as sharp with cold, each b

ht before my e

h Miller, a tech prodigy,

roken body on a fro

my own fianc

hattered, twisted into unnatural angles. A final, precise blow t

ft me f

, a slow, creeping numbness t

found me, suffering from se

ds of the medics, the rush

ile brightness

erful CEO of Miller Corp, was th

her assistant, her voice like ice. "

She swore to call

the chaos, a flicker of hope wa

operating room, I

unconscious, but I

"I just wanted them to rough him up a little, to

d sil

s voice, devoi

e and his father were g

, colder than the

position," she continued. "Ale

rother. The son sh

ll send Noah abroad. I' ll make sure he' s compensated,

mily wasn' t a family.

talking, justifyin

. His father, David, even offered him company shares. Can you be

swung open. A doctor' s v

his lower body is critical. Any delay, and he' ll lose ever

ice was chi

his ability to

, too," the doctor

ther

inherit the company anyway. His abil

ame from Emily, but

o do," Susan said, her voice dis

rgery. They were choosin

that drowned out the physical pain. My mo

knew

raised in luxury. But it was also fo

one who switched me, her true biological son, with his own child at birth. He condemned

correcting the wrong, she merely banished Robert and kept Al

g to her reflection, a whisper in the dar

ronged by him. Sh

rage shot throu

ng with fake affection. She stroked my hair. "My poor baby. Don' t worry, Mom

isy was su

not that I could see anyt

a lie. My fu

point of ev