All Chapters of The Obedience Trial: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The stinging pain on my face had not yet faded when Gavin Whitaker suddenly stiffened like a puppet whose strings had been cut and collapsed straight backward.That face of his, which was always etched with arrogance and disdain, twisted with pure terror."Gavin!""Sir!"The Whitakers' living room erupted instantly.Screams, sobs, the crash of overturned furniture—everything collided into a chaotic, deafening mess.I stood where I was, watching them scramble in panic as they lifted Gavin onto a stretcher and rushed him toward the ambulance.As for the instigator of it all, his mother, Mrs. Whitaker, froze for only a heartbeat before pointing straight at my nose and exploding into curses."You jinx! You filthy curse!" she shrieked. "It’s all because of you! You bring disaster wherever you go! My son collapses in his own home because of you!"I said nothing.I only lifted my hand and lightly touched my left cheek. It was already swelling and burning hot, almost the same tempera

Chapter 2

When I returned to the Whitaker estate, the first thing that greeted me was Mrs. Whitaker’s face, twisted with rage."You still have the nerve to come back?" she screeched. "You husband-cursing bitch! Gavin has never even lost a single hair his entire life, and the moment you marry into this family, he ends up in the hospital! You’re nothing but a walking jinx!"As she shouted, she ordered the servants to bring over the horsewhip that hung on the wall as decoration. It was made of oiled cowhide, dark and glossy.I stared at the whip, my heart tightening violently.I thought back to when Gavin and I first met. Back then, he had been just like this—spirited and high-strung, like a proud wild horse.I followed behind him, believing that as long as I worked hard enough, one day I would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with him.Now, I was nothing more than an object in his home, something that could be beaten or scolded at will.The television in the living room was still on, t

Chapter 3

The day Gavin was discharged from the hospital, Lydia came back to the Whitaker estate with him, ostensibly to take care of him.Mrs. Whitaker was naturally delighted.While Gavin was upstairs in the study handling work, Mrs. Whitaker and Lydia called me downstairs. They swept a pile of shattered antique porcelain onto the floor."The floor is dirty. Kneel and wipe it clean," Mrs. Whitaker ordered, arms crossed while looking down at me from above.Lydia stood to the side, putting on a show of gentle concern. "Sienna, you should listen to Mrs. Whitaker. She is doing this for your own good, trying to teach you some manners. Gavin does not like women who do not know how to behave."My knees were already bruised and swollen from the whipping. Now, kneeling on the sharp porcelain shards, every small movement felt like countless steel needles stabbing straight into my bones.Upstairs in the study, Gavin was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed, resting, when a sudden, piercin

Chapter 4

My lips moved. All the grievance and despair I had bottled up were right on the verge of spilling out.Then, at that very moment, the villa’s front door clicked open.Mrs. Whitaker and Lydia were back."Oh, right, we forgot to pick up the new limited-edition bags," Lydia said with a sweet laugh as she walked in. When she saw Gavin crouched in front of me, the smile on her face froze instantly. "Gavin... what are you doing?"Mrs. Whitaker saw it too. Her face darkened at once. She strode over and yanked Gavin away."What is there to say to this jinx!" she snapped. "Look at her, pretending to be half-dead just to act pitiful in front of you!" She pointed at me and said to Gavin, "Son, don't let her fool you. A woman like this has a black heart!"Gavin stood up. The flicker of doubt that had just begun to form was shattered once again by his mother’s words and Lydia’s presence.He looked at me. His eyes returned to their usual cold impatience.He said nothing and turned to go upst

Chapter 5

Gavin shoved Mrs. Whitaker to the floor. She stared at him in disbelief. "Gavin, you pushed me because of this witch?"Lydia was stunned for a moment before reacting. She immediately rushed forward in tears. "Gavin, you misunderstood! It was Sienna who suddenly went crazy, saying she did not want to live anymore and tried to stick her head into the toilet. Mrs. Whitaker and I were trying to save her!""Yes! She was trying to kill herself!" Mrs. Whitaker instantly seized the chance, her voice breaking with tears. "We were trying to stop her. Who knew you would come in and just..."She clutched her chest, looking as if she might faint at any second.Gavin looked at the absurd scene in front of him, his head throbbing with pain.On one side were his hysterical mother and the woman he loved, both crying.On the other side was me, barely clinging to life.In the end, he chose to pick me up and carry me quickly into the bedroom. With a loud bang, he locked the door from the outside.

