I’m Someone Else

Even after spending a few moments next to Thomas, Veronica hadn’t recognized him, the boy whom she decided to accept into the university.

It wasn’t her fault, though. After all, it was eight years ago. Thomas’ appearance and temperament changed a lot since then.

Back then, he was just a teen. But now, the naivety in him had vanished. Instead, there was determination in his eyes.

Besides, she had only seen him twice. He never left a strong impression on her during their encounters.

“You’re welcome.” Thomas waved a hand in dismissal before turning away to watch the scenery outside the window. He was grateful that she couldn’t recognize him, or else it would be awkward.

Once the cab stopped outside the auction house, he tried to carry her out of the car.

“It’s okay. I’m feeling better now.” Victoria stubbornly refused his kind gesture and got out of the cab on her own.

“You’re injured. Let’s go to my place. I’ll give you a checkup.”

After that, he dragged her into his Maserati without waiting for her reply.

She cried out in surprise when she felt a tug on her body. The next second, she was sitting in the passenger’s seat. She scanned her surroundings indifferently. After all, she was once the daughter of the Pearson Family. She was familiar with luxury cars.

family she had zero knowledge about. Even though she protested, she

in the city next to

a base, her so-called husband

husband was never a core member of the family. Having sided with the defeated party in the family war, he got kicked out of the family. Fortunately, her mother-in-law’s

Veronica was happy to return to the city she grew up in after everything. She

please his mother’s original family, her husband took all of Veronica’s savings, including the properties she bought under her name. He coaxed her to give him all her money and turned them into gifts

hard to please the family, they took him under their wings. He became full of himself and got carried away, eventually having affairs. Even more, he saw his mistress without

her husband was a heartless man. Every time she tried to protest,

suffer, she fled the house and worked as a waitress in the hotel. Even though life was tough, she didn’t have to endure others’

out. Like Olivia and Ophelie, she hated the family. After all, she never felt a sense of belonging

able to choose, she wished that she was never a

Ophelie called Veronica a few times to get an update. Meanwhile, Veronica lied by telling her niece that

parking his Maserati outside Northpine Villa, Thomas reminded Veronica,

scanned her surroundings and asked,

man stand up for her, he also brought her to his

quick checkup on her pulse, he asked her to lie on her stomach. He told her that he was going to do acupuncture therapy on her to

away his kit. “How are you

Veronica was surprised to find the unbearable pain in her abdomen vanished after he treated her.

worry! I’m healed.