Chapter 1

She had already arranged for the agency to release her memoir after she died.

She only wanted her biological parents, her fiancé Julian Everett, and her childhood best friend Miles Monroe to see what she had gone through before her death.

As soon as the staff left, Julian and Miles rushed in.

They grabbed Lila's arm and pulled her toward the door. "Lila, Sienna tried to kill herself again after another depression episode. She slit her wrists. Come to the hospital right now and donate blood!"

This was already the seventh time Sienna Clarke had attempted suicide that month. Every time, she lost so much blood that she needed a transfusion. And every single time, everyone dragged Lila in to donate.

Lila's arms were now covered with needle marks because of Sienna.

The moment Lila reached the hospital, she had barely stepped outside Sienna's room before she was slapped twice.

Her biological parents, Harvey Clarke and Mabel Clarke, rushed over and shouted angrily. "What did you say to upset Sienna this time? You know she has depression. She can't handle any stress!"

Julian and Miles tried to protect Lila, but they were more worried about wasting time before Sienna got her blood. "Harvey, Mabel, stop hitting Lila. The most important thing right now is getting her blood to Sienna."

Lila was pulled into the donation room. It was the first time everyone had stayed with her while she waited for the test results. But no one cared about her.

They kept looking nervously toward the hallway, worried about Sienna, who was still in the operating room.

Lila was already used to it. She forced a bitter smile before lowering her head.

A few minutes later, the doctor walked over with her test reports.

"Lila, you have cancer. You can't donate blood. This isn't a joke."

Everyone turned around in shock. But after only a moment, they all seemed to come to the same conclusion.

Harvey and Mabel rushed over first. They grabbed the report without even reading it and tore it into tiny pieces.

"Lila, you're unbelievable! Bullying Sienna wasn't enough for you. Now you're bribing a doctor to fake a cancer diagnosis just to get our attention?"

Julian looked at her with cold eyes. "Lila, even if you don't want to donate blood, you can't lie about having cancer. How could you do something this disgusting?"

Miles sneered. "You've been the healthiest person since we were kids. You hardly ever even catch a cold. At least come up with a better excuse."

Lila looked at them without any emotion. "I'm not lying. I really have cancer."

But just like every other time, no one believed her. Instead, they dragged her into the donation room and forced the nurse to draw her blood.

The thick needle pierced her arm again. She thought she had gotten used to it. But her heart still ached.

Sometimes Lila wondered if they loved Sienna so much, they never should have brought her back in the first place.

She could have stayed the nanny's daughter. Sienna could have continued living as the Clarke family's beloved daughter. That would have been better than this.

Lila's life had always been absurd. The woman who had raised her for over 20 years confessed the truth on her deathbed. She admitted that she and Mabel had given birth on the same day. Wanting her own daughter to have a better life, she had secretly switched the babies. Lila was the real daughter of the Clarkes. Sienna was actually the nanny's biological child.

After revealing the secret, she passed away.

But the Clarkes had loved Sienna with all their hearts for more than 20 years. Even after learning she wasn't their biological daughter, Harvey and Mabel chose to keep her.

Lila was welcomed home, but her return didn't make the family whole. Instead, she became the outsider who ruined the happy family of three they already had.

At first, when they discovered the babies had been switched, they truly felt sorry for Lila. She should have grown up as a golden girl. Instead, she had spent her life as the nanny's daughter. They promised to make it up to her. They even gave her the marriage arrangement with the Everett family.

But Sienna refused to accept it. She started making up stories, claiming that Lila bullied her.

The first time she accused Lila of slapping her and pushing her down the stairs, everyone believed her.

Later, she claimed Lila's bullying had driven her into depression. Again, everyone believed her.

From that day on, they all saw Lila as a cruel and heartless woman. No one felt sorry for her anymore.

Julian was outstanding in every way and became her fiancé. But he had grown up with Sienna. The only person he truly cared about was Sienna.

Lila could accept that her parents and her fiancé didn't love her.

But she could never understand why Miles had suddenly started protecting Sienna too.

He had hated Sienna more than anyone when they were kids.

Miles was also the son of one of the family's employees. When they were children, Sienna constantly bullied both of them because she was the rich girl. Back then, Miles would angrily help Lila treat her wounds, his eyes red with tears.

"Lila, just wait. One day I'll become better than everyone else. I'll give you the best life. Then you can look down on her, because you're the one who deserves the best."

Now he had finally become successful. But he had long forgotten that promise.

He no longer cared about Lila. He had fallen in love with the same Sienna who had bullied them for more than 20 years.

After donating blood, Lila walked out, her body weak and exhausted. She didn't notice the person in front of her and nearly fell.

Behind her, Mabel complained impatiently, "Is she acting like this so everyone thinks we're abusing her? What a great actress."

Lila said nothing. She simply kept walking forward one slow step at a time.

Just then, the operating room doors opened. The people behind her rushed over at once and gathered around Sienna's bed.

Miles asked, "Sienna, how do you feel? Are you feeling better?"

Julian gently said, "Sienna, whatever you want, I'll give it to you. Please stop hurting yourself, okay?"

Harvey and Mabel held her hands. "Silly girl, don't scare us like this. If anything happened to you, what would we do? You can never do something like this again."

After comforting Sienna, Harvey and Mabel turned to Lila with angry faces.

"Stop pretending to be weak. Go home right now and make some nutritious food for Sienna. Consider it your apology for driving her to this."

Lila didn't answer. She simply turned around and walked away.

She looked at the blinking security camera not far away and gave a sad smile.

When her memoir was finally released after her death, they would all learn who had really been pretending.