Chapter 3
After leaving the Hacker’s place, I took a bus to a high street.
Thad to drop out of school when I was seat back to Duray. Now, I was handicapped.
I found a part–time job is a restaurant to provide for myself for the next ten days.
The Hacker family was incredibly weally, but I couldn’t get one mouthful of food from thern.
I had been taken back to the Hacker’s place when I was 15 years old. I had received two hundred dollars upon my return, and that was all
Later, I was despised became I was not as outstanding as Grace in the eyes of the Hacker family. I was ignored even if I was a Hacker by blood
Thad to work part–time to fend for myself and pay my tuition…
At 11:10 PM. I got the last plate cleaned.
I walked out of the restaurant alone. Then, I saw Adam get out of a Bentley and walk towards me.
“Amanda, why have you been out for such a long time?”
Before I answered the question, Adam–pulled me to the car. Soon, I saw a beautiful strawberry cake in the backseat.
“Amanda, happy birthday.”
Shock rooted me to the spot.
The Powell family and the Hacker family were old friends and neighbors.
Adam and I had been betrothed since childhood. I got the engagement back though I had been kidnapped for nearly 15 years.
1 remembered that the first person I had seen upon my first arrival at the Hacker’s place was Adam
Back then, he wearing a white shirt had shope under the sunlight.
Adam was the third child of the Powell couple.
Upon my retum, the butler had advised me to call Adam Mr. Powell.
As a result, I had called Adam Mr. Powell for three years.
Adam was the only soul in Timun who never despised me. Only he stood up for me when others bullied me. Only he brought me gifts to celebrate those holidays. In Timon, only he was good to me.
Inevitably, I fell in love with him and saw him as my savior and reliance…
When he was wounded by lus business rival, I had given him my kidney without hesitation.
However, it was he who had personally sent me back to the hellish Ouray for another seven years.
“Amanda, whur’s wrong? Did you think that I forgot your birthday?
Adam’s voice helped me snap back to reality.
Tralinly replied, “Thank you ”
Adam then took out a delicate gift from the back seat and urged ine to open it.
I uncovered the lid and saw side a custom–made white wedding dress.
Adam said in a pounde
1ivel bitterness in my ti
once said that your biggest dream is to put on a wedding dress for your lover, so I prepared this one in advance. Do you
mouth. “Adan. Your memory cheated you. I don’t like wedding dresses. I hate white,“
The gender bias in Duray was rec
When I was thirteen years old, I was almost sold to a filty year old bachelor in the neighboring village by my foster father.
fack then, i did my best to act insane. I covered my head with a white cloth and claimed that I was possessed in this way, I had a nam From then on, I often wore white clothes and played the fool to protect myself.
| narrow escape.
After the shock, Adam stroked in head as he had seven years ago. “I’m sorry. My bad. I will get a new dress made for you. Conte, I have booked a
Dreame–Read Roman
restaurant to celebrate your birthday.
On the way to the restaurant, it kept raining.
Adam gripped my hand and said, “Amanda, why are you thinner than you were seven years ago? Your legs…”
His phone rang before he finished his questions.
On his phone screen, I saw Grace’s name.
I couldn’t hear what the caller said. With agitation on his face, Adun asked his driver to turn around and go to the Hacker’s house.
ssages to Grace, but there came no reply from her.
On the way there, he lays sending messages.
The moment we arrived at the Hacker’s place, I saw Grace standing on the rooftop
Grace saw Adam and 1 come back together, so her face turned pale.
She shouted, “Dad, Mom, Terry, and Adam. Since Amanda is back, it’s time for me to step aside. Farewell”
After that, she leaped down from the rooftop,
