Chapter 391

She swallowed the entire bottle of pills-nearly twenty in total.

Foam bubbled at the corners of her mouth as her consciousness began to blur. The sharp, stabbing pain coursing through her body hit her like a storm, tearing at her senses. Her lips quivered as she muttered faintly, "It hurts... so much..."

The unbearable pain dragged on, gnawing at her body like claws. Her vision swirled into a haze as the minutes crawled by, every moment a thread pulling the life from her. Her blood seemed to freeze in her veins, her body burning yet icy cold. She didn't know what to do. For the first time in her life, she was utterly lost.

She sat motionless on the bed, her body growing colder as time slipped away. Outside, the night sky gleamed with stars. The headache that gripped her was unbearable, a pressure she couldn't put into words.

next time she opened her eyes,

slowly woke, her throat was parched and her body felt drained, weak beyond measure. She stared at the sterile white ceiling above her, feeling detached. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw her mother sitting

worried your brother and I were?" Mrs. Chancer's eyes were red-rimmed, her trembling hand lifting as if to scold Lucy with a slap. But when she saw her daughter's pale, lifeless face, her hand froze in midair

or were you just afraid that if I

take the blame for Charlotte, but only because of the baby she's carrying! That child is the Chancer family's bloodline. How could we let him be born

did end up in jail, your brother and I would do everything we could to get you out. We've saved you so many times before-why

the end, it's all about Charlotte, isn't it?

something so ungrateful? You should know better than anyone how

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