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.

the most precious thing in the world to him had nothing more to say

free from the person pinning her

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

Crush!

The pain pierced through her bones, but it

had just stomped on her.

as raspy as if her throat was filled

in my life,” Zeke replied in the coldest voice, “is once having you as my girlfriend.”

Zeke! Those are the hands that killed my sister!”

next moment, Serenity heard the man’s voice reply,

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that she had just dreamt about the incident

as they used to be anymore. Although the nails on all of her ten fingers had grown back, there were still

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

pain was so unbearable that she wished she could cut off her hands just to get rid of

was not only the eldest daughter of the wealthy Hall

family turned their backs on her, and she had been kicked out of the house. She was then sentenced to three years in

feet and picked up the cleaning tools that were

wearing fluorescent overalls, a sanitation worker’s uniform. Her delicate face was flushed slightly red because of the cold weather. Beneath her almond-shaped eyes were a dainty nose

many would assume that she was a college student fresh out of high school, but there

on the night shift that evening and had just taken a nap in the sanitation station, and she was

scrolling through their phones, reading the news, and saying, “Guys, look! Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall are getting engaged! What a lucky woman! She’s a popular star, she’s from

Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall… Those names

a cold January night, but Serenity still held firmly to the broom in her hands and swept the streets. The joints of her fingers throbbed in pain

bear with it a little longer and it will be over soon,’ she told herself. For a sanitation worker like

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

tried to molest her

lawyer, Ms.

are you doing here sweeping the streets, Miss

lawyer!” said the woman beside him with a snigger.

“Back then,

going to get engaged with Jenny Hall? How about reconsidering my offer? You know you can get way more money than however much you get sweeping

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