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Chapter 2
Even with my usual composure, I couldn’t hold
anymore.
“Vera, I couldn’t be bothered with our past, but here, in the Vanderbilt house, I am the only one in charge. This is no place for your tantrums!”
Vera showed no fear, instead, she slapped me across the face.
“Stop talking nonsense. You, a scholarly temptress, have long since ruined your reputation. The Vanderbilts would never want you. Who do you think you are, playing the mistress? You should learn how to behave first!”
I couldn’t take it anymore. I slapped her back, my nails cutting
She trembled in disbelief and touched her chin, letting out a scream that nearly shattered the ceiling.
“Hold this slut down! I’m going to kill her!”
Her lackeys lunged at me, seizing my arms.
Vera, in a frenzy, lifted her foot and kicked me hard in the stomach.
I had been pampered since childhood, never having endured such torment. The pain made me bend over, nearly vomiting blood.
The servants at the Vanderbilt villa were horrified and tried to intervene but were immediately swatted aside.
I gasped for air, instructing them to hurry and call the housekeeper who had gone to the market.
“Listen well, Vera. I may not be the lady of the house, but I am the Vanderbilt’s blessed star.” My voice was steel. “Harm me, and you’ll never set foot in this family again.”
Vera’s eyes widened, and without hesitation, she swung the bronze figurine at my face.
“I’ll shut you up! Stop talking nonsense!”
“Liar! Liar!” she screeched. “Did you think I wouldn’t dig up your past? You’re a cursed orphan who doomed your own parents–keep pretending, I dare you!”
She struck me, and my teeth bit down hard on my tongue. Blood immediately filled my mouth, and tears of pain flowed down my face.
Seeing the blood, Vera didn’t stop. Instead, she grabbed my chin tightly.
“You used that innocent face to deceive our professor, and you stole my spot for the direct Ph.D. program. And now you dare to show up in front of the Vanderbilts like this? Today, I’ll settle all the old scores with you!”
This vile Vera, unable to match my grades, had spread rumors at school that was having an affair with our professor. In my rage, I had called the police, and she had knelt before me, begging me not to escalate the matter.
I wasn’t concerned with my reputation and just wanted to vent my frustration. Seeing her sincere apology, I let it go. Little did I know, she had held a grudge and, now that she had attached herself to Wes, had come to take her revenge! Angrily, I tried to curse, but my tongue didn’t obey. Instead, I spat a mouthful of blood at Vera.
She wasn’t prepared for it, and her makeup got smeared with blood. Without hesitation, she slapped me back twice.
“You’re still so defiant, thinking, Wes will come to your rescue? Bitch, let me tell you, Wes is at a hotel, waiting for me to join him after I finish dealing with you. You know what will go on next.”
Desperately
Thad thought that Wes, who needed my help, would surely come to the Vanderbilt villa when he couldn’t find me here. But to my shock, the fool had been led astray and gone to the hotel.
Now, all i could do was hope that the second son of the Vanderbilt family, who had always been quietly trying to gain my favor, would return from his overseas trip early to help me
I was badly injured, and the fall of Jim’s branch had become inevitable.
However, I was still connected to the Vanderbilt family’s bloodline. If one branch fell, the others would rise as long as I remained. Seeing my fear, Vera’s grin turned feral.
“Well, well, so you’re really waiting for my boyfriend to save you! You slut! You really seduced Wes!” Chapter 2
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Saying
that, she
bronze swung
figurine again, aiming
I was
struck, crying
the
out in pain, and the figurine was covered in my blood and flesh.
at it straight my head without mercy.
any
If member of the Vanderbilt
family saw this, Vera would
be
e done for.
But I feared that if she continued her madness, I I might not survive long enough to see that happen.
I
in pain was
and furious, desperately thinking of a way to escape, when suddenly, the door to the
the
market, rushed back with gone to
servants the
in tow.
Vanderbilt villa
burst open. The housekeeper, who
had
Upon seeing the chaotic scene, the housekeeper nearly fell
to his
ees.
“Stop!
How dare you lay a hand on Miss Delmont? Do you
want
to die?
ES
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