Chapter 1

Her emaciated body was ruthlessly pinned to the ground, her hands stained with blood.

“Look at you,” she heard a voice full of contempt say from above her. “The former most promising up-and-coming lawyer is now nothing but a worthless pile of dirt!”

Serenity Lewis raised her head with great effort and stared at the cold, exquisite face in front of her. Who would have thought that the most popular star in the entertainment industry who was as pure and innocent as white snow in the public’s eye could be so vicious in real life?

“Jenny Hall,” she spoke with a weak and trembling voice. “Why?”

“Why?” Jenny sneered. Her lips curled up in biting scorn as her sinister eyes glinted. “You killed my sister, and you dare to ask me why?!”

“It wasn’t me!” Serenity denied, frantically shaking her head. “I was wrongly accused!”

She laboriously tried to get up on her feet, and her eyes were fixed on the man standing next to Jenny Hall.

That man… was her boyfriend! That was the man who had promised to protect her for the rest of her life!

In the past, he would get distressed for a whole day even when a needle merely pricked her finger, yet now, all he did was watch silently as another woman tortured her.

“Z-Zeke…!”

Serenity shouted with all her might and pleaded, “I beg you… Please believe me…”

Outwardly, he was exactly the same as he always was—dressed in a smart suit and a pair of leather shoes—yet his eyes were icy cold as he stared at her. Gone was all the warmth. The only thing left was cold indifference.

“Zeke,” Jenny affectionately grabbed the man’s arm. Her ruthless expression changed as she faced him, and she now turned into an innocent woman who had been wronged. “You’re not feeling sorry for this woman, are you? I’m only doing this so my sister can rest in peace.”

“She brought this upon herself,” Zeke replied, gently stroking Jenny’s smooth silky hair as he continued, “She’s not worth any sympathy. Do whatever you like.”

Serenity’s eyes widened.

was the most precious thing

from the person pinning her

crash… but I wasn’t drunk when I was driving, and it was definitely Mira Hall’s car… that crashed into my

Crush!

the back of her left hand. The pain pierced through her bones, but it was nothing

her.

throat was filled with sand

Zeke replied in the coldest voice,

Zeke! Those are the hands

Serenity heard the man’s

***

eyes opened violently, realizing that she had

spent three years in prison, her hands would never be as smooth and delicate as they used to be anymore. Although the nails on all of her ten fingers had grown back, there were still some lingering effects of the injury on her

they had broken all the bones in her fingers, but she was ultimately not crippled because the bones eventually healed. Unfortunately, her joints were now crooked,

fingers would be in excruciating pain. Sometimes the pain was so unbearable that she wished she could cut off her hands just to get

was not only the eldest daughter of the wealthy Hall family, but also the fiancee of Solaria’s most powerful man, Jackson

she had been kicked out of

and picked up the cleaning tools that

Her delicate face was flushed slightly red because of the cold weather. Beneath her almond-shaped eyes were a dainty nose and soft pink lips, and her hair was

there was no youthful vigor in her eyes like many young people had. Instead, her eyes were dull

and had just taken a nap in

she was about to leave, she overheard some colleagues scrolling through their phones, reading the news, and saying, “Guys, look! Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall are getting engaged! What a lucky

and Jenny Hall… Those names were like scars

in her hands and swept the streets. The joints of her

be over soon,’ she told herself. For a sanitation worker like her,

halt in front of her, and out came a man and a woman.

and had tried to molest her in the past, and Serenity had given him hell for

the great lawyer, Ms. Lewis?”

sweeping the streets,

was still a lawyer!” said the woman beside him

while leering at Serenity. “Back then,

get engaged with Jenny Hall? How about reconsidering my

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