로그인Mom has picked two potential brides for my younger brother, Elliot Wilson, and me. One is Sarah Hawkins, a wealthy heiress whose eyes never leave Elliot. I'm left with Melissa Wright, a daughter from a family of scholars. She's blind and confined to a wheelchair. I don't look down on her. Instead, I take her to see every specialist I can find. For that, I spend all my savings and continue working hard to support her. Every doctor says there is nothing physically wrong with her legs, suggesting that it might be psychological. So, I take Melissa to the beach to feel the ocean breeze. I take her traveling, letting her experience the rivers and the warmth of spring. Then, Elliot and I get abducted. When a kidnapper is about to stab Elliot in the chest, Melissa suddenly sprints forward. She grabs me and shoves me directly in front of Elliot. I watch in horror as the knife pierces my heart. Behind her, a crowd of bodyguards calls her "Ms. Wright" respectfully. That's when I realize she isn't paralyzed, she isn't blind, and she isn't from some modest family of scholars. She just doesn't want to stand by my side or even have me in her sight. "I'm sorry. My family is the richest in town. My dad wanted me to fake it to test your character. You passed, but I just can't love you. Even if Elliot didn't choose me, I couldn't let him die. I'll make it up to you in another life." When I open my eyes again, I've returned to the day Mom is choosing our brides.
더 보기I scoffed. "He's always been that way. I told you so from the start."Melissa suddenly laughed, her voice tinged with madness."Sarah sent me the videos of the two of them sleeping together. At first, I convinced myself they were fake. Elliot was supposed to be this innocent young man. There was no way he could do something like that."But then, I set up Grandpa's chess endgame and asked him how he had cracked it back then. That's when I found out he doesn't even know how to play chess!"She grabbed my shoulders tightly, her emotions boiling over. "It was you, wasn't it? I went to your parents. They tried to deny it at first, but after I had my men break their bones, they finally confessed that you were the one who played chess with my grandpa."Since Elliot loves sleeping around so much, I shipped him off to a slum abroad. There are plenty of desperate women waiting for men out there."Dariel, I destroyed everyone who ever treated you like garbage. Are you happy now? Let's start
Wright Group's stock took a nosedive for several consecutive days.Even Melissa's newly established business in Seabrook suffered a series of heavy blows.I only then realized that Regina was behind all of it.The high-profile clients she had brought to me for treatment were actually power players from Jullerton. Among them were the Wright family's bitter rivals and others who had been waiting for a chance to tear the Wrights down and claim a piece of the pie.Regina had simply mentioned to them that Melissa had a vendetta against me—their life savior—and they immediately joined forces to take action.In the past, none of them could have taken on the Wright family alone, but now they were united because of me. With Regina backing them in the shadows, the Wright family stood no chance.A while later, Regina walked in with a smirk on her face.Along with the news that the Wright family was on the brink of bankruptcy, she dropped another bombshell that left me stunned."The victim
Grandpa also passed down several of our family's closely guarded secret techniques to me.Before long, Regina started bringing all kinds of clients to our door, each one incredibly wealthy and influential.Some suffered from sensitive conditions they couldn't risk the public finding out about. Others were genuinely terminal and came to us as a desperate last resort.Wearing a medical mask, I personally administered the acupuncture treatments under Grandpa's careful guidance.To my amazement, they paid astronomical amounts for their care. In just a single month, I managed to rake in over ten million dollars.Grandpa insisted on transferring every cent into my account, telling me it was the financial security he wanted me to have for the rest of my life.One evening, I took off my mask and was about to close up shop to head back to the mountain estate.Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and Regina walked in with someone trailing right behind her.I took one look at her guest, an
"You sure know how to enjoy someone else's misery," I commented."Oh, come on! Watching her get her hopes up over and over again, only to have them crushed? I couldn't be happier. She deserves every bit of it!"The woman talking was Regina Herring, the heiress of Corvanta's most powerful elite family.Grandpa had saved her life.She was born sickly and frail, and her family spent years traveling the world seeking medical treatment, but almost every doctor told them she wouldn't live past 16.When she was 15 and at her weakest, she went to Jullerton. She said her final wish was to see the ocean and gather a seashell with her own hands to be buried with, so she could listen to the sound of the sea forever.But right when she finally found the most beautiful shell, Melissa—who was also 15 at the time—snatched it from her hand and threw it back into the ocean."What are you doing? Why did you throw my seashell?"Melissa had scoffed with utter disdain. "I have no idea why my dad wan












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