Chapter 1

As the real daughter of the Anderson family, I was the top prodigy investor on Brooks Street.

My biological parents found me, and I immediately saw how many of the Anderson family's businesses were headed for disaster.

Only if they handed over their businesses to me and stayed away from my arranged marriage partner, Parker Ward, could they turn the tide.

But their adopted daughter, Gianna Anderson, thought I was trying to snatch her power. She teamed up with Parker and decided to teach me a lesson.

In just the time I stepped out for a bit, the two of them beat the dog that had been with me since I was a kid to death.

Gianna said with a meaningful look, "If this dog was trying to steal from me, wasn't it right to kill it?"

I held my already cold dog in my arms, and my eyes gradually turned icy cold.

Such being the case, the Anderson family had no reason to exist anymore.

Coco lay limp in my arms, not reacting at all.

It was just a dog, and living for over ten years was already quite a long life. But it should have passed away peacefully.

I held it a bit tighter, my gaze turning cold.

Seeing my expression, Gianna and Parker only mocked me more.

Gianna crouched down slightly, meeting my eyes. "Eleanor Anderson, you still haven't answered my question."

I looked down at Coco and nodded silently.

They looked even more smug, but I thought, "My dog might have deserved to die for stealing from you, but you killing it means you won't end well either."

Gianna couldn't guess my thoughts and leaned in to warn me, "I'm warning you, Eleanor. If you were smart, you wouldn't have come back to the Anderson family. If you keep trying to take power from me, I can't guarantee what might happen next time besides this little dog."

I stared into her venomous eyes while Parker chimed in, "Exactly. I don't know what Mr. Colton Anderson and Mrs. Layla Anderson were thinking. Gianna and I have been close since childhood. I never wanted to marry you. Just because you're the long-lost daughter, you get to be the one in this arranged marriage? Why?"

I clenched my fists tightly, trying hard to hold back the urge to strangle them. After taking a deep breath, I gritted my teeth and nodded. "Yeah, why?"

Honestly, I never had this in mind at first. It was just that my father, Colton Anderson, and my mother, Layla Anderson, found me after so many years, so I thought I'd do something for the Anderson family.

I got lost when I was five, sold abroad by traffickers, and adopted by my current parents.

The only reason I could come back was because of the compassion I felt for Gianna, who was adopted by the Anderson family.

But I never expected that the well-behaved and sensible little sister I remembered would turn out like this now.

Seeing my attitude, they seemed quite satisfied.

Gianna shot a disgusted look at my dog, then stepped back. "Alright, hurry up and get rid of your dog. It's such bad luck."

I could hardly hold back my anger. If I stayed there for one more second, I wouldn't be able to control myself and would do something.

So, I immediately left the Anderson family's villa, holding Coco in my arms.

I dug a hole by myself, wrapped Coco with my clothes, and placed its favorite snacks with it.

Tears finally welled up in my eyes, and I choked out with a sob. "Coco, don't worry. I will make them pay for this."

When I got home after calming down, Colton and Layla were already back.

Colton looked at me with a rather unpleasant expression. "Eleanor, don't keep those ungrateful animals anymore. It almost hurt Gianna today. It deserved to die."

Seeing Gianna's pitiful face, I knew she had successfully twisted the story and managed to convince them it was my dog who had acted up and bit her first.

Gianna noticed my sour expression and nervously said, "Sorry, Eleanor. I was just too scared and accidentally hurt it. Can you forgive me?"

I stayed silent, and Colton chimed in, "What's with the attitude? Gianna is apologizing to you out of kindness. This whole thing was your fault anyway. I think we should put off discussing the business stuff you mentioned earlier."

Layla looked at me and quickly tried to smooth things over. "Come on. Calm down, everyone. Eleanor, I just found out about Coco. How about this? We'll go to the pet store and pick out another dog with a good personality sometime. As for the family business, you just got home, and there are a lot of things you don't understand yet. We can't let you do things recklessly."

They were so out of touch, living comfortably here for too long, forgetting how the market outside had changed.

Just then, Parker's phone rang. He took it out and was overjoyed when he saw the message.

He quickly showed it to Colton and Layla. "Mr. Colton Anderson, Mrs. Layla Anderson, look at this. The projects I asked you to invest in last week are now soaring in value."

"Really?" Colton and Layla were overjoyed.

Parker even held his phone in front of me to show me the financing report, looking proud and mocking. "Eleanor, didn't you say that these investments were going to crash? But it seems that their future prospects are pretty promising."

I just glanced at his phone and replied coldly, "That's just smoke and mirrors, designed to fool someone like you who's done a few years of finance and thinks they're a know-it-all."