"Ms. Dawson, you still don't remember anything? You've been in the hospital for three days now. We need your family to settle the hospital bill ASAP," the nurse said.
Lena Dawson, her head wrapped in bandages, gave an apologetic smile. "Sorry, but I just can't remember my phone's password."
The nurse continued, "Do you have an emergency contact?"
"I..."
Lena hadn't even thought of an answer when the door suddenly swung open with a bang. A handsome young man walked in, his face full of impatience.
"Seriously? Again? What game are you playing this time?" Hayden Reid snapped. "You took Leah out, and then a car accident happened. She could've been disfigured if it weren't for her luck. Listen up, I'm calling off our engagement. Stop trying to get my attention. Even if you threw yourself into a river, I wouldn't give a damn!"
Leah Dawson stood right behind him, looking meek.
She tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Hayden, I'm really fine. Lena didn't mean it. I'm all healed now. Don't get on her case. Luckily, when the windshield shattered, it didn't damage my face, or else..."
A trace of confusion crossed Lena's eyes as she touched the bandage on her head.
She had just woken up this morning. The nurse told her she had almost died, and her family couldn't be reached.
Hayden frowned. Dressed in a refined suit, he looked striking.
Holding Leah close, he added, "Lena, Leah is the girl I like. Although you and I grew up together, I never had feelings for you. You've been chasing me like a fool for five years. Don't you find that pathetic? Leah's loved me for so long, but she never dared to confess her feelings because of you. Today, I wanna make it clear: what you've done sickened me. Leah and I have already been intimate, and I won't abandon her."
Leah seemed touched. She clung to his arm, a flicker of triumph in her gaze. "Hayden..."
Lena lowered her gaze. Their PDA brought a dull pain to her heart, leaving her breathless. The surging grievances almost suffocated her, her eyes burning with unshed tears. However, she still forced herself to cut them off.
"Sorry, but... I don't think I know either of you. I do seem to have a boyfriend, though. Do you know his number? Please ask him to come over."
Somewhere in the back of her mind, a blurry figure surfaced.
Hayden's eyes flickered with confusion and shock. After realizing what was happening, he sneered. A new trick, huh?
At that moment, the TV mounted on the wall was playing financial news. "The youngest leader of the Reid Group, Hunter Reid, had returned from abroad. Rumors had it that he suffered severe injuries in a car accident, leaving him crippled and disfigured. Since then, he has rarely appeared in public..."
Hayden pointed at the TV and said, "That's my uncle, Hunter. He's your boyfriend. Here, I'll give you his number. Go find him."
He snatched Lena's phone, effortlessly unlocked it, and typed in Hunter's phone number.
Leah covered her mouth, her eyes brimming with amusement as she softly asked, "Hayden, are you sure this is okay? Two years ago, it was because of her that he..."
Hayden cut her off with a firm grip around her waist, his gaze filled with disdain.
He thought, "After simping over me for five years, she definitely wouldn't give up just like that. She's just playing hard to get.
"Since that's the case, I might as well play along. Let her get in touch with the guy she hates the most."
Hayden spoke, "Lena, I've given you his contact info. You'd better keep this up for more than one week. Otherwise, I won't spare you a glance even if you kneel before me."