Chapter 6

Gavin all but rushed home, reeking of blood.He kicked the bedroom door open. What he saw was me sitting on the carpet, the steel pen still dripping blood in my hand, the wound on my arm so severe it was impossible to look away.I was looking at him with a calm so eerie that he had never seen it before.In that instant, he finally understood. This was not an accident or a coincidence, and certainly not a curse.This was me launching a deliberate attack."Sienna, you’ve lost your mind!" The shock in his eyes was quickly swallowed by a mix of rage and fear.He lunged forward, trying to snatch the pen from my hand.I did not dodge. I only lifted the sharp nib lightly and pressed it to my own throat, right against the fragile artery there."Take one more step," I said with a faint smile, my voice quiet but enough to freeze him in place, "and I will let you experience what real death feels like."He stared at me, veins bulging on his forehead, his chest heaving violently.He wante

Chapter 7

Mrs. Whitaker and Lydia no longer dared to lay a hand on me, but their torment simply shifted into a more covert form.They bribed the newly hired chef and began rationing my food. Every meal tray brought to me contained nothing more than a small bowl of soup and a few bland pickled vegetables."Hmph. If you want to deal with a snake, strike where it hurts most," Mrs. Whitaker said smugly to Lydia. "Starve that little witch to death. Let us see how she keeps causing trouble then."They believed that as long as I was too weak from hunger, I would no longer be able to threaten Gavin with self-harm.I did not resist or complain. I ate whatever they sent.Very quickly, in just three days, I collapsed in my room from severe malnutrition and starvation.At the moment I fell to the floor, something went wrong far away at the Whitaker Group headquarters.Gavin was in the middle of a meeting with the company’s top executives, presenting the quarterly financial report. Suddenly, his visio

Chapter 8

At the Whitaker family dining table, the wheel of fortune had finally turned.Now, the ones staring at a small bowl of soup and pickled vegetables every day were Mrs. Whitaker and Lydia.In front of me, however, the table was filled with delicacies from the mountains and seas, rich caviar, and every luxury dish imaginable.Gavin had issued a strict order. They could only watch whatever I ate. Only after I was finished were they allowed to touch the leftovers.This double torment, both psychological torment and humiliation, drove Lydia completely insane.She watched as my complexion grew rosier by the day under Gavin’s feeding, then looked at her own gaunt face in the mirror. The poisonous fire of jealousy burned away the last of her reason.She could not wait any longer. She had to set a trap. A dead-end trap that would ensure Sienna could never turn things around again.She spent a fortune hiring a group of desperados and staged a kidnapping herself.Two days later, she appear

Chapter 9

Inside the detention center, I was granted one chance to make a call to the outside world.I did not call Gavin. Instead, I dialed an unfamiliar number.On the other end of the line was Noah Blackwell, an investigative reporter known for exposing elite family scandals, someone famous for his ruthless reporting."Hello. This is Sienna Moore," I said. "I have an exclusive for you. A bombshell big enough to completely destroy the Whitakers. But there is a condition. You have to help me with something."At the same time, Mrs. Whitaker was using money to grease the wheels."Take good care of her in there. Create an 'accident.' Do it cleanly. Leave no evidence. Let her understand that some people are far beyond what she can afford to offend."Everything was proceeding exactly according to plan.Because of the so-called kidnapping case involving the "CEO's wife", the Whitaker family was engulfed in scandal, and the company’s stock price plunged.Overwhelmed, Gavin was forced to hold a

Chapter 10

The Whitaker family, which had once been a glorious business empire, collapsed overnight.Mrs. Whitaker was convicted on multiple charges, including intentional assault, attempted murder by proxy, and malicious false accusation. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and would spend the rest of her days behind bars.All of Lydia’s lies and crimes were exposed to the light. She became a reviled outcast, despised by everyone.Under overwhelming public pressure and relentless terror, her mind completely broke. She was forcibly committed to a psychiatric hospital, where she spent her days clutching a pillow, muttering over and over, "Gavin, save me."As for Gavin, he did not die.The massive blood loss from the ruptured femoral artery, followed by a chain of extreme physical and psychological shocks, triggered a severe brainstem stroke. Medically, he became what was commonly known as a vegetative patient, but not entirely.His consciousness was fully intact. He could hear, see, think

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