Chapter 2. The First Person I Will Deal With

Annetta felt that there was less maliciousness in the man’s gaze, and his dark eyes were like a charming and gentle whirlpool. She caught a sight of the subtle changes in his expression although they flashed across his face briefly. She noticed that even the man’s usual iron grip had turned into a gentle caress.

The lines on the man’s face were slightly stiff as he stared deeply into her eyes. He leaned over and aggressively kissed her.

This time instead of a ruthless attack, it was a gentle invasion.

When she opened her eyes, the man was gone.

She had already been tormented by Ethan in her previous life, tortured until she had been broken and damaged, unable to lift a finger.

But in this life…

Annetta moved her body and was shocked to find that she did not feel any other discomfort apart from feeling slightly painful and limp.

She could even feel her legs once again although they were still bound together by two silver chains.

She knew that Ethan would not let her go just because she had temporarily surrendered.

But she was also surprised to find that the change was very effective.

When she had woken up after these sessions in her previous life, she had not only not come to her senses, but also assumed that Ethan had threatened her family. That seemed the only rational explanation as to why they had been treating her like this. As a result, she had resisted hysterically and had cursed him a lot. Her filthy and unpleasant words had successfully provoked Ethan.

That night, she had been tormented to the point that she wanted to end her life.

Now that she thought about it, how foolish she had been! She kept provoking Ethan for those scumbags, and all she had gotten in return was punishment.

In this life, she had just given in slightly, and the man seemed to be enjoying it.

Just then, a tinkling voice said, “Miss, you are finally awake!”

Annetta’s eyes darkened as she looked towards the door. A pure and innocent-looking face came into view.

Her current mood disappeared immediately.

Anneta gave a morbid smile.

Bettina Walker!

If she remembered correctly, this was the girl who had accompanied her, comforted her and took care of her day and night when she had been imprisoned by the Harris family in her past life. They both shared a bitter hatred for Ethan Harris.

Although she was only a servant of the Harris family, Annetta regarded her as the closest friend and shared everything with her.

However, what she did not know was that Bettina had immediately shared all these secrets with Ethan.

Each time, Bettina had instigated her to escape from the Harris family. Each time, she had reported it to Ethan.

As for her, after being recaptured by Ethan, there was only endless torture ahead.

Annetta’s suddenly had a bloodthirsty look in her eyes. When Bettina approached, the expression on her face had returned to normal.

“Young Master Ethan is too cruel. How could he chain you up?!” Bettina said indignantly as she walked over and sat by the bed.

This time, Annetta caught the jealousy that flashed in Bettina’s eyes when she saw a hickey Ethan had left on Annetta’s neck.

Annetta smiled as she licked her lips, and a strange excitement flashed through her eyes as she thought to herself, “In this life, you are the first person I will deal with!”

As she thought about it, she felt extremely aggrieved and she wiped the non-existent tears at the corner of her red-rimmed eyes.

“I don’t care how that devil Ethan treats me, but yesterday Caleb ran his car into me and broke my legs… How could he do this to me?”

Bettina had known about the incident since last night. She had already secretly scolded Caleb Taylor, the White family and the other idiots many times in her heart.

Those people had insulted and abused Annetta because they thought they had bought her life with one billion dollars. However, they did not know that Ethan Harris was deeply in love with Annetta and would never kill her. No matter how angry he was at her betrayal.

Bettina pretended to be surprised and said, “Ah, how could Mr. Taylor do such a thing?”

“I heard that Mr. Taylor had been admitted to the hospital. Rumour has it that he had drunk drugged wine at the banquet yesterday. Miss, I’m sure Mr. Taylor didn’t hit you on purpose…”

Bettina paid close attention to Annetta’s expression as she spoke. Annetta, who had been wiping her tears, suddenly looked up at her coldly, “Are you sure he drank drugged wine?”

She was not sure whether it was her own misperception, but Annetta’s icy glare seemed to have seen through her lie.

For a moment, she was stunned.

After that, she felt a chill on her face. Upon coming back to her senses, a gigantic face loomed in front of her. It had terrifying bloodshot eyes, which glinted as if there was a knife hidden in them, and a smile formed on the cracked lips.

Bettina screamed and fearfully took a step back.

When she had gotten over her shock, she realized that it was Annetta!

Annetta leaned back on the bed and looked at her with a faint smile.

The entire room was silent, and Bettina’s heart pounded wildly.

However, the culprit sitting on the bed acted as if nothing had happened. She blinked her eyes and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“What, what were you doing just now?” Bettina felt resentful when she remembered how this idiot had given her such a sudden scare.

“You didn’t answer me, so I wanted to see if you were alright,” Annetta said innocently. “I didn’t scare you, did I?”

How could Bettina admit that she had been terrified by this ugly monster? She hurriedly said, “No… You couldn’t have.”

In her daze, Bettina saw that Annetta had already dried her tears. “So Caleb had been drugged. I knew that he wouldn’t do such a thing to me,” Annetta said softly.

Bettina let out a sigh of relief. A second ago, she had felt as if the fool in front of her was different from before. In reality, once an idiot, always an idiot!

Bettina immediately went along with the flow and said, “Of course he wouldn’t. Mr. Taylor said that there were people from the Harris family at the banquet he attended yesterday. He suspects that Young Master Ethan’s men tampered with his wine.”

Bettina’s words implied that Ethan was undoubtedly the one who had caused Caleb to run his car into her.

In her previous life, she had believed Bettina’s words and had forgiven Caleb.

Now that she thought about it, although Ethan had imprisoned and tortured her, he still did all these things openly. He knew that she already regarded him as a monster, so why would he bother doing something like this?

There was only one reason why Bettina would say such things. It was to make her relationship with Ethan even worse.

In her previous life, Bettina had always pretended to be a good person. But in reality, she had secretly tried to sow discord between Annetta and Ethan, making them incompatible.

Annetta did not say a word. Bettina leaned close to her ear and whispered, “Miss, let me tell you the truth! Mr. Taylor is already aware of his mistake and is waiting at the door to apologize to you personally.”

Just like in her previous life, Bettina had already contacted Caleb. Every word she said had been to tempt Annetta to meet with Caleb.

Annetta’s lips flashed with a mocking smile, but she pretended to be surprised, “Really? Then let him in quickly!”

Bettina hesitated and said, “Miss, are you going to meet Mr. Taylor in the bedroom?”

“Why don’t we meet him outside? But first, you will have to unchain me. Let me see what we can use to break the chains!”

Annetta muttered, and then her eyes lit up.

She grabbed the blue and white porcelain bottle by the bedside, and before Bettina could stop her, there was a loud ‘clang!’

The vase smashed into the iron chain and shattered, cutting her fair skin and making her bleed.

Annetta pretended not to see it and said anxiously, “Why can’t I smash it open?”