After saying that, he wrapped his arms around Leah's waist and left without hesitation.Lena looked at the number on her phone. The man who just claimed to be her fiancé hadn't shown her any concern at all and had stood up for Leah instead.Her heart felt as if it was being tightly constricted by an iron wire, and her face paled even further. An involuntary pain surged within her.Leah seemed to have fully recovered a long time ago, but it was Lena who was condemned despite almost losing her life.How could this man possibly be her fiancé?She had gone missing for three days, and her family had not contacted her. She only remembered a vague impression of her boyfriend.Without hesitation, she dialed the number. A formal, assistant-like voice answered."Ms. Lena?""Hello, is this Hunter? I seem to have lost my memory due to a car accident, and I...""Mr. Hunter has just returned to Westfell and is still undergoing rehabilitation. Ms. Lena, you called Mr. Hunter in the same way last tim
Lena didn't know who to ask for the 3,200 dollars. In the end, at nine o'clock in the evening, she dialed Hunter's number again.A low, hoarse voice rang out from the other end, like snowflakes in the winter."Lena?"Lena's throat felt as if it had been suddenly gripped by an invisible hand, and an overwhelming sense of grievance filled her heart."Hello, Hunter. Can you lend me 3,200 dollars? I'm in the hospital and can't afford the hospital bills."From the phone, there was a faint breathing sound, along with the subtle sound of rustling clothes.Just when Lena thought her request would be rejected, she heard him ask, "What's your account number?""I... I'll go look for it."She quickly grabbed the bag next to her and started searching through it, afraid that Hunter would hang up.The nurse said it was her bag, but there were only cosmetics inside.She finally found a bank card in the innermost compartment and read aloud the card number.In less than a minute, she heard the notifica
Lena took the slap, her head tilting slightly to the side. Her eyes were dull.Leah quickly walked over to Margaret's side to soothe her. "Mom, I'm really fine. There's only 160 thousand dollars on the card. I was afraid Lena would continue spending recklessly like before, so I didn't prepare too much."Lena's throat felt sore. She abruptly opened the door of the taxi parked next to her and said, "Could you please go to..."But she couldn't recall any place names in her mind, so she could only watch the family of four slowly walking inside through the car window.The driver said, "Are they your family or your enemies? You didn't even say anything just now, how did you get slapped? I don't want the money anymore. You can get out of the car now."Tears welled up in Lena's eyes and fell in an instant. She also wanted to ask, were they really family or were they enemies?Leah, who had walked away, held Hayden's hand. There was a trace of pride flickering in her eyes."Mom, Hayden, what if
Lena had grievances she couldn't voice, but seeing Joanna so exhausted, she didn't want to say anything.Joanna placed a new set of pajamas on the bed and said, "There is an en-suite bathroom in your room. You should go and take a shower and rest. I'm so tired today that I won't chat with you anymore."Lena nodded and calmly said, "Thank you."She saw Joanna walking towards one of the bedroom doors and knew that the other room was hers.She grabbed her pajamas and took a shower. Afterward, she finally felt much more comfortable.Just as Lena was about to fall asleep, she received a new message on her phone.When she opened it, she saw that it was from her younger brother, Randy Dawson."Lena, I'm on vacation and just arrived home. Today is Leah's birthday. Why aren't you here? Mom said you ran away from home again. Why are you always acting like this? Come back soon. I can't get used to the food the maid makes. I still prefer the food you make. Tomorrow morning, I'll have mashed potat
After Lena finished eating, before leaving, she hesitated and asked, "Can you lend me some money first?"Joanna took a deep breath and said, "The cufflinks you gave to Hayden last week cost 32,000 dollars, and now you're telling me you don't have any money?"Lena scratched her cheek sheepishly and explained, "I borrowed money from someone to pay for hospital bills yesterday. Um, I'll repay you in the future."Joanna transferred 1,600 dollars to Lena, patted her shoulder, and said, "Your family has been restricting your expenses for quite a while, and you like to save all your money to buy gifts for Hayden, and even please his relatives. Forget it, it's useless to say more. You don't have to return this money. If you don't have a place to stay tonight, you can continue to come here."Lena felt touched.Now that she had decided to work at the Reid Group, she needed to go back to her own home to find documents like her ID card.When she arrived at the Dawson family's house, she felt a bi
