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!

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

her, causing her to be incarcerated. It was because of that

Madelyn, but due to Janessa’s instigation, Madelyn used every

Madelyn realize she had been manipulated by Janessa. I’m such a fool. I ended up being imprisoned, and now, I’m even losing my life. But it’s

out yet another mouthful of

a pool of crimson blood, she gazed upon the darkness that enveloped the room through tear-filled eyes. She could no longer feel the gut-wrenching pain. Only profound regret

prisoner couldn’t help sighing in pity. He stepped forward, gently brushing his fingers over her eyes. The next second, her eyes, wide with anger and filled with hatred, were shut. All that remained was a beautiful face devoid

again, the prisoner sighed lamentably, then rose to his feet and

the pungent

engulfing Madelyn from head to toe

let out

Before she could muster a response, a

with palpable pain, evoked a sense

had a chance to ponder, the man’s domineering actions to claim her interrupted

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

the same as those in the hotel she spent

to look at the person

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

covered her mouth, muffling the uncontrollable sobs that threatened to

Sebastian! It’s really

the night she

she lost her virginity, but also

toward cruelty. She was terrified, so she vehemently opposed the

Sebastian. In her desperation, she blurted out that she was in love with Christopher Gale and even declared that she wanted to save herself

how those very words had sparked Sebastian’s fury, causing him to forcefully