Chapter 1

My fiancé took me to Las Vegas.

I thought it was a vacation.

A week later, I was locked in an underground casino, beaten bloody, and left behind to pay off his debt.

He ran away with my foster sister.

They thought I was finished.

But when we met again,

I kissed the casino’s owner—

right in front of him.

"Where's that bitch? Bring her to me!"

I cowered in the corner of the room, trembling. The locked door was being kicked in, one forceful blow after another.

A week ago, I never would have imagined that the Las Vegas trip my fiancé planned would lead me to an underground casino. He and Vivian gambled recklessly day and night, but in the end, I was the one who suffered the consequences.

With a loud crash, the door flew open. Several burly men in black clothes rushed in.

I held up a lamp to shield myself, looking at them fearfully. "Please don't come any closer. Ethan has gone to get money. He'll pay off the debt soon!"

The leader spat on the ground contemptuously. "Stop lying to me, girl. I fell for your trick last night, thinking they'd pay up if we kept you here. But that bastard ran off with his girlfriend!"

"What? They abandoned me and ran away?"

"Don't play dumb. I bet you're all in on this scheme together!"

Cold sweat trickled down my forehead. The "bastard" their leader mentioned was my fiancé Ethan, and the woman who left with him was Vivian, my foster sister who had taken my place in the family for over a decade.

They had actually conspired to leave me stranded here alone?

"Boss, stop wasting time talking. Let's teach this little bitch a lesson."

At the leader's signal, several thugs surrounded me. With a flick of their wrists, they knocked the lamp out of my hands and roughly pinned me to the table.

"Don't touch me! Get away!" In my struggle, I accidentally kicked one of them in the shin. Immediately, a hand slapped me hard across the face.

My cheek swelled instantly, and I tasted blood in my mouth. These men were brutal - if I didn't think of something fast, I might actually die here!

The leader approached me with a whip, tapping my face with the handle. "Behave yourself. I'll show you what happens when you don't pay your debts!"

"Please, I have money! I can pay off the debt, just let me go!"

"You think I'd still believe that crap? If you really had money, why would they leave you behind?"

As I frantically searched for a way out, I noticed the leader's phone screen. There was a contact labeled "Casino Owner". When I saw the number, my eyes widened in shock.

I knew that number by heart - it was Julian's!