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.

precious thing in the world to him had nothing more to say but accuse her

idea where she got the strength, but she suddenly broke free from the person pinning her down to the ground and crawled forward, doing anything she could to get closer to the

when I was driving, and it was definitely Mira Hall’s car… that crashed

Crush!

her left hand. The pain pierced through her bones, but it was nothing compared to the agony that wrecked her

stomped on her.

breath, her voice as raspy as if her throat was filled with sand as she

that I regret the most in my life,” Zeke replied in

Jenny interrupted. “Just destroy them, Zeke! Those

the man’s voice reply, “Okay!”

***

she had just dreamt about the

calloused hands. After having 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

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

was not only the eldest daughter of the wealthy

on her, and she had been kicked out of the house.

feet and picked up

the cold weather. Beneath her almond-shaped eyes were

that she was a college student fresh out of high school, but there was no youthful vigor in her eyes like many young people had. Instead,

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

look! Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall are getting engaged! What a lucky woman! She’s a popular star, she’s from a wealthy family, and now she’s marrying into another wealthy family!”

Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall… Those names were like scars of

her hands and swept the streets. The joints of her

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

screeching halt in front of her, and out came a man and a woman. Serenity quickly paled as she recognized the

man came from a rich family and had tried to molest her in the past,

that the great lawyer, Ms. Lewis?” Travis Dawn mockingly

doing here sweeping

was still a lawyer!” said the woman

Serenity. “Back then, she used to

How about reconsidering my offer? You know you can

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