Chapter 2

This woman had to be crazy.

Brenda got angry again and ordered the bodyguards to press me onto the ground. The tips of her heels kept kicking at me. "Who are you calling your father, you little vixen?! This must be one of your tricks to get him into bed!"

She unlocked her cell while speaking.

My playful voice was heard saying, "Come on, Daddy. I just wanted to surprise you!"

My father laughed adoringly. "Alright, alright. I'll listen to everything my baby says."

It was my conversation with my father last night.

I had planned to make a sudden appearance at the wedding and surprise my father with the news of my eyes being able to see again, which was why I did not let him pick me up at the airport.

That was all.

I did not expect Brenda to misunderstand the situation.

Before I could explain, her best friend, Lily Smock, said unhappily, "Sounds like Mr. Corman likes this woman a lot. I've never heard him call you 'baby' before, Brenda."

Brenda's expression fell. She even looked a little savage. "Hmph. That's because she's young and coquettish!"

Brenda yanked my hair hard, and her nails dug deep into my cheeks. "Wilson has seen and experienced a lot in his life."

"That's right! Everyone knows that his fiancée, Brenda, is the most important person to him aside from his late wife and daughter. Do you think you're good enough to be a part of high society?" Lily was helping Brenda put me down as well.

My mouth was filled with blood, and I could not escape from the bodyguards' clutches. All I could do was move my neck as hard as I could to avoid her kicks. That was when my sapphire necklace fell from my neck.

"That's the sea sapphire that belonged to my husband's late wife!" Brenda's expression looked contorted.

She jerked it hard from my neck and continued kicking me. "How dare you steal such a valuable piece of jewelry from my husband's late wife?! You ignorant thing! Aren't you afraid of paying the price with your life?!"

I coughed up blood. "T-This was left behind by my mom! Don't touch it!"

Brenda did not believe me.

She admired the sapphire greedily while gloating, "If your family really possessed such an inheritance, why would you still climb into my husband's bed? You're even making up stories about your mother being dead. What a disgrace for her to have a daughter like you. Your mother must have been a shameless woman too!"

"Don't you dare insult my mother!"

Anyone who laid a hand on me would earn the wrath of my father. As for me, anyone who insulted my late mother—who died to protect me—would earn my wrath.

That was how I went into a sudden rage and managed to struggle out of the bodyguard's grip. My hands reached out to grab Brenda's neck. However, a bat hit me at the back of my head.

I went into a daze because of the intense pain from the concussion and fell to the ground.

Lily berated the bodyguard with her hands on her waist, "How could you let that wretched girl escape? How embarrassing! Lucky for you I was quick enough to act or Brenda would've been hurt. Mr. Carson won't let any of you off if anything happens to her!"

The bodyguard quickly thanked her and apologized to Brenda.

"It's fine. It's not your fault."

Brenda was shocked by what happened. When she snapped out of it, she glared at me viciously.

I was trembling as I tried my best to reach out to my cell, which had fallen not far away from me. It was imperative that I called my father and told him not to marry her.