e known. Lacey has no claim to this family. From

ght of betrayal pressing down on her chest. And then, as if all th

aced with madness-a sharp contras

e of profound loss. With every uncontrollable chuckle, her tea

ruin would be the ones she had loved, trusted and respected. How b

now held a steely determination, their intensity transforming into a cold, resolute gleam. She couldn't affo

cey, and an unsettling sense of impending danger crept over her. She spun around just in

w twisted with fury and malice. Her eyes, filled with venom, locked onto

ing the red sports car surging forward like a predator ready to st

distance between them closed, a sleek Rolls-Royce emerged from nowhere, its powerful engine roaring as it slammed int

it impaled the trunk of the tree, the hood buckling under the impact.

ed barely conscious-but his eyes, despite the obvious pain, flickered with

nd, her breath shallow and erratic. "Rhett!" she cr

f this moment, she finally understood. She should h

led toward him, her voice breaking as she beg

eafening crash followed, and Lacey's slender form was flung through the air, her white figure briefly suspended before cr

hed down, her gaze cold and triumphant as she looked upon Lacey, whose face was now a distorted mask of pain. A faint gleam of twist

and nose, but with every last ounce of strengt

back on her? Why, after giving everything back, had she not be

to pierce through Lacey, her fury palpable as she ra

egacy, as your own. A simple mistake, a nurse's error, and you-you, the daughter of a fisherman-took my place, basking in the White fami

hing you possess, all your success and status, was stolen from me. And now, ev

to breathe, each breath more ragged than the last. "But... I returned everything

age twisting into something colder, darker

left her mouth, she felt much better. She took a deep brea

uth; everything that's happened today? Every ounce of your misery? I orchestrated it. You were drugged and sent to that hotel by your so-called best

eporters? They were my doing as well. Once your rep

as blood surged in he

her words were a relentless assault

y like ours, affection is a fleeting luxury, something that is easily discarded when it no longer serves their needs. They kept you within the family not out of love but because you we

me and status without a second thought. Now, I stand as a White while you're nothing but a

ating clarity. It was as though the worl

e as her body surrendered, consciousness slipping away-yet he

ully constructed lie, every moment steeped in deceit. Even death offered no escape f

ing pain crested, Lacey's vision darkened at the edges, the world dissolving into nothingness until even her defiance couldn'

er features were contorted in pain, a stark contrast to the serene environment. As a tear slipped from her eyes and soaked into the pill

e heavy cast encasing her right leg-it all suddenly made sense. She had been transported bac

a knife. The strike to her right leg had resulted in severe blood loss, requiring an urgent transfusion. Yet the hospital's blood ba

nificant question when Janessa entered the picture. The Whites arranged for

y announced her decision to adopt Lacey to the media, framing the situation as one of generosity.

pted daughter of the White family, but this t

e of guilt, convincing her that she had somehow caused Janessa's suffering-that Janessa h

itting to Janessa's every whim. She offered her whatever Janessa desir

music, crafting countless masterpieces that would forever be credited to Janessa's name. This work earned Jane