Set Me Free
It has been three years since I traveled back in time, but today, I stumbled upon a helicopter hidden right inside the manor’s yard. Looking down at my crippled leg, my husband, Ethan Miller, decided to finally drop the act.
“Three years ago, you couldn’t accept the fact that I was marrying Vanessa and that you were just the mistress,” he said. “So, we had no choice but to trick you into believing you had traveled back in time, just to keep you locked up here. After serving as a maidservant and an unofficial mistress here for three years, I’d say you’ve finally learned your lesson.”
I stared at him in disbelief.
Suddenly, the steward standing beside him ripped off a mask, revealing himself to be my brother, Logan York.
“Eva, now that Vanessa has safely given birth to her baby, you can finally go back,” Logan said carelessly.
Then, he turned to someone else and added, “Hudson, your plan was absolutely flawless!”
I slowly turned my head to look. The manor’s resident physician was standing there, smiling right at me.
“You didn’t mistake my identity back then. I am your childhood friend, Hudson Jones,” he admitted. “We only set up this entire illusion because we were afraid you would hurt Vanessa.”
For three long years, I believed I had traveled back in time. During this time, I was beaten, sold off, violated by countless strangers, and eventually bought by Ethan to be kept as a broken slave and mistress. By now, I had lost the use of my legs and was completely blind in one eye. I went from crying day and night, begging to go home, to living a numb, submissive existence. However, as it turned out, I had never traveled through time at all.
The reality of it all made me break down. Just as I was about to end my life, an eerie line of text suddenly appeared before my eyes.
[Congratulations to the tragic AI female protagonist for awakening. Countdown to reincarnating as a real human: Two days.]
[Countdown: 48 hours.]
[Countdown: 47 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds.]