In my past life, I was brought to a riverside villa to live with Wanda. She would personally cook soup for me daily and express her concern. She treated me like a princess.
I’d naively thought my life had changed for the better until I accidentally overheard her conversation with the butler. What I’d heard made a chill run down my spine and destroy my fantasy.
It turned out that a large piece of cement had crashed on two people during the earthquake. Moving it would save one person but fatally crush the other.
At the time, I’d only heard Wanda’s pleas for help. I hadn’t noticed another young woman underneath the rubble. Wanda had been saved, but her only daughter had been crushed to death. Because of that, she thought of me as her daughter’s murderer.
She’d been in the study when talking to the butler. Her voice had been filled with hatred as she said, “Holly York committed murder. She killed my only daughter so she could get her hands on my fortune—she’s evil and inhumane!
“My daughter was so young and had a bright future ahead of her, but Holly took all of that away. I’ll avenge my daughter and make her murderer pay the price. I’ll make Holly pay for this with her life!”
Her words had made my hair stand on end and my blood freeze. I hadn’t expected her to think I’d murdered her daughter when I was only trying to save her.
It turned out Wanda had only adopted me because she wanted to keep me by her side as she tormented me. She’d appointed me as the heiress to her fortune so that she could show me what heaven was like before making me fall from it.
The soup she’d made for me daily contained a slow-acting poison. It would destroy my health and render me helpless.
Once the time was ripe, Wanda would take back everything she’d given me and make me descend into the pits of the inferno. She would turn me into the target of everyone’s mockery and insults.
Then, she would arrange for me to be brought to a construction site so I could be crushed to death. She wanted me to experience the pain her daughter had been put through.
I’d been horrified upon learning the truth. However, before I could run away, Lila had dragged me into the lake with her.