The pain in Lena's heart was so intense that she wanted to quickly gather all her documents, but she froze when she opened the last drawer.There was a pile of certificates, including those from the most prestigious CPA and CFA in the financial industry.Several certificates, known as the tickets to the wolfish Wall Street, were placed in this most inconspicuous corner.Wasn't she just a good-for-nothing who only knew how to chase after men?She hurriedly took a glance. She didn't want to stay here for long. She packed a few clothes and was about to leave.At this moment, Randy walked in and said, "Lena, are you planning to run away from home again? Please stop making a scene. I'm really starving."He quickly approached and snatched the suitcase from Lena's hand."If you don't apologize to Mom, Dad, and Leah, no one will talk to you anymore. How many more days are you planning to go out this time? I remember you were also threatening to run away from home yesterday, but you came back
Nearby, Lena underestimated the acceleration of the electric scooter and suddenly rushed forward, crashing directly into someone's car.She fell to the ground, scraping her knee and wincing in pain.The owner of the car got out and cursed furiously, "Do you even know how to ride? Are you looking to die? What bad luck! This is a brand-new car, fresh from the dealership! Pay up!"Lena glanced at the car logo and found it was a Maserati.Oh no, her 1,600 dollars was definitely not enough to cover the damages.A crowd quickly gathered around. Everyone was curious to see who was so unlucky to have crashed into a luxury car.The man grabbed Lena's sleeve and said, "You better compensate me right away, or I'll call the police!"She changed her posture, relieving the pain in her legs. "Is 1,600 dollars enough?"The man thought he had misheard, and his face immediately turned red with anger. "How is that enough?!"Meanwhile, the traffic light on Hunter's side of the road had already turned gre
He couldn't be bothered with this woman and turned around to get back into the car.Holding the handlebars of the rental electric scooter, Lena stood still and watched the car drive away.In the car, Hunter looked down at the documents in his hand and heard James complaining."I have found out everything. She got jealous of Hayden and Leah's relationship. Hayden's probably going to break off their engagement. She deserves it."Hunter gripped the documents tightly. The last time Hayden had insisted on calling off his engagement with Lena, Lena had disagreed. Hayden jokingly said that if she jumped off the bridge, he wouldn't cancel it. Within seconds of saying this, Lena jumped directly into the river from the bridge. She was hospitalized for a month, and in return, the engagement wasn't called off.Now, Hayden was going to call off the engagement again.Who knew what kind of trouble Lena would stir up this time?Lena returned the electric scooter she rented in a crooked and twisted ma
Kianna's lips were trembling, her eyes were turning red, and the words she spoke were slightly broken."You made my boyfriend get exiled by Jordan, and you ruined his whole life. I never expected that the owner of this number would be you, which means that all of this was planned by you! Lena, I hate you so much!"Her eyes were filled with hatred, but she reluctantly stepped back in fear of the dagger in Lena's hand.Lena squatted on the ground, looking into her eyes, "Did you really not contact Lillian?"Kianna's face changed, how could she not have contacted Lillian.Lena wanted to ask a few more questions, but she faintly saw a person standing below the small building, as if they had just come out.It was Mr. H.She quickly got up, and at the same time threw the dagger back into the car, and instructed Jovanni."You keep an eye on her, I'll go talk to Mr. H."Jovanni also noticed the man standing several meters away.
Lena squinted her eyes and curved her lips, "So, Owen, did you know?"Since Jovanni was following her, he should have been familiar with her recent whereabouts.He indeed pursed his lips and said, "I know.""Was it him who arranged the person I had to deal with tonight?""No, it was Kianna."Lena lowered her eyelashes and said, "Kianna, that was easy to deal with."She took out her phone and sent Kianna a few strongly emotional text messages using the previous number. Kianna indeed agreed to meet up.Lena couldn't help but laugh. With a mind like that, if it weren't for her last name being Wright, she would have probably been eaten up and left with nothing but crumbs.She was about to drive away when Jovanni instantly caught up, "Why are you going alone?""I went to meet Kianna to see why she had this inexplicable hatred towards me, and I wanted to find out if Lillian had anything to do with it."Jovanni opened th
Jovanni opened the car door and sat inside. Because the weather was too cold, the breath he exhaled was all white. He lowered his eyelashes, not knowing what he was thinking.Lena sat in the driver's seat, but she didn't start the car right away.She had felt several times recently that someone was following her, but she didn't know if it was just her imagination.She leaned back and adjusted the temperature of the air conditioning in the car. "Where is your brother Gael? Why did you come out alone?"And in the middle of the night, he even followed her. What on earth was going on?Jovanni looked out of the window, and in his mind, he recalled the scene of being kidnapped that day.The man, of course, didn't actually kill him and Gael, but Gael was detained.Gael has always been the calmest one, while Jovanni is different, he had a more volatile temper and has always been very outspoken.Although they were not blood brothers, he
