• Chapter 10

  • As I said this, Thaddeus completely broke down, his eyes full of remorse.

  • He began slapping himself hard, then pulled out a knife and started stabbing himself wildly.

  • “Scarlett, I’m sorry. Would this make you feel better? I’ll do anything for you. Let me atone for my sins, please? Give me one more time…”

  • Before he finish, I cut him off.

  • “You were sleeping with my sister. Your photos were plastered all over my room. Every day while I was being abused, I had to stare at them. I really wanted to die ai that time.” I let out a cold laugh.

  • “And now you decide to investigate.”

  • I ignored the three of them and walked away with Hayes.

  • It wasn’t the easiest walk, all those judging eyes made me hard to breathe.

  • Everyone avoided me like the plague. Hayes couldn’t find anywhere for us to stay.

  • Until my mother, who had been following us, broke down and explained loudly in the crowd, apologizing to me. Someone recorded it, livestreaming the whole scene, causing another online

  • storm.

  • “She is innocent! My older daughter Vivienne set her up! She was forced! The culprits have been caught! Please stop! She’s innocent…”

  • Along with the livestream, the Blackwood and Lancaster families released a joint statement clearing

  • my name.

  • It documented the entire two–month ordeal, though what I’d been forced to endure was summarized in just a few words. The internet exploded with apologies.

  • read: “Scarlett, I’m sorry for mocking

  • laughter shouldn’t have been

  • take care and

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  • Chapter 10

  • lifetime of peace and good health, far

  • was already abroad, finally getting

  • wasn’t in my

  • to consume alcohol and various drugs, my stomach was ruined too. Most of my scars would likely

  • of all, I had stomach cancer.

  • holding me tight and begging me not to

  • tests must be wrong, Scarlett. Let’s check

  • the results

  • cry. Instead, I smiled and wiped Dr. Hayes’s tears, kissing his

  • mine.

  • today, right? Hayes, I can still be with you for

  • couldn’t eat or walk,

  • learned I was dying, they tried to visit several times, but I

  • them.

  • see them and wouldn’t know how

  • had

  • was

  • he was still stabbing

  • day, while

  • bury my ashes under a tree after

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