Rebirth Into My Second Chance

Chapter 238

Chapter 238

After Kate left, I found myself perched in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of my apartment, watching the hustle and bustle of the city below. Time dragged on, and when Richard didn't show, I double-locked both the apartment and my room. Growing up in the Haven of Hope Orphanage, I remember Hannah setting up unnamed plaques. Back then, all I knew was she practiced her faith devoutly, lighting incense and praying.

It must have been for the Price family chapel she mentioned earlier.

What used to be unnamed plaques are now part of the Price family chapel.

Thinking over the past decade, Hannah and Richard's scheming has been terrifying.

And I was one of their pawns, including when Richard first exposed my life-saving deed to the Hart family to the public, marking the start of their vendetta.

Now, my job isn't to wallow in sorrow. I need to find a way out and protect other girls from meeting the same fate.

But, I couldn't help wondering if this was unfair to Max.

all, despite bearing the Hart surname, he's just as much a victim of circumstances as I

thought, sleep

for a drink when the door lock beeped,

"Unlocked," a voice announced.

was pulled but halted by the chain lock I

to see Richard leaning against the opposite wall, pale as a ghost, his lips devoid of any color, looking up at my

didn't know he couldn't see me, I'd think we

sat down. Only then did I notice the back of his white shirt

this Hannah's doing? Capable of harming her own son, yet my memory of

hadn't taken me

instead to take me to the Price family's villa, likely why Hannah punished him.

locked door,

had hardened, feeling

and helped him up, "Mr. Price, your wound could get infected. Let's get it cleaned

looked towards me once more, a gaze filled with