All Chapters of An Asphyxiating Life: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

I died in a cellar due to asphyxiation.By the time I woke up again, I found that my soul had reappeared next to my three older brothers. The three of them had just returned to our huge villa.The eldest, Ian Haldeman, and the second eldest, Will Haldeman, were holding our stepsister, Lorelei Surridge's hands. In a kind voice, one of my brothers began, "Thank goodness we got you to the hospital just in time. Otherwise, it might take you a longer time to recover."Harry Haldeman, my third eldest brother, sounded really concerned. "The doctor has said that you're still weak. You need to gain more nutrients by having nutritious meals."He scooped a big piece of meat onto Lorelei's plate while saying that.A maid standing at the side could no longer bring herself to stay silent. "Mr. Ian, Ms. Rebecca has been locked inside the cellar for three days now. She hasn't made any noise for an extended period…"Ian snorted and cut her off, "We're celebrating Lori's discharge from the hospita

I had no control over my movements as my soul followed behind my three brothers. The hollow feeling in my chest intensified.My brothers stormed toward the cellar and arrived at the door fairly quickly."Rebecca Haldeman, do you think you can avoid your punishment if you just keep quiet and hide in there?"However, no sound came from inside the cellar afterward.Will's expression darkened. "Rebecca, what tricks are you trying to pull this time? Come out and kneel before Lori so that you can apologize for what happened."Don't think you can deny having harmed Lori by hiding in there, turning off your phone, and not contacting us!"Harry's eyes blazed with fury. He said angrily, "You think you're all grown up now, huh? You're keeping quiet now because you're upset about us being nice to Lori. Am I right?"Did you really think you could make us give in first if you hid inside the cellar and ignored us?"Still, they did not hear any sound coming from inside the cellar.Ian directe

My brothers and Lorelei went back into the living room soon afterward.Before Lorelei could say anything pretentious, Ian hurried to make a phone call."Freeze all of the accounts tied to the bank cards Rebecca has. Also, I want a record of all of the transactions she's made recently. Have some men check all of the old properties under my parents' names as well."I want to know where she has been and what she has spent on for the past three days."Ian hung up right after giving those orders in a monotonous voice.Once he obtained the records, Ian could figure out where I had been for the past three days. After that, he was going to give me an earful and punish me.I snickered. Perhaps Ian had already forgotten how his company almost went bankrupt because of a mistake he made in the decision-making process. Many of their shareholders decided to pull back their funds back then.With Ian having no one else to turn to, I decided to invest all of my money in his company to help reviv

Lorelei rushed into the room just then. Just as she placed her hand on Ian's arm, he slapped her hand away."Go away!"Lorelei was so taken aback by Ian's sudden outburst that she dropped to the floor. She blinked a few times, tears streaming from her eyes.However, her pitiful act did not evoke any sympathy from Ian.Ian's eyes were red as he looked at the maids, who were standing at the side and shaking in fear. He barked, "The body! Where did you move the body inside the cellar to?"Most of the maids shrank back a little. One of them plucked up the courage and said, "Mr. Ian, Mr. Harry said that thing was filthy, and he wanted us to burn it! We just finished burning it…"Ian's vision turned white when he heard those words. His legs threatened to go out.At that very moment, my phone, which was still clutched tightly in Ian's hand, rang. I took a glance at the screen. It was a call from Will.As soon as Ian pressed the answer button, we could hear Will sobbing down the line

Ian tossed a phone in Will and Harry's direction.Both of them seemed confused as they turned on the phone. Yet, their expressions changed almost simultaneously the next instant.The phone contained evidence of all of Lorelei's evil deeds.From the moment she first arrived at the Haldeman residence, Lorelei had stepped on and broken her own toy. She made it seem like it was me who did it and got my brothers to scold me harshly.Up until three days ago, Lorelei gave me the item that would trigger her allergic reaction and used it to frame me.In every video, the moments where I was being scolded or yelled at by my brothers and the sound of Lorelei giggling softly were recorded.Harry was the first to kick Lorelei's face this time. His eyes were red. He shouted, "We misunderstood Rebecca for so long, and it was all your doing? Have you forgotten? It was because of Rebecca that you were able to live in our home! Why did you do that? Why?"Blood had smudged all over Lorelei's mouth.