Chapter 2

After the blood transfusion was complete, Lilian stood up quickly, only to almost fall over when her vision suddenly turned dark.

A hand caught her wrist, and Eugene glanced nervously at her. In the next second, his voice sounded in her ears. "Go home and get some rest. I'm going to stay behind and keep Aurie company."

Lilian yanked her hand out of Eugene's grasp, her face full of scorn. She said nothing, simply walking out, her legs shaking.

As she stood in the hospital corridor and stared at the date displayed on the wall calendar, her eyes suddenly widened.

Today was the day she would get her college acceptance letter!

In her past life, she had felt terribly weak after donating blood to Aurelie, so she had asked Eugene to get her acceptance letter in her stead.

However, he hadn't brought the letter back despite a day of waiting.

When she asked about it again, Eugene had told her impatiently, "You weren't accepted."

Not long after that, she had heard news that Aurelie had been accepted into college despite never even taking the SATs.

Determined not to let history repeat itself, Lilian strode quickly toward the post office, enduring the dizziness and pain she was feeling.

This time, she had to get her acceptance letter before Aurelie and Eugene did.

Half an hour later, her voice trembled as she asked the post office worker, "What? Someone collected my college acceptance letter this morning? Do you still remember who took it?"

The worker checked the name on the written receipt. "It's signed right here."

Lilian stared at the name "Aurelie Lunsford" on the receipt. A loud ringing filled her ears.

She sprinted back toward the hospital.

She would get that acceptance letter back, even if she had to resort to theft in this life. That letter was hers! Who was Aurelie to take her place?

Lilian aggressively shoved open the door of the hospital room and caught sight of Eugene hugging Aurelie, the atmosphere charged with a certain tension.

However, she didn't want to concern herself with the shameful relationship between the two. At the moment, she just wanted to get her acceptance letter and leave Eugene.

She marched up to Aurelie and held out her hand. "Give me my acceptance letter!"

Aurelie hid behind Eugene and looked at her with an innocent expression. "I don't know what you're talking about, Lilian."

Seeing her putting on an innocent act, Lilian's temper snapped. "Drop the act! The post office worker already told me that you were the one who took my acceptance letter.

"I worked day and night to get accepted into that college! Who are you to shamelessly try to take my place?"

She lunged forward and grabbed Aurelie's wrist harshly. "Where is it? Give it back."

Just as her fingers brushed against the folded letter in Aurelie's pocket, Eugene grabbed her arm. "Stop making a scene! Get lost!" he snapped.

Get lost, huh?

Yes, she should have left a long time ago.

If not for the fact that she was trying to repay Eugene for saving her life years ago, she would have followed General Linus Gurwick up north to live a good life after her parents died.

Why bother living such a miserable life full of suffering with Eugene?

Back then, she had rejected Linus' kind offer and insisted on staying behind, stubbornly determined to marry Eugene.

She had been so sure that Eugene would love her and protect her for the rest of her life, but how did that turn out?

Not only did Eugene sleep with Aurelie behind her back, but he also wanted to get Aurelie into college in her place. What gave him the right?

Lilian struggled hard against his grip. "You knew, didn't you, Eugene? You knew that Aurelie took my acceptance letter! Tell her to give it back!"

She grabbed his wrist in a tight grip, her bloodshot eyes full of grievance.

Getting her acceptance letter back was the only way she could finally leave this place and Eugene behind for good.

A trace of hesitation flashed through Eugene's eyes, but then he frowned and dragged Lilian out of the hospital room.

He shoved her to the floor and declared, "If you come back and disturb Aurie's rest again, don't blame me for treating you harshly, Lilian."

Don't blame him for treating her harshly, he said?

Lilian crawled up from the floor miserably and clenched her fingers tightly around her bleeding palm.

She glared defiantly at Eugene and was just about to speak again when a new voice suddenly rang out with urgency.

She then felt a slap across her face as someone yelled, "You wretch! You're the one who caused my grandson to suffer from vomiting and diarrhoea! I swear I'm going to beat you to death!"