It was an appalling spectacle. Ethan rolled Leia's sleeve up only to see scars fully mark her arm.Unable to believe what he was seeing, he rolled up her other sleeve as well.To his surprise, there were not only one or two scars from cuts. There were burn marks too. The scars look like a squirming worm. It pained him to see them covering her arms. "What happened?"Leia quickly withdrew her arms from him. Frantically, she said, "It's none of your business. As I said, I'll leave if you don't kill me. After that, my life and death don't concern you anymore."As soon as she finished, she turned and ran away without looking back.Ethan couldn't stop her.Shock overwhelmed him as he wondered what kind of life she had been through all this while.…With a gloomy expression, Olivia didn't utter a word in the room. She kept staring at her fingers in a daze. She didn't know what she was looking at either.Avery said softly, "Have you finished your business? We shouldn't stay here for

Ethan clearly wasn't buying it. If Olivia wanted to come to the hospital, why would she cause a commotion by leaving the house in the middle of the night?However, he couldn't treat her the way he always did. Leia's matter was fettering him with guilt.He walked next to her, looking at her gently. "Why did you come here in the middle of the night and shake the bodyguards off? What if you encountered danger? Didn't I say that it's still dangerous out there? You should have the bodyguards follow you around wherever you go."Olivia wouldn't mention Avery's matter no matter what.Ethan didn't dare to question further because he didn't want to upset her. She answered, "I couldn't sleep, so I came here."He caressed his thumb while testing the waters. "I heard that you took Avery's car. Are you close with him?""No. It's because we share the same surname and I saved him once. He needed to come to the hospital, so he picked me up while he was on the way." She glossed over her relation

Ethan had his speculations all along, but he was able to confirm Leia's true identity now.Now that he had comprehended the whole story, Olivia should know the truth as the victim.He answered without opening his eyes, "I can't say anything for now. Leia must've gone through something during the past years."Brent gazed at him deeply before letting out a soft sigh. "Mr. Miller, I know that I shouldn't say some things, but there are only betrayals and misunderstandings between you and Mrs. Miller."I know that you care a lot about Ms. Miller, and we can't deny the fact that Ms. Miller has suffered a lot out there. But this shouldn't be a reason to hurt Mrs. Miller. The Millers owe her."Ethan suddenly opened his eyes, meeting Brent's gaze through the rearview mirror. "Say, should I kill Leia so that she can pay the price with her life? Even if Leia's dead, it won't change the past."Brent parted his lips, but he didn't say anything in the end.He knew that it was already too late to mak

"You don't love me, but I don't blame you for that. I kept assuming that time would help you get over it, and that you would fall in love with me someday."I didn't mind the cold treatment you gave me. I thought that you would love the child because we were a family. So, I wanted to take good care of her and see her grow up."But when I saw her slowly lose her vitality, I resented you to the bone for being heartless. How could you be that cruel? You'd rather give that bitch all of your love instead of giving a smidgen of it to us. So, I swore that I was going to make you regret it for the rest of your life."Her eyes turned ferocious as she continued, "Later, I found out that Chloe was pregnant. I lost my child, so how could she have a family and a child that loved her? Which was why I set everything up. I stole her baby right after she gave birth."Chris muttered, "That baby was … Marina!""That's right. Don't you love that bitch so much?" Helen's face was contorted with madness

Standing at the door, Olivia saw all this before she even entered. A mocking look flashed across her eyes. She couldn't believe the sort of family her mom had married into.Other than Chris, no one sincerely cared for Chloe.In the past, Chloe did her best to please Otto, but Otto never thought of her as family.In the end, the person who suffered the most was Chris. If he had to exchange Marina's life for Chloe's, Chloe wouldn't forgive him when she woke up.Moreover, he had raised Marina as well. He had treated her like his biological daughter since she was young.He couldn't possibly make the choice.No matter who he chose, he would lose. He wouldn't recover from it.A nurse ran over to them. "You're the family members of the patient, right? She has woken up, and she wants to see you."Chris whipped his head around and then followed the nurse out. Olivia went after them as well.The doctor was standing at the entrance. "According to the patient's wishes, she wants to be tra