Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 117

r 117 The Truth Unravels

“Is it inconvenient to say?” she asked quietly.

“Yes,” he replied shortly.

Jasper’s gaze lingered on her, intense and searching. “I need to tidy up my office again.”

Although she recognized it as a feeble excuse, Tatiana nodded in agreement. “Alright.”

Inside, Jasper wrestled with a restless energy he couldn’t quite control. He didn’t understand why his heart felt so unsettled, but he sensed that only by keeping her close—under his watchful eye—could he find some semblance of peace.

Tatiana, exhausted beyond analysis, chose not to dissect his behavior. She simply sensed, faintly but unmistakably, that he was beginning to lose his balance.

Jasper himself was painfully aware of the turmoil within. Something was undeniably wrong.

Memories began to surface, unbidden and vivid.

He thought back to the years she had spent chasing after him, years he had never truly acknowledged or valued. But now, with closed eyes and a mind tracing the past, every moment came into sharp focus.

It felt as though the grip he had on his own life was slipping away, and his mind was no longer under his command.

Midway through these reflections, he found himself at the old family estate, visiting his ailing grandfather.

The elder man had caught a cold with the changing season and was visibly unwell. When Jasper arrived, his grandfather’s demeanor was cold and indifferent.

“If you have nothing better to do, then leave. You don’t need to waste your time visiting a dying old man,” he said, eyes barely opening.

Jasper ignored the harsh words and approached slowly. “Has the doctor seen you?”

Without lifting his eyelids, the old man replied, “What’s there to see? I’m old. I could go at any moment.”

“Must you say things like that?” Jasper asked, a hint of frustration in his voice.

“If you don’t want to hear it, then leave. The girl would never have spoken to me like that back then.”

Jasper said nothing.

The old man opened one eye and glanced at him sideways. “Where is the girl? Even if you divorced, you’re not enemies. Why hasn’t she come to see me?”

For once, Jasper was at a loss for words.

Is it because she’s pretending to have amnesia?

“Did you do something to her? Why hasn’t she come around for so long? When I ask people, they only give vague answers. What really happened?”

“She isn’t in Dalliston.”

“Then where did she go?”

“To clear her mind.”

The old man muttered to himself, unconvinced but hopeful, “Clear her mind, you say… that’s good. She should do that more often. She loved you so deeply; the divorce must have broken her heart. She needs to unwind.”

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