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Capítulo 1: Eldest Miss Jiang (1)

It was a deep night during winter, and everything in sight was frozen.

As the cold winter breeze passed, Adrienne's dark room was suddenly lit by a lone candle from one of the servants. It flickered a few times before going out. The old woman gasped upon seeing her standing outside the balcony wearing nothing but her thin nightdress.

"Madam, you should go to rest." She said, helping Adrienne to return inside.

Adrienne looked at her, allowing her attendant to drag her back inside.

"It doesn't matter." Adrienne said, with a hint of melancholy in her voice. "You should go and rest. I want to sleep now. I'm sorry for keeping you up this late."

The old woman's eyes looked at her with pity. It had been ten years since Adrienne Jiang married their master, but it seemed like several decades had passed, and her madam had lost her beauty and the will to live.

Once Adrienne was on the bed, the old woman withdrew and left but not before giving her one last pitiful look. As she watched the last person who cared for her leave, her lips curled into a slight smile. She had endured this far but failed to save her mother's life.

She wouldn't mind if she perished now and followed her mother in the afterlife. It would be better than being imprisoned in this place, never to see the world again. Her days and nights remained the same, like an endless cycle.

At the tender age of fifteen, her mother was involved in a nasty car accident, putting her in a vegetative state. She was the only one who believed that her mother would wake up one day. A year after her mother fell into a coma; her father remarried after convincing the doctors to declare her mother mentally incapacitated, never able to wake up.

It was only then it was revealed that he'd been keeping a mistress, fathering another daughter the same age as her as a result of their affair. Adrienne felt betrayed and hurt in her mother's stead, seeing her father turn into this horrible character.

She thought her older brother, Cayden, would at least side with her in her decision to keep her mother alive, but he didn't. This left Adrienne baffled by his sudden change. Her new stepmother had her claws so deep in him that her brother had sided with them and defended them against her. She never understood what that vicious mother and daughter had over him, but Adrienne could barely recognize the brother she grew up with.

When she turned eighteen, Adrienne left home and started working part-time while attending school. It had been hard at first, but her newfound freedom had allowed her to see the world beyond luxury and wealth. She learned that being poor gave one very minimal options.

However, leaving the Jiang household didn't mean that she was safe from her stepmother and sister's scheming. No matter where she goes, the pair would always find someone to bribe to make her life miserable. She had almost lost her innocence to someone when Elise set her up.

If Alistair Han didn't appear that day, Adrienne knew she wouldn't have been able to move forward. However, it had also sealed her fate, effectively binding her to him. She never thought the man she'd been having a huge crush on would be interested in her.

At the age of twenty-one, she married her best friend's brother, Alistair Han, not out of love, but out of the need to finance her mother's medical needs. After their marriage, her husband spoiled her rotten with material things and ordered an expert to care for her mother.

It felt like a fairytale being played in front of her. That he was a glimmer of hope in her darkness. She had foolishly thought that this man had come to save her from her miserable life, but who would have thought that she would be no different from a pet being kept unwillingly in a cage?

Alas, Myrtle had once warned her that it would be good for her to distance herself from her older brother. Adrienne thought that the two siblings never got along because of their different mothers, but it wasn't the case at all.

Alistair had kept her against her will, unwilling to leave her unattended or without knowing where she could be. At first, she thought it was endearing that he was starting to care for her, but it was just the start of her misery.

No matter how she begged and bargained with him, it didn't stop Alistair. He went as far as forcing himself on her even when she didn't want to. She had never seen him in the same light again and could only feel disgust and hatred toward him.

Since then, Adrienne had ignored his attempts to reconcile. Her dream was shattered, pulling her back from the harsh reality she'd been trying to escape. Her mother's health had worsened as she frequently had infections, and as much as Adrienne wanted to divorce her husband, she couldn't because her mother's welfare relied on his help.

She shut her eyes, but Adrienne couldn't stop the memories from playing in her mind. In the end, her mother passed away in her sleep, proving that all her efforts had been futile. Now, she was trapped inside this mansion, feeling alone and worthless. She could feel nothing else but resentment and a void in her heart.

Her dream was already thrown to the wind the moment her mother fell into a coma. She couldn't finish her studies because she hurriedly married Alistair despite the disapproval of Myrtle, her best friend. She wondered if things would have turned differently had she declined his proposition.

It didn't take long before Adrienne fell asleep. A single tear rolled down her cheeks, regretting all the wrong decisions, her hate towards those who wronged her continued to intensify. Alas, in the end, she couldn't blame anyone but herself. However, if given a chance to rectify her mistakes, she would take revenge into her own hands.


