Chapter 1 Homecoming
It was a dark night when heavy curtains shrouded the room in complete darkness.
Two bodies were pressing against each other in bed. The man’s breathing was heavy; he had a sturdy physique, and his manners were rough.
Nicole was so in pain that there were a few times when she had wanted to push the man away. However, upon thinking of her mother, who was in the hospital, she forced herself to fight back the urge to resist him. She gritted her teeth, letting him have his way with her again and again…
After a long, long time, the man finally fell into a deep sleep. Enduring the discomfort, Nicole staggered out of bed, put on her clothes, and left.
Wearing exquisite makeup, Queenie Anderson walked to the room door at a leisurely pace. “How did it go, sis? Did you service Young Master Joseph well?” Blatant smugness showed in her eyes when she saw Nicole’s sorry figure. So what if Nicole is pretty and excels in her studies? In the end, she only deserves to substitute for me, doesn’t she?
Nicole’s voice was cracked and gravelly as she gritted her teeth while lifting her stubborn and pretty little face up. “Don’t forget what you’ve promised me, Queenie.”
“The 200,000 has been transferred to your account,” Queenie replied while tossing Nicole’s cell phone back to the owner. Then, in a mean voice full of disdain and mockery, she added, “I won’t forget about that, of course. That’s the money you’ve prostituted yourself for, after all.”
Nicole couldn’t
a cold snort and opened
was the Mann Family’s youngest son. Despite his unsavory reputation, his father, Robert Mann, was very fond of him, for Joseph was born when Robert was in his older years. Joseph was plied with drinks tonight, so he wouldn’t know about the switch. When he sees the blood in bed, he’ll definitely take responsibility for what has happened!
he seized her throat with his strong, large hand, exuding a terrifyingly murderous aura
His voice was husky, with a slight trace of lust from him having just slept
unexpectedly that the man on top of her wasn’t Joseph. He was Colton Gardner, the person currently at the helm of the Gardner Family—a family for whom the Mann
…
years later, Nicole, dressed in a long and slick trench coat, walked in high heels among the crowd at Goldwick Airport, drawing the attention of many with her beautiful
mother had passed away. According to the doctor, the hospital had called her many times when her
calling her, she was in Joseph’s bed, and her phone was in Queenie’s hands! In
after making the arrangements for her mother’s funeral. However, she was
voice snapped her out of her abstraction.
her son’s tender little face, which was red from him struggling to hold his pee. “Now you’re bursting, huh? I told you to use the washroom
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