LOGINWhen my fiance, Kai Vaughn, and my best friend, Eliana Sinclair, drug me and drag me into the penthouse suite of the richest man in the capital, I breathe a sigh of relief. "At long last, I'm home." Kai assumes I've lost my mind under the threat of impending doom and viciously grips my chin. "Our company's survival depends on this project, you bitch! I hear there's a woman Mr. Harlan has never gotten over, even after all these years, and your face just happens to look a little like hers. "You'd better serve him well. Once we secure the project, I might even be generous enough to give you some money!" Eliana covers her mouth and giggles beside him. "That's right. You should thank your lucky stars that you get to serve Mr. Harlan. Don't be ungrateful!" When the drug takes effect, I'm violently shoved through the gilded doors. No one notices that as I lean back against the leather couch, my eyes are filled with mockery. The ruthless, cold-blooded Mr. Harlan Kai and Eliana are talking about—the man who treats his substitute lovers as nothing more than playthings—is actually my biological father, Tristan Harlan. Today, they've personally delivered me right back to Dad's side. Tomorrow, they'll learn what it means to live a life worse than death.
View MoreEveryone assumed that the Harlan family and the Calloway family were about to join forces through marriage—a powerful alliance that would shake up Verdia's entire business landscape. But the very next day, standing before all the media, I calmly announced, "Mr. Calloway and I are just friends."Those few words caused Calloway Group's stock price to plummet and turned Lucian into the laughingstock of all Verdia. When he found me, his eyes were teary, and his voice was trembling. "Why did you say that, Abby?"I was trimming a bouquet of freshly delivered white roses. After hearing that, I didn't even look up. "Lucian, you waited for me for ten years, only to turn into another man like Dad?" He shuddered. I set my scissors down and looked up at him. "Didn't you deliberately leak the news about our marriage alliance just to use public opinion to pressure me into saying yes? Do you really think I'd like being manipulated like that?"Lucian's face instantly went as pale as a sheet o
I looked at Vivian preening in his arms and the morbid possessiveness in his eyes before bursting into laughter. I closed in on them, and under their stunned gazes, I raised my hand and poured the entire glass of wine over Vivian. She shrieked. The red wine streamed down her hair and cheeks, leaving her as bedraggled as a drowned rat. "You must be out of your mind!"I looked at Dominic coldly. "Do you really think I would dirty my own hands for trash like you? Dominic, you overestimate yourself, and you underestimate me. What you want is to conquer me. But in my eyes, you're not even worthy of being my opponent."I couldn't even be bothered to look at him again. I turned on my heel and left.Dominic roared behind my back, "Abigail Harlan, you'll regret this! You'll come crawling back to me!"I didn't look back. Regret? The biggest regret of my life was meeting Kai, trusting Eliana, and… developing feelings for a man named Dom on that street five years ago. …I never saw Domini
My brows drew together. Dominic? The name sounded familiar. Where had I heard it before? His name went off like a bomb in my mind. He was the mysterious business partner Kai had mentioned. He was also the poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, wanting to watch my family and me fall into the abyss together. I hadn't gone looking for him yet, and he had already come knocking at my door. Dad's expression darkened in an instant. The air around him became suffocating as well. "How dare some nobody who came out of nowhere demand to see my daughter?"He snorted, his eyes filled with undisguised murderous intent. "Look into Dominic's background, Hugh. I want to see for myself who gave him the guts." I stopped him. "I'll go, Dad. I want to ask him to his face what he's after. He went to such lengths to hand me such a big gift, so I want to know what he really wants."Dad fell silent when he saw the resolve in my eyes. He knew that after five years, the little princess he had once held
There was a locked diary on the vanity. I recognized it immediately. It was the birthday gift I had given Mom. Almost as if compelled by some unseen force, I reached out and gently brushed my fingers over the cover. I ran my fingers over the delicate brass lock. The combination was our birthdays. When I flipped open the yellowed pages, Mom's familiar and elegant handwriting came into view. "Abby was clinging to me again today, telling me that when she grows up, she wants to be my knight and protect me for the rest of my life. My little princess, my only wish is for you to live a peaceful, happy life.""Tristan has been very busy lately, but I know he has me and our family in his heart."The first half of the diary was filled with warm, ordinary moments. Each and every line was brimming with joy.However, the further I turned the pages, the more hurried and scribbled her handwriting became. Eventually, it trembled across the paper."My health's deteriorating, but the doctors
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