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Chapter 2

Author: Cocojam
When I woke up again, Lucian was back. He had the surveillance footage.

He wanted to prove I had attacked the orphan. Instead, he slammed the ugly truth in everyone's face.

The room fell into a dead, suffocating silence.

My mother was the first to react. She slapped Chloe. Hard.

“Chloe, you disappoint me so much! Seraphina is your sister! Why would you do this?”

My father’s eyes were red. He turned away, silent.

Even Lucian had a guilty look on his face.

Chloe flinched. Tears instantly filled her eyes. She looked at me, her voice trembling.

“Seraphina was thrown into the slums because of that incident! I was terrified she’d come back for revenge! I’m just a helpless orphan… Mom, Dad, please. I was just trying to protect myself… If you hate me, then let me leave! Let me rot on the streets…”

She made a move to run. Sebastian grabbed her arm.

Seeing this, the disappointment on my parents' faces was replaced with pity.

Sebastian’s gaze softened. A flicker of sympathy.

“Mom, Dad! Are you trying to kill Chloe?! Her fear isn’t baseless! Who wouldn’t be scared living with a psycho?”

My parents and Lucian seemed convinced.

They looked at each other and nodded.

Sebastian sneered.

He grabbed my bandaged wrist. Squeezed it. Hard.

“Seraphina, are you still holding a grudge about the slums? You staged this whole pity party just to get back at Chloe?”

The sharp pain made my heart spasm. But I didn’t even frown.

“No. I’ve learned my lesson these past three years. I’ll do whatever you say. If Chloe told me to die, I would.”

Sebastian didn't believe me. Chloe didn't either.

So the testing began.

Sebastian ripped the emerald pendant from my neck.

The symbol of the future Donna.

It was my most precious treasure. My grandmother’s legacy.

But when it shattered on the floor, I didn't even blink.

Sebastian looked frustrated. “You really don’t care?”

I stared at him blankly. A soulless doll. “If Sebastian says it's trash, then it's trash.”

Sebastian froze.

Chloe went to our parents. She gave them a look. Get out of the room.

“Dad, Mom, Sebastian, I really want to see if Seraphina is telling the truth.”

Then, she walked slowly to Lucian. She wrapped her arms around his waist.

“Seraphina, I want Lucian to be my husband now.”

Lucian stiffened.

He glanced at me, but didn’t push her away.

They kissed.

Right in front of my hospital bed.
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