Chapter 2

Seeing what happened, Joe and Margaret told Chloe to leave immediately so she wouldn't miss her big chance to meet him.

"Joe, Margaret, please help me..."

"Help you? Not a chance! You ungrateful little brat, we wasted all these years raising you."

"Dying now is actually convenient. Consider it paying us back for raising you."

With that, they walked down, grabbed my head viciously, and slammed it against the hard floor.

"Die! Die, you ungrateful wretch! Want to stop us from getting rich? Maybe in your next life!"

My eyes went wide, tears of blood rolling down my face.

I wasn't their biological daughter at all.

The family I had loved with all my heart wanted nothing more than to see me dead.

Joe and Margaret went into a frenzied rage, slamming my head until I drew my last breath.

I was still lost in the horrifying memory, but the sorrow in my eyes had already turned into cold hatred.

Chloe's voice snapped me back to reality.

"Hannah, what's with that look? If you're green with envy, just say it. I won't hold it against you. After all, not just anyone has what it takes to catch the eye of a handsome, wealthy man. Who knows, maybe when I'm in a good mood, I'll even have my boyfriend throw a little charity your way."

Envy and jealousy? Far from it. Hatred, on the other hand, was very real!

I suppressed my emotions, putting on a hurt, meek expression.

"Chloe, you're misunderstanding me. I'm genuinely happy that you found such an amazing boyfriend. You two are a match made in heaven. You were born for a life of luxury. There's no way I would ever stand in the way of your happiness."

Don't worry. In this life, I won't play the fool ever again!

Not only that, but I'm going to watch you all plunge straight into the abyss of your own making!

Joe, Margaret, and Chloe were easily flattered by my sweet words and stopped giving me a hard time.

That night, while Joe, Margaret, and Chloe went out for a walk, I slipped into Joe and Margaret's bedroom.

Logically speaking, an adoption from an orphanage would have official paperwork.

I had to find it! That was the only way to uncover my true origins.

I searched through the organizer in their closet.

Important family documents were usually kept there.

Finally, in a manila envelope, I found my adoption certificate.

It listed "Sunshine Children's Home."

Noted. I snapped photos of all the papers and prepared to slide them back into the envelope.

Right then, the words "Accidental Death Insurance" caught my eye.

A terrible feeling washed over me.

Sure enough, it was a life insurance policy Joe and Margaret had taken out on me, with a payout of twenty million.

The words Joe and Margaret yelled before killing me in my past life echoed in my head.

"Consider it paying us back for raising you..."

So that was what they meant!

If I died in an accident, they wouldn't just be rid of a daughter they despised—they would also walk away with a massive fortune.

A chill swept through me, leaving me trembling from head to toe.

No matter what, they had always intended for me to die. It was only a matter of time.

I forced myself to steady my breath and put everything back exactly as it was.