Mag-log inI 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
"Did you find… a body?" Melissa asked.She didn't even notice how violently her voice was trembling."No. Our preliminary assessment shows that the fire started in that room on the third floor. There was also a natural gas leak in the house, which triggered an explosion when it met the sparks, and that's why the place burned down so completely," the fire captain replied.Melissa completely tuned out the rest of his explanation. The moment she heard the word "no", a massive weight lifted off her chest.She took Elliot's hand. "Elliot, you're hurt too. Let's get you to the hospital."A flash of pure malice crossed Elliot's eyes.He hadn't expected me to pull off a fake-death escape plot right under his nose.At the hospital, while Melissa was waiting outside the consultation room for Elliot, a bodyguard rushed up to her."Ms. Wright, we found out a fishing boat slipped out of the harbor in the middle of the night. Someone spotted a man covered in burn injuries boarding it. We sus
By the time Melissa rushed back to the villa, all that remained was a wasteland of scorched earth.The entire house had been burned to a shell.She stood there, frozen, looking completely hollowed out.She didn't understand. Elliot was right there by her side, holding her tightly, yet her heart felt utterly empty.For the first time, she found his embrace suffocating and instinctively pushed him away.After calling over her bodyguards, she demanded coldly, "Where were you all when this happened? Why didn't you put the fire out immediately?""We're sorry, Ms. Wright. Mr. Elliot—"Elliot's heart skipped a beat. He had intentionally dismissed the bodyguards earlier because he wanted to slip away with me on his own.He knew how smart I was and that I would eventually figure out that the kidney transplant for Eddie was a sham.If I exposed him, even if Melissa didn't believe it initially, a simple investigation would reveal the truth.He couldn't afford to take that gamble, so he







