Chapter 630

Elizabeth sighed and slowly picked up the jewelry, placing it back in the box. Seeing these items, Rose squatted down and asked in confusion, “Who gave you these gifts? Why would someone give you jewelry?”

She wondered, “This shouldn’t be a gift for Declan, right? Could it be something someone brought and left here?” Elizabeth moved her lips, brushed her hair back, and then propped her head up, looking at the jewelry box. The next second, tears started to fall. Only she knew what this jewelry box meant to her. And no one knew how much she had suffered on the path of loving Alexander.

Elizabeth gritted her teeth, trying to hold back her tears, but failed. She felt so wronged! The year she married Alexander, the Tudor family prepared many things for her. Although Alexander didn’t care for her, the Tudor family treated her like a treasure. Lily had specially prepared a gift for her, which was this jewelry box in front of her.

Don’t be fooled by this small jewelry box; it contained a hundred pieces of jewelry, all carefully selected by Lily and Elara. On the first day Elizabeth married Alexander, they brought this gift to the villa and gave it to her. At that time, she refused it, saying, “I don’t want this gift right now.” She wanted to accept the gift on the day Alexander fell in love with her, the day he fully understood her feelings. Lily knew well that Alexander loved someone else. Since Elizabeth made the request, she agreed.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed. Lily didn’t hear Alexander say he loved Elizabeth; instead, she heard news of their divorce. She almost thought this gift would never be given. Elizabeth had also forgotten about the existence of this gift. And she never expected to receive it. Now that she got her wish and received the gift after Alexander fell in love with her—

But she was no longer Alexander’s wife, and Alexander was no longer the man she would look back on in this life. Elizabeth couldn’t control her tears. No one understood how carefree, determined, and confident Elizabeth was when she said, “I don’t want this gift right now.” She never thought she would lose to Esme, and she never thought Alexander wouldn’t love her. But they were all true.

Chapter 630

Alexander really didn’t fall in love with Elizabeth at all in those three years. Elizabeth lost completely. She had been so arrogant and confident back then. Now, she was just as much a failure that she almost couldn’t get back up. Elizabeth wiped her tears while picking up the jewelry scattered on the floor. The jewelry seemed endless, just like her heart, always shattered into pieces by Alexander, impossible to gather back together.

Rose knelt on the floor, looking at Elizabeth, her eyes reddening as well. From the time Elizabeth and Alexander divorced until now, Elizabeth hadn’t had a good cry. Compared to Elizabeth’s tolerance, strength, and calmness these days, Rose wished she would cry it out. Maybe after crying, Elizabeth would truly let go.

Elizabeth looked at Rose and explained, “Mom, I’m not crying because he doesn’t love me. I just feel that my confidence and determination over the years made me look like a fool.” She just kept thinking about herself from three years ago. If she could, she really wanted to go back and hug her past self, who had really suffered too much.

Rose said nothing, just held Elizabeth in her arms, gently stroking her hair. The more Elizabeth cried, the more unrestrained she became, as if she wanted to cry out all the tears of her life. This wasn’t just a simple jewelry box. It carried too many of her ambitions from the past, and carried too many of her illusions about marriage. It was just too painful.