All Chapters of The Heiress Who Chose Her Kidnappers: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

As soon as I finished speaking, Shane Garner, the handsome teenager in front of me, knitted his brows even more tightly.In my previous life, he was my adopted older brother.He was not only the knight in shining armor who had rescued me from the human traffickers, but also the executioner who had shipped me off to a psychiatric hospital many years later. He'd stood there and watched as those people repeatedly tortured me with electric shocks and forced drugs down my throat for five long years.He was responsible for the suffering that had ultimately driven me to jump off a building.Shane pressed his lips together and stepped forward, reaching out to pull me toward him."Don't be scared. I'm here to help you."The moment I saw his hand, I instinctively shrank back.In my previous life, on my 18th birthday, I had made a cake myself and waited for Shane to come home. However, two medical attendants in white uniforms showed up with him. He stood beneath the crystal chandelier in

Following yet another long sigh, the officer opened a packet of cookies for me. He even got me a cup of milk.After gently comforting me, he drove me to the police station near my adoptive parents' place, so that they could follow the proper procedures to place me in an orphanage.As the car traveled down the road, we passed the old house where I had once lived with my adoptive parents. I looked through the car window and spotted a teenage boy outside the house. He stood at the side of the road, his gaze sweeping his surroundings as though searching for someone.It was Shane.This meant that, by this point in time, the Garners had already tracked me down and sent him to look for me.Gripped with panic, I shrank away and curled up in a corner of the car seat, trying to make myself as inconspicuous as possible. My heart pounded wildly.Thankfully, the car just swept right past the house and continued down the road.Not long afterward, I was taken to an orphanage. Most of the child

My heart clenched. Before I could say a word, Shane marched over and clamped his large hand around my throat. Instantly, I couldn't breathe.His voice was low and vicious as he snarled through clenched teeth, "Where's Cassie?"I felt pressure intensify around my throat. The lack of oxygen made my vision darken, and the hatred I harbored for the person who'd destroyed my life surged up within me.Enduring the pain coming from my throat, I hooked my fingers around Shane's wrist and yanked with all my strength to wrench myself free. The instant his grip loosened, I bent forward, twisted sideways, and drove a vicious kick into his abdomen. A dull thud rang out. He staggered backward in pain and instinctively released me.I gasped for air, clutching my throat as I coughed violently. A distinct ring of red marks had already appeared around my neck.A year after Mom and Dad adopted me, I signed up for self-defense classes.I knew I was going to keep my distance from the Garner family,

Frank started getting agitated as well. "It's no mistake! We spoke to the former director of the orphanage. You entered the orphanage when you were eight years old, and the Shaws adopted you. The dates and locations all match."We know our daughter has a birthmark. You have a crescent-shaped birthmark on your waist, right?"My heart lurched. I did indeed have such a birthmark on my waist. Apart from Dad and Mom, no one knew about it. Nevertheless, I didn't let a single trace of emotion show on my face.Snorting, I replied, "Plenty of people have that kind of birthmark. Does that mean they're all your daughters? I'm going to repeat myself one more time—I'm not the person you're looking for. I won't take a DNA test, either. Please don't disrupt my life by showing up here again."Maureen suddenly burst into tears, collapsing against Frank as her shoulders shook violently. "You're my daughter… I've spent so many years looking for you! Why won't you acknowledge us…"Frowning, I turne

The popsicle in Shane's hand was melting and dripping down his hand, but he didn't seem to notice that.He simply stared at me, his voice hoarse as he said, "I jumped, too. I came back to the day I tried to rescue you. When I saw you leave with the traffickers, I knew it meant you didn't want to reunite with us. "I tried so many times to convince Mom and Dad to stop looking for you, but they wouldn't listen. They've spent over a decade looking for you."But his speech only made me snort."Since you know I don't want to reunite with the Garner family, you should've told your parents to stop bothering me. You shouldn't have let them come over to my house and demand that I do a DNA test.""I didn't mean for that to happen." Shane grew frantic and reached out to grab my arm. "I came here today just to tell you that you shouldn't return to the Garner family. You have a good life with the Shaws now. Let's all leave things as they are and stop disrupting each other's lives, okay?"I sc