Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

At the West family mansion.

Stella was carried into the house by two of the staff, her face bearing the clear marks of two slaps, with the extent of her injuries elsewhere yet unknown. The staff gently laid her on the living room couch, and Stella immediately felt a sharp pain in her lower back and abdomen.

"Ah! You useless fools, you're pressing on my injuries!" Recovering from the jolt of pain, Stella shrieked and pushed the staff away. The staff members, flustered, hurriedly said, "Miss, is it your back that's badly hurt? Quick, let's have Miss lie on her stomach."

Saying this, they, along with two other staff members, helped Stella turn over. This resulted in Stella screaming again, her face beaded with cold sweat from the pain. As the staff members fumbled to help her up, Stella nearly cried out, "Get away from me! Don't touch me!"

While the staff members stood around, uncertain of what to do, Martin, who had been asleep, was woken up by the noise and came downstairs. "What's all this racket?"

"Dad, I... I got beaten up. Dad, you have to find out who did this, we can't let her get away! I want her to kneel before me and pay back a hundred, no, a thousand times!"

staff, who hurriedly went to make the call. Only then did Martin turn to Stella, frowning. "Enough with the

clutching her abdomen

in pain,

to explain. She had heard that Lizetta had been taken away from

and, despite having suffered a lot in the past her skin still looked decent at a glance. But compared to the real heiresses and socialites, she was

the massage table. She dragged Stella out of

had just admitted a bunch of people with food poisoning and were too busy to see us. They

grew even angrier as

wanted to kick us while we were down But Remington was just upset about losing his son; he wouldn't really hold a grudge! He definitely didn't know about tonight's incident with the nurses; even if he