---- Chapter 5 Conrad finally realized I was truly gone. Night after night, he couldn't sleep a wink. For seven years, I had always been right in his arms every time we slept. There was one thing Conrad had never told me. Ever since he was a kid, he'd struggled with insomnia. Some nights, he'd barely get an hour or two of sleep. The Lennons were pushing him so hard he could barely breathe. Sure, they were one of the most powerful families now, but that kind of status came with unbearable weight. Nobody really understood how much Conrad was shouldering. I was the only one who truly felt for him. I could see how exhausted he was and almost feel the weight of everything he'd been through. He could only sleep peacefully when he was holding me. The truth was, I was the cure he'd spent half his ---- life looking for. And now, he'd lost it for good with his own hands. Conrad wondered where I was. He lit another cigarette, staring out the window into the quiet night. A tall figure appeared outside without warning. Conrad sprang to his feet and bolted out, desperate to reach the person. "Conrad, what are you doing? You're hurting me." "It's you?" It wasn't me. That was just Conrad's hallucination. The person standing before him was Jenny. Jenny frowned slightly, putting on a pitiful act." Jean's been spreading rumors about me, Conrad. Now my reputation's ruined. Can you help me fix this?" For the first time, Conrad looked at her with cold indifference. "Where's Joel? Did he drop dead or something?" ---- Confused, Jenny paused before retorting, "How could you say that? Don't you feel bad for me at all? Joel's caught up in his own things. He's too busy to care about me. But you're free right now, aren't you? Jean's dead anyway-" Asharp slap cracked through the air. Jenny gaped at Conrad, stunned. "You actually hit me? Conrad! Have you lost all decency?" "You'd already be dead if I had none at all," he snapped. The sheer authority of a man who'd spent years in command was enough to silence Jenny instantly. Not even glancing at how pale she'd gone, Conrad ordered his men to throw her out. After rounds of tests and investigations, the conclusion remained the same-I'd taken my own life and died, perishing in that fire. But Conrad refused to believe it. I made sure the scandalous affair between Jenny