Capítulo 2: Eldest Miss Jiang (2)

The next moment Adrienne regained her consciousness; the first thing she noticed was that she wasn't seeing the familiar scenery from her balcony. Instead, she noticed that she was in a moving vehicle. The scenery was moving too fast to her liking, making her feel dizzy and nauseous at the same time.

"Mr. Han would have our heads once he found out we've taken this bitch out of his lair." She heard her stepsister, Elise Jiang says with irritation.

"You worry too much, Elise. It would be too late for him to find her even if he found out." Cayden replied, followed by their mother's laugh. He pressed the accelerator harder, making Adrienne feel worse. Whatever these three were up to, she knew that she could only expect the worst.

"Can't you two stop bickering? Do not spoil my night."

Camilla Yan couldn't suppress the smile spreading on her lips as she thought about how they could finally get rid of Rosemary's daughter once and for all. She had endured this long and could finally live as Madam Jiang without hesitation. For as long as she could remember, she had lived with the dark shadow of the eldest miss of the Jiang family lurking, causing her to be cast aside by everyone.

Adrienne, who had a striking resemblance to her mother, irritated Camilla the most. It was as if she was facing the young Rosemary all over again.

It was hard for Adrienne to keep up with their words. She kept slipping in and out of her consciousness and had no idea where she was being taken to. It wasn't until a few hours later did she crack her eyes open and found that the moon had risen again.

The snow had finally ceased falling but left a heavy blanket on the city and neighboring towns. The window beside her was rolled down, allowing Adrienne to take a look at where she was.

Unlike when she woke up late at night at the Han Mansion, Adrienne could see the moon better as the sky was clearer here. She wasn't sure where the trio had taken her, but as she glanced outside the car's windshield, she could see the night lights from the city below her, glittering like the stars up the sky. She was confused as to why she was seated in the driver's seat now.

Adrienne opened her mouth, but she found it hard to breathe. Her throat felt dry and aching. She was extremely parched, and it didn't help that she was malnourished. She wasn't sure how the three managed to smuggle her out of Alistair's watch. He was probably aware of her disappearance and was looking frantically for her.

"Look, the sleeping beauty finally woke up." Cayden leaned against the door—a lit cigarette between his lips as he looked at her with mockery.

Behind him, Adrienne saw their stepmother and Elise appeared. Elise frowned as if she was impatient for something, while Camilla was obviously in a good mood.

"What do you want from me?" Adrienne hissed at them, her eyes filled with hatred toward these people who wronged her mother.

"You are in no position to act so haughty towards us, dear sister. If anything, your foolishness has caused you to end up like this." Elise's sarcastic voice reached Adrienne's ears.

Upon hearing this, hatred flashed in Adrienne's eyes. Of course, she knew that, but it wouldn't change the fact that these three had gone overboard to make her life miserable since her father remarried.

She knelt before her heartless father, but he didn't relent to her pleading. Instead, he wrapped his arm around Camilla's waist, and she leaned her head against him, looking as if they were a loving couple. It made Adrienne wonder if her father ever loved her mother, given how easy it was for him to give up on her and marry another woman.

He hardened his face, glared at her, and said, "Weren't you the one who chose to keep her on life support? You even went as far as going against my wish and declared that you are not part of this family. Addie, it's time for you to let your mother go. It's been years, and there is no sign of improvement in her. You are only making this difficult for us. Stop making a fool of yourself and get up. I won't spend another dime on your mother. You should know when to give up."

Angry tears rolled down Adrienne's face. Her gaze then moved to Camilla, who was smiling at her with satisfaction while she was on her knees, desperately crying for help. Her heart sank at her father's dismissal. Something within her shattered, and Adrienne was never the same again.

Seeing the change in her expression, Elise looked pleased, and the corner of her mouth lifted.

"See, dear sister. I don't understand what Alistair Han sees in you, but even he cannot stop your death now. There's not much time left."

Adrienne shifted her gaze to her older brother, feeling betrayed that he allowed these wicked people to harm her to this extent. Couldn't he see how rotten this mother and daughter pair were?

When did their relationship start to deteriorate to this extent? She had seen how Cayden treated Elise and he had never once treated her with that level of care. He'd treated Elise more like a doting older brother compared to her, his actual sister. She couldn't fathom what made her brother act like this.

Meeting her gaze, Cayden scoffed and laughed, sending a shiver down Adrienne's spine.

"You are still as stupid as ever. You still can't put the pieces together, can you? No wonder you're about to lose everything now. I'm not Rosemary Zhao's real son and your birth shouldn't have happened in the first place. You are a mistake that needs to be rid of once and for all..."

Adrienne felt like she had been hit by lightning right then and there. She stared at her brother in shock and disbelief. Everything made sense to her now, but it was too late.


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