Chapter 1

In a luxurious villa.

Meredith Leighton tumbled down the stairs from the second floor and her head hit the railings before she finally landed at the bottom of the stairs.

“If anything happens to Yena, I will have your entire family buried next to hers!” A man taunted cruelly.

With her limbs sprawled across the stairs and blood tracing down her forehead, Meredith put her hands over the wound on her forehead as she pleaded, “Joe, you have to believe that I didn’t harm Yena in any way. I really didn’t…”

“Meredith, please stop denying it. There is video evidence of you cheating on Josiah with Yoel Harper in Yena’s phone,” Ysabelle Layne sobbed and went on, “Meredith, how could you kill someone just because you’re afraid of your dirty affairs being exposed? Yena is our best friend!”

“I didn’t,” explained Meredith. The blow to her head was likely a concussion and lead to her feeling disorientated.

However, she mustered up all the energy that she had left in her and crawled toward where Josiah Shelby was standing. Tugging at his trousers, Meredith tried to explain, “Joe, there’s nothing going on between me and Yoel…and I didn’t push Yena down the stairs…”

I’m seeing?” Josiah hissed as he bent over, grabbing Meredith’s long hair from the back and forcing her

sheets with the servant, Yoel, and as soon as she realized that she was being recorded, Meredith struggled away from Yoel haphazardly. At that moment, Yena turned around and ran. As soon as she reached the stairs, the video turned blur due to an abrupt and violent shake when Meredith and Yena were tugging at each

Meredith denied, “It wasn’t me…it wasn’t

the video was too blurred, the person involved in the struggle with

Meredith remembered that she was drugged and did not even have the strength to get out of the bedroom hence it was impossible for her to be the

what you wanted for the past year and I’ve given you the freedom to do as you please. I didn’t expect you

face, Meredith looked at Josiah and tried to

a lesson so that you know your mistakes,” Josiah bellowed as he threw

feelings of disappointment and

and gentle

had known, he would have never agreed

to walk over to Miss Leah who was sobbing silently as she was all crouched down on the floor and said, “Lock her up in the basement and

seeking justice for our Yena,” sobbed Miss Leah as she thanked Josiah.

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