The Plot

Ashley used her other hand to pinch Lucia's chin, forcing her to open her mouth wide. There was a rare coldness in Ashley's lazy voice when she said, "No matter what you say this drug is, it's yours now!

She then let go of Lucia's wrist, picked up the cup of water that contains the already dissolved aspirin, and poured it into Lucia's mouth.

Lucia struggled desperately, shaking her head. But she couldn't break free from Ashley's grip, so she had no other choice but to let Ashley shove the content in the cup into her mouth indiscriminately.

"I didn't... Ashley... You... Let go of me!" Lucia was choking and coughing nonstop.

With a pitiful look on her face, she shook her head vigorously. The door suddenly opened, and a handsome man strode in.

Seeing the scene, he immediately grabbed Ashley's wrist and pulled her away from Lucia.

He was utterly surprised. "Ashley, what is this that you are doing?"

"Henry, you're just in time. This bitch here echanged the aspirin to some drug sold in the black market. She has also asked some bodyguards to rape me.

Good thing I've seen through her soon. Now, I am letting her drink up the water that contains the remaining drug and allowing her to have a taste of her own medicine, " Ashley replied calmly. A trace of contempt was visible in her beautiful eyes.

The gentle look on Henry's face changed when he heard what Ashley said. "Is that true?"

Lucia shook her head pitifully. "No, it isn't. How can I do such a thing against my sister? Ashley, I know that you don't like me, and I can tolerate that. But how can you frame such a vicious thing against me? Mr. Thompson, I really didn't do that..."

Looking at her pitiful face, Henry felt a little sorry for Lucia. He then turned to Ashley and said, "Ashley, you are already the precious daughter of the head of the Brown family. No one can take that position from you. Why do you have to do this to Lucia, your younger sister?"

Henry's words sounded so harsh in Ashley's ears, and she also felt uneasy upon hearing him calling her half-sister fondly. When did they become so close?

"Are you suspecting that I am deliberately framing her?" she asked, looking at Henry in disbelief.

"It's okay for you to be willful at times. But you have to know that there are things you can't just joke about, " Henry said to Ashley.

He then looked at Lucia with pity in his eyes and added, "Lucia has always put up with you. But enough is enough"

Ashley stared at Henry's handsome face. Seeing his self-righteous look, she felt so ridiculous.

She then asked in a sarcastic tone, "You believe her instead of me. I thought I was your fiancee?" Henry turned his face sideways, his fists clenching in his pockets. He didn't answer her question.

"What is going on here? Why are you fighting again?" Mark, Ashley's father, and his wife, Amelia, rushed into the room together.

Lucia immediately threw herself into Amelia's arms and cried aggrievedly, "Mom, I really didn't drug Ashley. I also did not find someone to rape her. How could I do such a thing to her?"

The expression on Amelia's face slightly changed. "Ashley, there may be some sort of misunderstanding here, right?"

"I've heard everything she said with my own ears. She even called someone to tell the bodyguards to come to my room. How can it be a misunderstanding? Ashley asked and said.

Lucia cried bitterly. "How can I do such a heartless thing and ruin your life? Doing such a thing will also ruin my own life. Do you think I am not afraid of being in jail?"

The expression on Amelia's face slightly changed. "Ashley, there may be some sort of misunderstanding here, right?"

She was scared because she knows that her daughter is gullible and she is capable of doing what Ashley accused her of. She also know that Ashley hates her for taking over her mother's space and bring in n illegitimate daughter to compete with her for her father's love and affection.

Amelia's voice was full of pain when she said, "Hubby, I believe that Lucia will never do such a thing. But since it seems that we can't reconcile two girls. Now, it has come to this what should we do"

Lucia tried to make use of the situation and leaned towards Mark and called out to him pitifully "Father, what have I done to sister to deserve all these. I have already shown her love like a very good younger sister"

"Leave her alone let her be. I've tried all my best to make the sisters love themselves but it's seems Ashley is the bitter one, she is not ready to let go" Mark said

"Hubby, she has always thought since her mother got wind of our affair which eventually led to her death that I was the killer. But she does not know that we already met before you married her mother" Amelia said with tears in her eyes

"It's okay, she doesn't need to know our history together" Mark replied her consoling her

Amelia trying to wipe her tears hugging her daughter "Or maybe it was her mother that instigated her against me and my daughter. But we were not at fault because we were innocent, she was the one that came in between us, our relationship Mark!" 

To Ashley, it was as if the whole family was acting out a script already written. It's was so shameful that it stung her especially the part where her mother was mentioned. 

She felt sorry for her because the thought that her mother was in a marriage with a man who was not hers to begin with brought tears to her eyes 

While all these were going on, Henry stood by the wall watching them with a rigid face.