Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 743 Human Nature is Selfish

At the hospital, Mia kept having the same nightmare on repeat.

She dreamt of the dude who had pinned her down, sneering at her, his words cutting deep.

"You're from the Montague family, right? I've seen you before. You're really beautiful. Pretty girl, running around here comes with a price." This was a real scene from that time. Mia had just bolted out of the storage room when she ran into this guy.

She hadn't expected him to know she was from the Montague family.

She thought she'd be safe hiding among the hostages, but one of the kidnappers knew who she was.

She turned pale with fear, and in that moment, a dark thought sprouted in her mind.

When faced with life and death, everyone is despicable. She hoped Selena would suddenly appear, kill the guy, and save her.

But the reality was, Selena wasn't there.

The guy's gun was already aimed at her chest, and he was about to pull the trigger without a second thought.

A strong survival instinct kicked in. She remembered how Selena had just seduced another guy, so she dropped to her knees.

Mia had never experienced such

her before that she would do such a thing to stay alive, she wouldn't

when the cruel reality of the world was laid bare before her, she realized she was no different from those who cling to life out of fear of death. She feared pain,

of the guy, she started taking off her clothes,

the trigger indeed stopped. He watched

and, without hesitation, pushed a few tables

crying, but the more she

from the pain, but from the shame. How could she do

and the

on her for her means of survival, so she instantly found a perfect excuse

been willing to take her along, she wouldn't

was all because of

she was just

she felt she could still live with dignity,

"I hate you. Selena, I hate you. It's all because of you that I became like this. I don't want to live anymore. I want to die." But the truth was, Mia wanted to live

by her bedside

was related to Selena, but Catherine had just arrived and quickly asked, "What happened? What does this have to do with Selena?" "We'll have to wait until Mia wakes up to find out,"

next morning, Mia