifetimes. They met with any monk or mystic arts master who had the slightest reputation, but it was all in vain. Shore Corporation was left to flounder. As things worsened, Roland had no choice but to bear the burden of running the company. He slept at the office almost every day—he didn't dare go home because whenever he did, he kept thinking of Rowena. He would remember her being coquettish and playing around with him. Whenever he reached out to touch her, the illusion would shatter,