“Summer can’t see you anymore.

“You should let the past go, Orion. Forget about it,” my mother said bitterly.

She wanted to leave with my corpse after that, but Orion grabbed the trolley with an angry expression.

“Why?

“Why should I let the past go just because you say so? I’ll never forgive Summer. I’ve told you before that I won’t let any of you off the hook. Blame it on Summer!”

Then, he glanced at my dead body.

“Are you going to a morgue?

“Go ahead. Let’s see if anyone takes her in!”

My mother started to cry after she heard Orion’s cruel words.

“Summer didn’t do anything wrong. She didn’t do anything wrong,” she said and pushed the trolley forward.

I turned around to glance at Orion. Right then, the young woman next to him was comforting him.

They looked like a match made in heaven, and I felt a terrible emptiness in my heart.

My mother brought my corpse to the best funeral parlor in town, but they turned her away. They claimed to have too many corpses, so they did not have the capacity to take another one.

Following that, my mother went to other funeral parlors.

She visited them one after another, but they all gave her the same answer.

She cried and hugged me.

“Summer, you silly girl. Why did you do so much for him? Because of him, you can’t even look like you did before.”

Actually, Orion loved me immensely in the past, so it was worth it to me.

It was winter, and my corpse was swaying in the cold, strong wind.

My mother’s voice had gotten hoarse after all the crying. She felt truly helpless and had no idea what to do.

Just then, one of the staff members in the funeral parlor came out.

It looked like she could not bear seeing my mother like that. She soon passed her a glass of warm water.

“Please don’t be too upset. Do you know Mr. Orion Gray? His father’s a really famous mortician. Being his son, Orion learned the skill too. That’s what I’ve heard, so you could ask him to restore the corpse.”

Orion indeed had the skills to do so.

He worked as a mortician back when we were together.

Orion was extremely good at what he did. He could even restore corpses that were completely disfigured from car accidents.

At that time, I was afraid that my mother would not find his career acceptable. So, I hid it from her.

It was obvious what the staff was hinting at.

They had no other choice but to do as Orion had instructed.

After that, my mother immediately went to see him.

Orion was currently the CEO of a publicly listed company. The first thing he did when he returned to the country was purchase a mansion. It was plastered all over the news.

Hence, my mother knew where he stayed.

My mother pushed me along as she looked for him.

The entrance of Orion’s mansion was covered in gardenia trees.

I used to like that flower a lot.

I always told him, “Orion, when we buy a house in the future, let’s plant gardenia trees in our garden.”

“Alright. As long as you like it, I’m fine with it too.” But obviously, I was not going to assume that he planted them because of me.

He must have planted them for the other woman.

My mother rang the doorbell, and Orion opened the door.

My mother stared at him with teary eyes.

“Orion, none of the funeral parlors are willing to take my goddaughter.”

“I’m aware. I’m responsible for that,” he said knowingly.

“I already told you. I’ll only consider letting you off the hook if Summer begs for my forgiveness.”

If I could, I would apologize to him.

However, I could no longer do that.

My mother’s tears streamed down her face.

“I’m here to ask you for a favor. Can you please help me restore my goddaughter’s corpse?”

Orion sneered. “Is Summer the one who suggested you look for me? Why didn’t she come here herself? Or is she too embarrassed to show up?”

My mother lowered her head as she grabbed the trolley handle tightly.

“Summer… really can’t come here anymore.”

“She’s just too ashamed to face me, isn’t she? Ask her to meet me, and I’ll consider your request!”

Orion seemed furious.

My mother cried even harder, and I knew she was at her wits’ end.

I wanted to tell her to forget about restoring my corpse. She could just bury me.

My mother fell silent for a while, and Orion turned to head back inside.

Just then, my mother fell to her knees with a loud thud.

“Orion, I beg you. Please help me. I just want my goddaughter to leave this world beautifully.

“I’ll do anything if you help me.”

Orion stopped, and there was a flicker of emotion in his eyes.

“I don’t want you to do anything. I just want Summer to beg for my forgiveness.”

“Alright, alright, I’ll ask her to do that.”

My mother was probably desperate, so she chose to lie to him.

However, she would not be able to keep it up.

Regardless, all I could do was watch.

Orion then asked my mother to bring my corpse into his house.

The young woman that we had met during the day was not around. I assumed that she was sleeping. He seemed to love her very much.

My mother put my corpse down in the living room. Finally, she extended her shaking hand to caress my cheek.

“Orion, please do your best to restore this corpse.”

“Fine, but I’m adding another condition. Not only do I want Summer to apologize to me, but I also want her to be my maid.”

“Al… Alright,” my mother murmured and left.

The living room was quiet once she was gone.

Orion pulled the blanket away from my corpse. Apart from not having any hair left, I was black and bruised all over. I was incredibly thin as well, so it was hard to tell what I used to look like.

However, Orion seemed to find something familiar about me. When he looked at my shrunken face, his pupils contracted.

To test his suspicions, he put on a pair of gloves and grabbed my right hand.

I had a couple’s tattoo on my right wrist.