Chapter 5

Those eyes, dark and dull, hollow as if the sky without end, locked firmly on Mrs. Riddle, cold and piercing.

Mrs. Riddle's face gradually turned pale as she was creeped out by these eyes.

Selena revealed a warmless smile and said in a cold tone, "Since you love being an animal so much, I will definitely arrange a good place for you in the future, to ensure that you and them will be inseparable for the rest of your life."

Mrs. Riddle shuddered sharply, looking at her stepdaughter, who had suddenly become a stranger, with more than unease in her heart.

At this moment, Leah Riddle, carrying a bag, stood at the entrance of the staircase. She was wearing a long aqua dress and her make-up was exquisite. She looked at Selena's face with deep jealousy.

Her features were not as delicate as Selena's, but she had her own air. It seemed that whenever and wherever there was a mist of water in her eyes, which looked hazy in a beautiful way and made people want to take care of her.

Leah smiled brightly, "Sis, do you think my outfit is beautiful? The dress and the bag are both Chanel customs. Dominic sent them especially to make me happy."

Her eyes carried a deep sense of complacency, "It's a pity that you were so close to becoming Dominic's wife, but after that scandal, you failed in your last step. But it doesn't matter, although you can't become Dominic's wife, I will definitely help you find a 'good man'. I will not let you be alone for the rest of your life."

However, listening to Leah's unconcealed words of bragging, Selena still looked aloof.

Looking at Selena's impassive face, which was not as stoic and painful as usual, surprise swept across Leah's eyes.

As if remembering something, she added in a soft voice.

"How did you recover from your injury, Sis? I wasn't hurt very badly, but Dominic had to accompany me to the hospital, and got me a vip ward to take care of me personally. and the food was made on specially tailored recipes. He even didn't allow me to go out for air by my self."

Selena stared at her and asked an unexpected question, "How much did you sell me for?"

The scandal happened on Selena's birthday. She waited for Dominic in the hotel with great anticipation for a whole day, but Dominic never showed up because Leah was sick.

Selena waited until late at night, but Dominic did not appear in the end. In great sadness, she drank some wine bitterly, but didn't find that the wine was spiked.

Even more coincidentally, there happened to be a couple of men barging in as the drug was kicking in, and the security guards ignored her outcry for help.

Although Selena managed to escape in the end, the photo of her running away in the street was taken, and the angle was so tricky that it was food for some imagination.

If Selena had not been lucky that day, she would have been raped, and she would have lost her reputation and become no worse than dead.

But now it was no better, disliked by the man she loved, repudiated, infamous, and even dead.

Not a bit of a way out for a chance at life was left for the damsel in distress.

'That's cruel!'

Leah smiled and was just about to speak, but she saw Dominic, who had just entered the house, and her showiness abruptly faded.

Her face was instantly covered with teardrops, her voice was full of self-blame and guilt, and she reached out for Selena's hand. "I'm sorry, that day was my fault, I shouldn't have gotten sick, I shouldn't have bothered Dominic, I shouldn't have failed to go with you for your birthday. If I knew something like this would happen, I would have never..."

Selena frowned and smacked the hand away.

This hand belonged to the person who got her beaten, scolded and disgusted every time when it reached out to the real Selena.

Selena's reputation for malevolence is all due to this hand.

She hit it hard with all the strength she could muster.

The loud sound hurt to hear.

The back of Leah's hand was red and she cried out in pain, her tears falling sharply and fiercely.

At the same time, two shocked and angry voices came from behind Selena, "Leah! Leah!"

Mrs. Riddle and Dominic rushed over.

Seeing the redness and swelling on the back of Leah's hand, Mrs. Riddle's eyes turned red, she looked at Selena angrily and slapped her across the face.

"Do you have any conscience? Your father wanted to kick you out for doing such a scandalous thing, and it was only after Leah cried and begged that she was able to convince your father. You are ungrateful. Look how you have returned the favor! You are hopeless."

Selena stepped back in time, but her cheek was still cut with blood by Mrs. Riddle's long nails, and she licked her lips, savouring a salty taste.

That was blood.

Mrs. Riddle's eyes were vicious and her face was twisted. "Get out! Get the hell out of here right now!"

Dominic cupped Leah's hand and glared back at Selena, wanting to eat her alive.

However, the moment his gaze touched Selena's face, he was abruptly stunned.

The girl was beautiful with her delicate features. Her fair skin was even whiter than snowflakes, and her long curly hair hung over her thin shoulders. She had a nobility about her as she stood still.

'This is Selena?'

Dominic was deeply shocked. When Selena ran after him, she had been heavily groomed. He had almost forgotten what Selena originally looked like. To his surprise, to have her heavy make-up removed, her real face would be so beautiful.

Seeing this, Leah was jealous. With teardrops in her eyes, she said stoic and aggrieved, "Mom, Dominic, I'm fine, my sister didn't mean it, because she just encountered those things. She's in a bad mood, so we have to be more tolerant of her."

Mrs. Riddle said angrily, "Leah, don't explain for her, we all saw it. This woman is self-absorbed and doesn't deserve any sympathy at all!"

Selena raised her eyebrows. In the past eighteen years of her life, she had not come into contact with a second woman like Leah, outwardly benign but inwardly vicious, making full use of her advantages to use those around her to hurt people and get what she want.

This woman was a born actress.

As she had done so for countless times in the past to the real Selena, it was such a trick to fake her kindness and Selena's viciousness that made Mrs. Riddle hate Selena and made her fiancé, Dominic, speak ill of Selena. This was this woman's specialty.

Sooner or later she would help the innocent girl who had died in vain to tear off the mask of Leah’s disguise.

Selena was not interested in continuing to watch the drama. She had more important things to do when she came here today.

Dominic was annoyed to see her just walk away with a look that was completely devoid of the infatuation and coquetry she had shown him in the past. "Selena, apologize to Leah!"

Selena stopped walking and looked back at him, and the mockery and chill in her eyes creeped Dominic out.

Her lips curled into a smile as she looked coldly at him and Leah and cursed out， “An asshole and a bitch. What a couple!”