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.

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

she suddenly broke free from the person pinning her down to the ground and crawled forward, doing

what actually happened in that car crash… but I wasn’t drunk when

Crush!

foot stomped down on the back of her left hand. The pain pierced through her bones, but it was nothing compared to the agony that wrecked her heart.

her. She could never believe that he would ever

deep breath, her voice as raspy as if her throat

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

hands!” Jenny interrupted. “Just destroy them, Zeke! Those are the hands that killed

next moment, Serenity heard the man’s voice reply, “Okay!”

***

realizing that she had just dreamt about the incident in prison again.

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, but she was ultimately not crippled because the bones eventually healed. Unfortunately, her joints were now crooked, and she could no longer perform many

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

of drunk driving and killing Mira Hall, who was not only the eldest daughter of the wealthy Hall family, but

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

up to her feet and picked up the cleaning tools that were

because of the cold weather. Beneath her almond-shaped

college student fresh out of high school, but there was no youthful vigor in

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

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 a wealthy family, and

out of the room. Zeke Shaw and Jenny Hall… Those names were like scars of

broom in her hands and swept the streets.

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

to a screeching halt in front of her, and out

rich family and had tried to molest her in

that the great lawyer, Ms. Lewis?”

are you doing here sweeping the streets, Miss

a lawyer!” said the woman beside him with a

at Serenity. “Back then, she used to be

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

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