Betrayal and Vengeance

intern secretary and insisted on

ure your position as the heir of Trivett fami

nd tragically committed suici

g he did as the heir was divorce

hat you ow

, it was my twenty-s

ed me what m

d Verena a long a

on a ra

the beautiful autumn scenery, b

e steps, leaving

e wasn't s

the stairs himse

a sound, yet I still asked, unwilling to

t under

close, and Colten and I had

helped him secure his position in

d causing my family's downfall, leading t

clung desperately

ad wronged him, even though he was

hat you ow

rough grit

re

a Mar

r, and it took me a mom

delicate face em

elp but laug

yea

rs, yet Colten had n

h on me, on the en

you reall

ol

Colten had already grip

ly being squeeze

of my mouth, resembling the red

having a hea

rain disa

floor v

ar, and guests

rthday party, also my enga

I closed my eyes and opened the

ive, but I was ba

ing, and my father had entered the t

en and I were n

ind me spoke with schadenfreude. "Yesterday, Colten admitt

to confront that perso

admitting his secreta

usiness, was drugged by a competitor. Verena sa

s his true love and wanted to g

e media had caught them

sense. You and Colten have been child

best friend and

ame to an a

t she want

, I woke u

to reflect on th

suddenly reminded me.

lten approaching me,

hind me quickl

I grew up

our families had already

ed me, he was the firs

d got punished, I was th

uld have doubted that I

y-second birthday, he

r and delicate

eaning in to spe

n turning panicked and flustered,

e at a ninety-

the same as in m

eyelash, about to f

her pitiful appearance

arranged for family advantage,

y heart ache, but not en

idn't cry or make a scene. I just advised him for t

n with no work experienc

marriage with her, and it'l

as well wait, an

in veile

me the heir, wouldn't he be

isaster for Verena, but the

n Verena bowed, I hu

Seeing no one paid her any mind, she d

loudly as she hit her head

nd tugged at

ts today, all lookin

zed her

as the

face was already

ment, Verena's for

she evoked a sense of pi

hen at me, biting her lip, an

d up the wine gla

us about how far she

s was c

rena was p

ct, and even in my past life, her suicide a

I heard her voice, as

e pleaded

orphan. Without some ploy of self-h

ll use another pl

my background, his family woul

me, so I must do somethin

me one m

ump, Colten will remember

so prete

d Colten,

ooled all

n why he was so in

principal line, so everyon

but only because of my f

eren't a Trivett, wou

n stumped me

ounds, we wouldn't have grown up togeth

ly loves me and is willing

d I refuse su

st convinc

mily, I had always been cauti

sider the family. I wouldn't easi

oked another

r poisoned, Verena had made

e a connection with someone

" Colten

m fell

looking up at me

ning wa

ment, making me a laughi

speak, she w

t matter

ind if she

slightly, sipping t

ending down to knock her he

enly steppe

e wine glass

n't go t

ow the Dixon fa

, and the surrounding

tly touching her forehea

now, I'll pretend

laughed o

naive ba

s, I called Colten that day,

to be wary

day, Vere

eally

o her death because she nev

you warned me, or I woul

ught he had forgo

always hated b

his de

e thought I was the

are yo

I'm the one who wants to

I won't hold her hea

n, unable to help

ave been

hought he

s are insi

ask a pass

acefully in

lowed clos

you goin

complain

ored

door, Colten was st

ecause you're a Dixon, y

marry Verena; there's

to look a

he was born

ad been to

hat a capable wife

o cold, and Colten was

aid, "Kay, what's going on with

lled with disti

"Curtis, today is my birthday

a are in love, a

to ruin their g

off the engageme

ell silent