Chapter 1

I was heartlessly thrown into a burning building just because my husband Adrian's dream girl said she wanted to see a fire escape scenario.

When I crawled out of the inferno, I saw Adrian holding his perfect girl, coaxing her to enjoy a candlelit dinner.

When she said she was afraid of the color red, I was stripped of what little clothing I had left and thrown naked onto the street.

When I tried to resist, Adrian said, "It's all because of you that Chloe had to suffer so much outside. You've taken Chloe's place for so many years, what's wrong with suffering a little?"

Later, as I touched my slightly swollen belly, ready to accept my fate, Chloe hid in Adrian's arms and cried, saying that seeing me reminded her of her nightmares as a bar girl.

In a fit of rage, Adrian threw me into a nightclub, breaking every bit of pride I had left, making me taste all the bitterness Chloe had supposedly experienced.

But later, Adrian had people throw Chloe into a snake pit. He then carefully caressed every wound on my body and forced me to drink fertility medicine.

"Emma, have a child for me, let me make it up to you properly," he said.

I nodded numbly in his arms, ignoring his delighted face.

He didn't know that the child he longed for had been gone three years ago. And because I was beaten during my postpartum recovery period, my body was completely ruined. I only had three days left to live.