Lahat ng Kabanata ng Misguided Vengeance: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 8

The document said that I had to turn myself in and admit that the building collapse during the earthquake years ago was my fault. They wanted me to admit that my negligence had trapped the Jameson siblings under the rubble, killing one of them.However, I was not even in the city at that time. I was out hiking!All the company's construction projects were handled by Celeste alone. She was the one who cut corners and skimped on materials.That was why the building could not withstand the quake.She wanted me to take the fall for her and hand over all my company shares to Vincent.If I signed that contract, I would spend the rest of my life behind bars.Benjamin glanced through the document, then ripped it to shreds in fury. "Celeste, you're shameless!"He snatched the phone from me and shouted into the video call, tears streaming down his face."Celeste! Open your eyes! It's me, your brother! You promised you'd take care of me! Come down here and save us! I'm not letting him sig

"Finnegan!"Benjamin had already reached the ledge, but the moment he saw the sand swallow me whole, he did not hesitate at all.He jumped straight back down.With his one remaining arm, he clawed through the sand and dragged me out, forcing me upright so I would not suffocate.However, I knew it could not last.I was too weak, and there was no way I could make it back up again."Listen to me, Benjamin. I'm not going to make it. Use me as cover. When you get out, go find Rory."Celeste's older sister, Rory Fallow, was the real head of the Fallow family. If anyone could clear my name, it was her.However, Benjamin gritted his teeth and clung to me with his remaining arm."No, Finnegan! If you die, I die! I don't want to live with that monster!"Though I was injured, I still easily overpowered him, a scion who was pampered since birth. Moreover, he had just lost an arm. I tied him tight with the rope despite his struggles.If only one of us could live, it would be him.Benjam

Rory did not say a single word. She strode forward and slapped Vincent so hard he shut up immediately.Celeste did not care about anything else. She scrambled to get up and put herself between them."Rory, are you crazy? That's Vincent!" she cried.Rory yanked Celeste by the hair and forced her to stare at the cleaned face of their brother on the stretcher."Look at him. Is this a madman?" she demanded.I clung to Benjamin's hand and refused to let go. Two clean tracks of tears ran down my face.When Celeste really looked at him, she went dumbstruck."No... This can't be..."She dropped to her knees and rolled up his sleeve. The butterfly tattoo on his wrist matched the one on her own wrist exactly."It wasn't me who killed Benjamin. It was him! Finnegan swapped them! He's the one who killed Benjamin!" she shrieked, pointing at me, eyes wild.Rory moved in front of us like a shield as she replied Celeste with fury coiling in her voice, "I came straight back after receiving a

Before we left, Rory told me what Vincent had confessed.It turned out that he was in love with Celeste since childhood, but he was even more in love with the Fallow family's fortune.He knew Rory was sharp, so he went after Celeste instead.The first step was to get rid of me.At the company, he used his position to whisper poison into Celeste's ear every day, and that fool actually believed I was the kind of man who would stand by and watch someone die."Only if you're dead can he marry Celeste," Rory said. I nodded slightly, feeling a pang of pity for Benjamin. He suffered a pointless death because of such a snake.The moment I reached the door, I heard chaos inside."Celeste, you coward! You did it, but you don't dare to admit it, huh? Benjamin's death has nothing to do with me!""If you hadn't egged me on, I never would've gone after Finnegan! I never would've... I never would've killed my own brother by mistake!"Their voices grew louder, raw with rage.Then came a cr