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8 Kabanata

Chapter 1

"I promise I'll be good."In the master bedroom, Ruthie Wall gazed at Nigel Heath with teary eyes.Pleased by her attitude, Nigel released his grip.Ruthie clung to him again. "Nigel, let's continue. I want to give you a child.""Jenna takes the medicine you give her every day, so there's no way she can have children now. But with a business empire as big as yours, how can you not have an heir?"My eyes widened, and I clenched my fists so tightly that my hands turned red.In the two years we've been married, I had never gotten pregnant once. I had believed it was due to my weak health, but it turned out Nigel had been tampering with my medication all along.The vulgar noises from the room grew louder.My heart twisted in agony.I turned away, but the sounds of their pleasure still seeped through the door, filling me with grief and rage.After being rescued from the sea, I was left with a lingering illness that required me to take medicine every day to recover.Each day, Nige

Chapter 2

Nigel gave Ruthie a quick glance, then turned to me and said, "I was the one who asked her to put it on. She went to clean the master bedroom and accidentally got her clothes wet, yet she kept cleaning while soaked. I couldn't stand it, so I let her wear your robe."Ruthie tugged at the robe, pulling the collar open even wider. With a smile, she showed off the marks on her body and said, "Yes, Mr. Heath was kind enough to give me this to wear."Mrs. Heath, your clothes are really of great quality, though it's a bit too big for me. But then again, I am slimmer than you.""Take it off and get lost," I said through gritted teeth. "You don't need to come to work tomorrow."Ruthie put on a panicked expression and turned to Nigel. "Mr. Heath, did I do something wrong?"Nigel frowned. "Jenna, it's just a minor issue. Why do you have to scare her like this?""Scare her?" I stared at Nigel. "Do you not understand what I'm saying? I'm firing her so that she'll never show her face in front

Chapter 3

Some time after Nigel left, Ruthie entered the room carrying dinner. She smiled at me, still wearing my robe."Mrs. Heath, dinner's ready. You should eat something."She grabbed my hand and forced the bowl and spoon into my grip.I immediately flung them to the floor. "Get out!"Ruthie glanced at the shattered bowl and let out a cold laugh. She then stomped heavily on the food scattered across the floor. After that, she scooped up the trampled food with her hand and brought it to my mouth."Mrs. Heath, you need fuel to keep going. So how can you refuse to eat?"Ruthie suddenly yanked my hair with her left hand. As I cried out in pain, she took the opportunity to shove the trampled-on food into my mouth.I tried to spit it out, but she clamped my mouth shut, forcing me to swallow.She almost suffocated me. To breathe, I had no choice but to gulp the food down."Is it delicious, Mrs. Heath?" Ruthie smiled. "From now on, you are only allowed to kneel on the ground and eat this ro

Chapter 4

Nigel looked at Ruthie and smiled knowingly. Then, he picked her up and carried her into her room.Ruthie's room was right next to the master bedroom. She deliberately moaned loudly so I could hear.I sat on the edge of the bed, trembling as I listened to the noises from next door.A metallic, salty taste rose in my throat. I picked up a glass to drink some water, but my hands were shaking so badly that I dropped it.The sound of shattering glass reached the next room. Moments later, Nigel pushed the door open. He frowned when he saw the state of the room."Jenna, why are you still throwing a tantrum? Ruthie told me you refused to eat the food she made and even broke the dishes. The room's a mess, yet you won't let her clean it up."I chuckled coldly. "Then have her come clean it up now."He paused, then said, "She's not free at the moment.""What do you mean she's not free? She's the housekeeper. Isn't this her job?"As soon as I finished speaking, Ruthie walked in.She had

Chapter 5

After the door was locked, I bent down and pulled a box from underneath the bed. Inside the box was an old phone I had used when I was in middle school.I turned it on and was relieved to learn that it still worked, so I dialed a number. It was the phone number of my childhood friend, Richard Gibson.The call eventually connected, and I said, "Hello, Richard. Please come to my house and take me away."…In the early hours of the morning, the Townsend family's villa suddenly caught fire.Nigel and Ruthie hurriedly fled the burning villa, and by the time they made it outside, the fire was raging intensely.Nigel stared at the master bedroom's window, his eyes wild with panic."Jenna!"He nearly rushed back in, but Ruthie stopped him in his tracks."Nigel, the fire's too big. You can't go in! Besides, Jenna is your enemy. How can you risk your own life to save her?"The firefighters arrived as if on cue. One of them shouted at Nigel, "Is there anyone still inside? If so, where a

Chapter 6

Nigel stayed in the hospital for half a month.During this time, I reclaimed all my company shares and assets.Yes, I didn't die.That day, I had contacted Richard Gibson and told him where the spare keys were hidden.Richard then waited until Nigel and Ruthie were sound asleep before carrying me out of the master bedroom.When leaving, he deliberately locked the master bedroom door behind us. Then, he carried me to the car and helped me put on my seatbelt.As he buckled me in, he scolded, "Jenna, are you an idiot? How could you let things get this bad and not reach out to me sooner?"I stayed silent.The car was passing through a traffic light when the villa suddenly caught fire for no apparent reason. The villa was my family home. It held all the memories of me and loved ones. How could I possibly stand by and watch it burn?I ordered Richard to turn back immediately, then called the fire department.I was stepping out of the car when I saw Nigel having a public breakdown,

Chapter 7

Nigel fell to his knees. "Jenna, please forgive me. Don't leave me, please. I was wrong, completely wrong. You can beat me or yell at me, but I beg you—just don't leave me."I looked at him expressionlessly. His actions no longer moved me. In fact, they only disgusted me."Would you forgive the person who killed your father?" I fixed my gaze on him. "Nigel, you had my parents and brother tied up and thrown into the sea, didn't you?"He froze. Then, trembling, he asked, "So you knew everything?"Nigel reached out to take my hand. "I was mistaken. I thought your father was the one who killed mine. Jenna, I didn't mean to."I jerked my hand away and slapped him across the face."You didn't mean to? But you had my family killed! And you injured me, leaving me unable to have children for the rest of my life. Nigel Heath, you're a heartless monster."Nigel remained kneeling, begging me. "Yes, I'm a monster. I deserve to die a thousand deaths," he said, slapping himself. After a few sl

Chapter 8

Nigel was dead, and Ruthie was locked up in prison. It turned out she was the one who set fire to the villa that day.Deep down, Ruthie knew that Nigel had no feelings for her. He only saw her as a tool, and she had always hated me deeply.So when she heard Nigel tell me he would send her away after she had the baby, her hatred reached its peak. She figured that only by killing me could she stay by Nigel's side and possess everything I had.That night, Ruthie set everything ablaze and then woke Nigel.The flames raged so fiercely that Ruthie thought evidence of her crime would be consumed by the fire. But the surveillance cameras inside the villa captured everything she had done.That wasn't her house, after all, so she would never have known the layout and furnishings as well as I did. She had no idea that a hidden camera recorded her every move during the crime.…My life finally returned to normal after things gradually calmed down. That said, this "normal" would still seem a

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