“We didn’t want to make a big deal out of it
because of the Olsen family’s reputation, but
they said our child was a bastard…”
Danny had already heard all of this from the
bodyguard.
Thinking of the unborn child, Danny’s anger
flared.
He had waited so long for this heir, and it was
a boy!
Lucas ruined everything!
Danny held my hand, trying to suppress his
anger. “Autumn, don’t worry. I’ll get justice for
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“They’re locked up in the dungeon. You can
do whatever you want, as long as it makes
you feel better.”
I said weakly, “Let me see Lucas. I have
something I want to ask him.”
In the Olsen family’s hall.
I was helped by several servants to sit in the
master seat, looking down at Lucas.
Just like he had looked at me before.
Frankly, this scene was ugly.
I was sick and weak, and he was no better
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I was sick and weak, anu ne was no peller
off.
Lucas no longer looked as handsome as he
had when he returned.
His tattered suit was covered in dirt and
stank.
The most noticeable thing was the purple
bruises on his body.
Seeing me, Lucas finally showed some
emotion.
“Autumn…”
Looking at his face, I was instantly reminded
of him killing my child.
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Hatred grew in my heart. I said through
gritted teeth,
“Lucas, if you had listened to me and your
mother at the Lu estate, none of this would
have happened!”
He sneered. “Autumn, you’re lucky to have
hooked up with Danny. Otherwise, you’d be
dead.”
I slowly clenched my fists.
Lucky?
How could Lucas understand my pain and
suffering!
I’m just a defenseless woman. If I hadn’t been
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driven to the brink, I never would have done
such a shameful thing.
Everyone in Capital Hill knew that Lucas’s
love belonged to Sarah.
If their families had been a better match, the
marriage wouldn’t have fallen on my
shoulders.
Sarah looked down on the declining Lu family
and would rather be someone’s mistress than
look at Lucas.
The Shen and Lu families had long arranged a
marriage.
My father didn’t want people to say he was a
snob, so he insisted on sending me to the Lu
family.
On the day of my wedding, my half–sister
came to taunt me. That was when I found out
that she was supposed to be the one getting
married.
But on the day the families arranged the marriage, my stepmother and half–sister shed
some crocodile tears in front of my father,
and I was pushed out as a scapegoat.
When my mother was still alive, she had been suppressed by my stepmother for years.
That’s why I clung to Lucas’s empty promise
and waited for two years.
If the Lu family supported her, my mother’s
life in the Shen family would be better.
At least my father wouldn’t ignore her and let
my stepmother bully her.
But for two years, Lucas disappeared.
All nine hundred and ninety of my messages
went unanswered.
In the end, my mother was tortured to death.
I went back for the funeral and learned that
my father had brought my stepmother home.
The two of them deliberately mistreated my
mother, even locking her in a cold storage
room in the middle of winter.
No one checked on her.
Finally, my mother’s body was found frozen
stiff.
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When my mother was being buried, my father
told me:
My mother was of low status and couldn’t bear a son, so she didn’t deserve to be on the Shen family tree or buried in the Shen family
cemetery.
I never thought that my mother, who had been
married to my father for many years, gave
birth to a daughter for him, and managed the
Shen family for so many years, would end up
like this.
The Shen family was blocking me, and I had
no power.
I had no choice but to take my mother back
to the Lu family.
But my mother–in–law was only thinking
about Lucas and said that my mother’s body was unlucky. She wouldn’t let me in.
Desperate, I went to the temple to pray to the
Buddha.
Ever since I was a child, I often saw my
mother burning incense and praying to
Buddha.
My mother was so devout, Buddha wouldn’t
ignore her, right?
I prayed for mercy and asked for a place for
my mother to rest.
I happened to meet Danny. He was being
assassinated.
I didn’t have time to think and hid him.
Afterward, he was attracted to me and
wanted to keep me as his mistress.
I told him about my situation and asked him
to help me because I saved his life.
Danny agreed.
But he still asked me.
“Autumn, I’ll give you a chance. Do you want
to be with me?”
After all, it was no secret that Lucas loved
Sarah.
I knew how cold–hearted my father was, and
that I had no place in the Lu family.
So, why couldn’t I take a chance for myself?
As Danny’s mistress, I might not have love,
but I could have power.
So I fell into Danny’s arms.
We spent the whole night in the temple’s
guest room.
At that time, I no longer believed in Buddha,
or maybe I did.
This opportunity might be a gift from Buddha.
I just took it.
So I got pregnant.
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At first, Danny didn’t believe it.
He had damaged his body to take control of
the Olsen family. Even the doctor said he
could never have his own children.
But then Doctor Choe examined me and said
that I was naturally fertile.
That’s when Danny believed it and wanted to
marry me.
He would give me anything I wanted.
My mother’s soul had a home, my father and
the Shen family were punished, and my
stepmother and half–sister were kicked out.
I was able to achieve all of this on my own.
The only thing that was good was the baby.
His arrival allowed me to rise to the top.
But then Lucas suddenly came back and
destroyed everything.
I wanted to touch my belly, but it hurt too
much.
“Lucas, did you ever feel any remorse for leaving for Sarah?”
Lucas said, “Why should I feel remorse?”
I said, “You married me into the Lu family,
humiliated me, made me live like a widow for
three years, tried to kick me out as soon as
you got back, and killed my child. How can
you say you didn’t do anything wrong?”
“You were the one who separated me and
Sarah. How can you blame me?”
Hearing what he said, I suddenly became
interested.
The bodyguards threw Sarah in front of me.
She cried out in pain and looked up.
When she saw me, her face twisted.
“Autumn, you bitch! Why are you looking at
me like that?!”
I said calmly, “Because this is the Olsen
family’s territory, and you’re a criminal who
murdered the Olsen family’s heir.‘
Sarah spat out a mouthful of blood and
sneered,
“What Mrs. Olsen? You’re just a slut who
slept with Danny. Otherwise, how could you
be sitting here?!”
I smiled. “That’s my ability. If you’re so
capable, why don’t you try?”
Sarah said, “Don’t think you’ve won by
showing off in front of me.”
“Your husband, Lucas, is just a dog under my
feet.”
