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…”

he bent over, grabbing Meredith’s long

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 other. Right then,

her eyes wide open, Meredith denied, “It wasn’t me…it wasn’t

struggle with

did not even have the strength to get out of

the freedom to do as you please. I didn’t expect you to do such a horrible act behind my

and blood on her face, Meredith looked at Josiah and tried to explain again.

evidence! It seems as if I have to teach you a lesson so that you know your mistakes,” Josiah bellowed as he threw Meredith to the

was looking at her with feelings of disappointment

imagined that someone as kind and gentle as her was secretly

he would have never

his eyes, Josiah turned around, and proceeded to walk over to Miss Leah who was sobbing silently as she was all crouched down on the floor and said, “Lock

Miss Leah as she thanked Josiah. She then scowled at Meredith with

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