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

thought,

when the

"Unlocked," a voice announced.

by the chain lock I

peephole to see Richard leaning against the opposite wall, pale as a ghost, his lips devoid

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

pain, hunched over as he sat down. Only then did I notice the back of his white shirt

Capable of harming her own son, yet my memory of her was filled with

hadn't taken me for

why Hannah punished him. No wonder

my locked door, not opening

feeling he didn't

until his assistant found him and helped him

towards me