Chapter 3

Jenna’s sudden agility was startling-didn’t she say she couldn’t stand up because of her injuries?

Realizing her mistake, Jenna collapsed onto the sofa, clutching at her legs with exaggerated distress.

“Ah, my legs! They hurt so much!”

Jeffry’s response was not of anger but of a guilt directed towards Madisyn.

““Madisyn, please understand, Jenna is still very young.

Don’t hold this against her…”

Madisyn had heard this excuse too many times.

“Of course, I wouldn’t retaliate if a dog bit me.

After all, it picks up such behavior from its owners, right?”

With a final sneer that cut through the tense air, Madisyn shouldered her modest bag and strode towards the door, her steps resolute and unwavering.

She did not look back at the family she was leaving behind.

The trio she left in her wake seethed in fury.

the turmoil that had unfolded

from the household staff had waned significantly-even the driver

past him, her posture straight

of urgency in his steps, called out,

slightly to deliver her response, her tone icy,

want nothing to

With those final w

hailed a cab and told the driver the address Jeffry had previously sent to her

a humble, rundown village, far

her biological parents’ home, the

inside, she saw many

a man in a clean, elegant suit, surrounded by bodyguards, stood in front of a weeping couple clad in simple peasant

the surreal tableau, the man turned, his eyes filled

rushed towards her, arms

daughter, it’s really you! I can’t believe that you’re

Madisyn stood bewildered.

man and why

the teary gazes of the peasant couple

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