Chapter 341 Ugly Secrets

• After Victoria’s mother’s quiet funeral, Natalia was the only one left standing before the headstone.
• She stared at the photograph engraved into the stone—Victoria’s mother as she had been before illness hollowed her out. She was strikingly beautiful, her gaze sharp and resolute, brimming with vitality. It was easy to imagine how many admirers she must have had in her youth. The world had always gravitated toward beauty and brilliance.
• Natalia felt a bitter irony settle in her chest. In this lifetime, she seemed destined to face graves.