Lena had been staying in the hospital until evening. She hadn't been sleeping well recently and couldn't resist lying down by the bed and fell asleep like that.Three hours later, she was awakened by the doctor."Ms. Dawson, you go back and rest first. Don't wait until your brother wakes up and you collapse."Lena's eyelids had dark circles, and she rubbed her eyes upon hearing the words."Did his high fever not go down?"The doctor sighed and said, "Considering his own fate, perhaps there are some things he himself cannot understand, which is why he is like this. As family members, you can talk to him more."But she had no idea what Randy's knot was.She got up and, after returning home, was extremely tired and fell asleep right away.But in the middle of the night, she always felt like she heard a sound outside the window.She got up, turned on the nearby light, and saw a strange man leaning on her house window, holdin
When Lena woke up, it was midnight and she felt like there was a furnace beside her.She quickly got up and reached out to Randy's forehead to check, and he was running a fever!"Randy!"She shouted, but he didn't respond. He had already burnt it to a crisp.Lena quickly dialed the local emergency hotline.But she had to arrive at daybreak, so she continued to add firewood to the bonfire and moved Randy closer.But even in this state, he resisted.He was curled up in a daze, and woke up once in the middle, seeing her probing his forehead, unable to help but ask, "Who are you, after all?"If he hadn't been sick, Lena would have slapped him.She forced herself to calm down and then tore off a piece of fabric to wrap some ice and snow from outside, placing it on his forehead to cool him down.Randy's face was completely red, and his hands were reaching out haphazardly to the side, as if he was trying to touch somethi
As she approached, she fiercely slapped him.Randy's clothes were still hanging nearby, and there were many bruises on his body, indicating that the car accident had injured him, but not to the extent of being life-threatening.His face was intact, but now it swelled up instantly after being slapped, indicating that Lena showed no mercy in her attack.Lena was so angry that she grabbed his thin clothes and pulled him closer."You came all the way to this place to find you, who are you giving a bad attitude to? Speak up! What's the matter after all?"Randy turned his head away and silently stared at a certain spot on the cave wall, tears streaming down "drip, drip".Lena knew her little brother Randy well. If Randy had been wronged, he would have wanted to grab a megaphone and shout in front of her, demanding that she focus more of her energy on him. For example, if he had been humiliated by Mr. H, he would not hesitate to ask her to break up
Lena was not going to let him have his way at this critical moment. She pushed him away and straightened her clothes."I left first."He did not try to stop her either, sitting in place and nodding very obediently.Lena's preferences for men were sometimes strange. She didn't believe that men necessarily had to be strong and powerful, like Mr. H. It was also not a bad thing for him to need her protection.She left and drove away, with her destination set to her hometown on the navigation.It took a long time to drive, and in the meantime, she ate two cookies to satisfy her hunger before arriving.She went to Dashawn's house first, and he was in the yard digging herbs. When he saw her coming, there was a moment of surprise in his eyes, and then he realized."Are you Lena?"Lena was a bit unclear about this location. If she hadn't asked along the way, she wouldn't have been able to find it at all.She nodded politely and s
She quickly turned around and walked towards the house.To my surprise, Mr. H had been standing obediently at the entrance, without moving at all. It seemed that he was unaware of the death outside.She took a deep breath and held his face in her hands, comforting him, "Something happened outside, don't go out for now. Is your doctor friend, the one from Wraith Manor?"Mr. H's eyelashes trembled, and his cheek unconsciously rubbed against her palm, showing some attachment. "Hmm.""You called him over, I needed him to help me with something."Since it was Wraith Manor, they should have been proficient in dealing with dead people.Mr. H immediately made a phone call and asked the other party to come over."Lena, why do I feel a smell of blood?"Lena pulled him and sat on the sofa in the hall in the dark. "I accidentally scratched my arm just now, but it's okay."Mr. H remained silent, slowly caressing her fingertips, his t
She stepped on the accelerator, never having driven at such a high speed before.After rushing to the small western-style building outside Mr. H's, she quickly got out of the car and ran towards the inside.The people in those cars probably didn't expect her to stop here, but they also stopped, their faces filled with excitement. This was all Lena's doing. Tonight, she was going to be killed in this place, fulfilling her employer's mission.Lena arrived at the door and entered directly using the password.As soon as she stood still, she was embraced by someone."Mr. H?""Hmm."She raised her hand and patted his back, "Do you have any handy weapons here?""Yes, I had obtained two guns from Wraith Manor earlier, but it was too dangerous, so I never used them."Wraith Manor, a place located in a lawless area, was common to have access to guns.What Lena needs the most right now is this."Okay, you gave me the