Chapter 1
"Evelyn Thomas, you're still alive."
The basement door slowly opened, and a richly dressed woman walked in, casually picking up the whip from the wall.
"Sophia Brown!"
Evelyn's eyes burned with rage as she lunged at Sophia, only to be ruthlessly yanked back by the chains.
Sophia was once her best friend, but Sophia had personally sold her to the red-light district!
Sophia had locked her in this pitch-black basement with only a wooden bed. She wore tattered clothes, her feet shackled with iron chains, at the mercy of anyone who wanted to abuse her!
"What, you're not willing to accept this?"
Sophia lashed the whip heavily across Evelyn's body.
"Why are you doing this to me? What did I ever do to you?" Evelyn stared at her intensely.
Sophia's eyes were full of resentment: "No reason! Why should you be the high and mighty daughter of the Thomas family, with everyone flattering you, while I can only be your sidekick?"
"You're hogging Benjamin White, but you still have to mess around with Matthew Thomas. Why does everyone have to revolve around you?"
The whip struck Evelyn's body, and Sophia's force grew stronger and stronger until she was barely breathing.
"You used to love your nails so much, didn't you?"
Sophia dropped the whip and said to the bodyguard beside her, her words cruel: "Ms. Thomas's nails are too dirty. Pull them all out."
Evelyn's ten fingernails were forcibly ripped out.
Evelyn screamed in agony, her fingers a bloody mess.
As she was about to pass out from the pain, she saw a handsome man walk to Sophia's side.
It was her brother, Matthew! Had he come to save her?
A spark of hope flashed in Evelyn's eyes as she quickly spoke: "Matthew, save me!"
But the next second, it was like ice-cold water had been thrown on her, extinguishing all her hope.
"Save you? Evelyn, you should just die." Matthew looked at her coldly as if she were an insect: "The Thomas family can only have one heir, so you must die."
"You and Sophia are working together?" Evelyn couldn't believe it: "I never wanted to compete with you for the inheritance, even though you're not my real brother..."
Sophia interrupted her: "Stop pretending. The Thomas family had already decided to kick Matthew out of the company."
"To repay the Thomas family for turning their backs on him, while you were missing, your dad was hit by a truck on his way to work and died, your mom had a brain hemorrhage and couldn't be saved, and your grandfather—he saw photos of you being violated and literally died of anger, hahahaha!"
One piece of terrible news after another came, and Sophia kept laughing wildly. Evelyn's eyes burned with fury, and her heart felt like it was being crushed.
The Thomas family had been so good to them, yet they dared to repay kindness with betrayal!
"You..." She wanted to scream, but no sound came out. She suddenly spat a mouthful of blood onto the floor.
"They got what they deserved." Matthew pulled Sophia into his arms, his face full of disgust and contempt.
Sophia leaned against Matthew and said, "You can only blame yourself for being stupid. If you hadn't driven that lunatic Benjamin away, our plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly."
Hearing Benjamin's name, pain spread through Evelyn's heart.
She shouldn't have believed Matthew's words.
Benjamin was so powerful—how could he have humbled himself before her and been willing to dote on her just to take over the Thomas Group?
At this moment, Evelyn hated her own stupidity. She had forced Benjamin to give up the White family, to give up his position as heir to the gang, and to go abroad.
"Don't worry, you'll be reunited with the Thomas family soon. All your organs have been matched successfully, and your rare blood type can sell for a good price. At least you're finally useful, you waste."
Matthew raised his hand, and soon a group of people in white coats came in.
Without anesthesia, Evelyn's blood was drained while she was still alive. Her skin was cut open with a scalpel, and her organs were removed.
"Sophia... Matthew... may you die horrible deaths!"
In her final moment, Evelyn seemed to see Benjamin rushing into the basement.
For the first time, this powerful man's usually calm and cold face showed an expression of fear.
But it was too late for everything.
"Evelyn, do you know that I'm actually your fiancé?"
A familiar deep male voice reached Evelyn's ears.
She suddenly opened her eyes and saw a tall, strikingly handsome man. His eyes were dark and deep, staring at her with suppressed anger.
His custom-made suit couldn't hide his stern demeanor. He wore a limited edition luxury watch on his wrist. Everything was so familiar.
"Benjamin?"
She couldn't control the tears in her eyes. Her body went soft, and she fell directly into Benjamin's arms.
She looked around—red velvet curtains were half-drawn, an expensive crystal chandelier cast an intimate glow, and the air carried a faint woody fragrance.
Had she been reborn?
This wasn't the hopeless basement, and there weren't men forcing themselves on her one after another.
Benjamin mistook her tears for fear. He clenched his fists, but even in his rage, he couldn't bear to hurt Evelyn at all.
Evelyn could clearly feel his restrained feelings for her. Unfortunately, in her past life, she had been too stupid to notice how good he was to her. She had only stubbornly believed in the so-called brother who had grown up with her.
"Why is it you?"
She remembered that in her previous life, Sophia had schemed against her to prevent her from marrying Benjamin.
At a party attended by Emerald City's elite, Sophia had tricked her into drinking drugged wine. Then Matthew entered her room, and reporters who had been prepared in advance were waiting at the corner of the stairs, just waiting for Matthew's signal to rush in...
So the next day's entertainment news became: [Shocking! The noble daughter of the Thomas family is actually a slut, publicly seducing the Thomas family's adopted son...]
In the photo, her shoulder was half-exposed, her eyes looked suggestively at Matthew, while Matthew pushed her away with disgust on his face.
"You're disappointed that it wasn't Matthew who showed up in the room?" Benjamin said with some mockery, his arm around Evelyn's waist, suddenly tightening.
Her body gradually began to heat up. The drug seemed to be taking effect. Evelyn felt hot all over, and her vision became blurry.
The cold and gloomy Benjamin before her now looked very tempting.
"Benjamin... let me go..."
If he didn't let her go, she might not be able to resist throwing herself at Benjamin.
"If it were Matthew standing in front of you, would you still refuse?"
Benjamin's eyes darkened. The next second, he grabbed her chin and kissed her fiercely.
A tingling sensation swept through Evelyn's entire body.
The drug's effect seemed even stronger. Evelyn was even shamefully wanting Benjamin to continue, to go further.
But what little reason remained told her she couldn't!
Outside, there was a group of reporters with cameras, waiting to rush in and photograph her in this state, making her tomorrow's headline news.
"Benjamin, we can't! What if we're photographed..."
Seeing Evelyn's beautiful eyes hazy with desire while still trying to stay conscious, Benjamin's eyes darkened. He ignored her words and kissed Evelyn's slender neck, biting her as punishment, leaving a prominent love mark on her body.
His other hand deliberately knocked over the wine glass on the table.
The sound of the glass hitting the floor was like a signal...
The half-closed door was suddenly pushed open, and a group of reporters rushed in with cameras and microphones.