Reborn to my engagement night by Baxter Walters

Chapter 1 Poison

The prison was chillingly cold, filled with a strong stench of blood.

“Why…” Madelyn was painfully curled up on the ground, the oversized prison garb enveloping her and accentuating her frail, emaciated body.

A violent coughing fit racked her body, and blood gushed out of her mouth.

The pain was unbearable.

It felt as though ten thousand knives were churning in her stomach, causing such intense pain that her vision started to darken.

The poison was terrifyingly potent, even piercing her guts.

“Why… Why are you treating me like this?” Madelyn mustered all her strength to lift her head, her eyes filled with deep-seated hatred as she stared at the prisoner before her.

“Hehe, are you asking why I poisoned your food?” The prisoner laughed cruelly, looking down at the woman kneeling on the ground with a mix of disdain and pity. “Someone paid me to kill you. Your very existence stands in the way of her happiness!”

“Who?” Madelyn braced her stomach with her knee, struggling to maintain a shred of consciousness.

“Fine, since you’re already on the brink of death, I’ll tell you who it is so you can rest in peace. Aren’t you going to marry Mr. Lockhart? That’s why she doesn’t want you around! Once you’re gone, they can be together…”

The excruciating pain coursed through her body, engulfing her nerve endings in torment.

Despite the agony, a woman’s face flashed through her mind, albeit fleetingly.

It’s her! It’s Janessa, that despicable woman! I can’t believe she actually stooped so low!

in agony, her tear-filled eyes reflecting an overwhelming sense

dearest friend, had meticulously plotted against her, causing her to be incarcerated. It

doted on Madelyn, but due to Janessa’s instigation, Madelyn used every trick in the

by Janessa. I’m such a fool. I ended up being imprisoned, and now, I’m even losing my life. But it’s too late for regrets… I’m no longer worthy of

spewed out yet another

gazed upon the darkness that enveloped the room through tear-filled eyes. She could no longer feel the gut-wrenching pain. Only profound regret engulfed her, so

prisoner couldn’t help sighing in pity. He stepped forward, gently brushing his fingers over her eyes. The next second,

prisoner sighed lamentably, then rose to his feet and

pungent smell of

engulfing Madelyn from head to toe

let out a

an abyss of suffering, utterly overwhelmed. Before she could muster a response, a strange sensation surged through her body, shattering her thoughts

deep voice, coupled with palpable pain, evoked a sense of familiarity that left her feeling

the man’s domineering actions to claim her interrupted her

an eternity, Madelyn opened her eyes laboriously, only to be stunned by the sight

plain, boring furnishings were exactly the same as those in the hotel she spent

incredulously turned her head to look

before her. His thin lips bore the mark of a harsh bite, the wound scabbing over with a dark red tint. A subtle trace

covered her mouth, muffling the uncontrollable

It’s really

seven years, to the night she had become engaged to him and, ultimately, slept with

it was the night she lost

tendency toward cruelty. She was terrified, so she vehemently opposed the arranged marriage between their families. She

she didn’t want to be touched by Sebastian. In her desperation, she blurted out that she was in

how those very words had sparked Sebastian’s fury,