Chapter 2

When Shen brought his little lover home, I wasn't surprised.

He despised the relationship between our families and hated even more that I had used family connections to secure our marriage.

In seven years of marriage, Shen had brought over a hundred lovers home to provoke and humiliate me publicly.

This time, the girl he brought back looked younger and more beautiful than ever before, making my heart suddenly tighten.

"Lily is graduating from college in a few days and needs to prepare for the party in advance," Shen said.

"Young girls love to look beautiful. You have experience attending many banquets, so help her dress up nicely," he ordered, raising his handsome eyebrows and holding Lily closer.

I couldn't refuse Shen's demands, so I could only resign myself to serving each of his lovers well.

"I understand," I nodded numbly, forcing myself to swallow the bitterness in my heart as I went to pick out suitable dresses for Lily.

During this time, Shen had to go to the company for something, leaving Lily alone to face me.

"Oh my, these dresses are all so outdated. There's no thought put into them at all. Rachel, you're not deliberately being careless, are you?" Lily said with a frown, clearly intending to make things difficult for me.

I was already used to how hard to please each lover was, so I calmly asked her what she liked.

"I heard Mr. Johnson used to give you lots of custom-made dresses. Can I take a look?" she asked, though she didn't wait for my opinion before heading upstairs.

I couldn't help but frown, the words to stop her caught in my throat.

I saw Lily take out the mermaid wedding dress from the glass cabinet and smile smugly at me:

"Let's go with this one, sis. I want to wear a wedding dress for Mr. Johnson too."

"He said before that my looks aren't inferior to yours. I'm sure I'll look even better in it!"

Lily looked at me with a strange hostility.

The moment I saw the mermaid wedding dress, my heart skipped a beat and my hands clenched into fists.

This wedding dress was personally customized for me by Shen from abroad.

The labor costs alone were over a million dollars, not to mention the tens of thousands of expensive diamonds on it.

"No, this one is very important to me. You can choose any of the others," I said, my gaze heavy.

Lily naturally noticed my unusual reaction. But with Shen's favor backing her, she didn't take my refusal seriously at all.

"Mr. Johnson said that whatever I like, no one can take it from me!" Lily said, picking up the dress to leave without even bothering to give me a glance.

As she turned to brush past me, I grabbed the hem of the dress and pulled it back.

Lily wasn't prepared and stumbled, her knee hitting the stair railing hard.

"I said, this one is very important to me!"

It wasn't just that Shen had personally selected and designed it. More importantly, my grandmother had watched me wear it as I walked down the aisle before she passed away.

Grandma said I looked beautiful in the mermaid wedding dress and hoped I would always be happy.

I wouldn't allow anyone to easily ruin this beautiful wish, no matter how many times Shen humiliated me with his lovers.

This was the one thing I absolutely wouldn't compromise on.

Lily glared at me with tears in her eyes, looking like she wanted to tear me to pieces.

But in my territory, Lily didn't dare to cause too much trouble. In the end, she ran out crying.

I didn't expect Lily to be so narrow-minded. That evening, she ran to the company to complain.

When Shen came back with a dark face, I was lost in thought looking at my grandmother's belongings.

I was suddenly pulled up and given a hard slap.

Just like all the times before when I had angered his lovers, he gave me another warning.

"Rachel, don't you think you're taking yourself too seriously!"

"Haven't I told you what happens when you upset them?"