Chapter 9 " You're ruthless . " ] " Grace , you were even ruthless to your own child . " ] For three straight days , Blake kept repeating those words to me . ] ] What he didn't know was that I could be just as ruthless to him . [ ] The day I was finally able to get out of bed again . ] ]] Blake sat by my bedside , his face dark as storm clouds . [ ] Suddenly , a nurse walked into the room with police officers behind her . [ ] " Blake Harrison , you're under investigation for running an illegal website that distributed pornographic content . You need to come with us . " Blake's eyes locked onto mine . ]] I turned my head away . [ ] " I'm the one who searched your computer, and I'm the one who called the cops . " " Blake , I don't care who you did this for . You're going to pay for every single crime . " [ ] The day Blake was taken in for questioning , videos of him and Scarlett hit the internet . [ ] Harrison Industries ' stock price crashed overnight . [ ] And Blake , now connected to so many criminal cases , became the family's ultimate disgrace . [ ] Blake had originally created that forum just to make Scarlett happy . But later , the profits from the forum kept growing bigger and bigger . [ ] So he let Scarlett do whatever she wanted . [ ] Claire was the first person to discover her videos spreading on the dark web . She identified Scarlett from one of the photos . When she confronted Scarlett , she overheard her conversation with Blake . By the time they discovered her , it was too late for her to escape . ] Blake allowed Scarlett to eliminate Claire , but later when he wanted to call it off , he realized things had gone too far to stop- Later , because of my persistence , he told Scarlett to shut down the site But Scarlett wouldn't listen to him anymore . That's why Blake deliberately planted evidence to frame her . [ ] Chapter 9 Blake had calculated everything . [ ] Except he never expected Claire to wake up . [ ] He never expected me to get pregnant , and he definitely never expected me to end our relationship the way I did . [ ] On the day of his trial , I sat in the gallery . [] After Blake pleaded guilty , he looked at me and said : " Grace , I'm sorry . " [ ] " But I really did love you . Whatever twisted thing I had with Scarlett couldn't compare to what I gave you . " [ ] " At one point , I genuinely wanted to marry you . " [] " But it's too late now . I know I was wrong . If there's a next life , I'll never make these mistakes again . " ] ] Blake got twenty years . ] ] Scarlett got ten . ]] The dark web scandal stayed in the headlines for months , until Harrison Industries completely collapsed . Every single Harrison contract was terminated . [ ] They fell from their pedestal - a century - old dynasty destroyed by their own descendants . [ ] Later , I heard Blake killed himself in prison . [ ] He left me a letter . I never went to pick it up . [ ] Eventually , Scarlett died in prison too , from her medical condition . [ ] And I took that massive settlement money and returned to my hometown with Grandma's and Claire's ashes . ] The day of their burial , I saw a little girl at the foot of the cemetery hill . ] She looked just like Claire . [ ] When she smiled , she had the exact same dimples . [ ] " Miss , want to buy some flowers ? Buy flowers in this life , be beautiful in the next . " [] I nodded and bought every single flower she had . [ ] Later , I tracked down this little girl through the foster care system and adopted her . I named her Lily , hoping she'd always have the courage to walk away from anyone who hurt her [ ] Later , Lily and I traveled all over the country , seeing different landscapes and meeting new people . [ ] The year she started school . I settled down in Pine Valley , where flowers and snow capped mountains coexisted in perfect harmony . Chapter 9 After saying goodbye to my past , a beautiful new future gradually gave me the peace I'd been searching for . [] ( 0 )