She refused to accept it.
Why? Why had her life ended up like this? She had only wanted happiness and a better life.
Scarlett’s eyes slowly turned unhinged.
She went to a convenience store and bought the cheapest bulk liquor she could find, along with a lighter.
A voice inside her screamed that it couldn’t end like this—she wouldn’t be the only one going to hell.
That night, she broke into Julian’s villa.
The Rivers family had gone bankrupt, and Julian had dismissed all the servants.
But he hadn’t changed the door code—he probably hadn’t even thought to, since the house was going to be auctioned off anyway.
Scarlett clenched the bottle in her hand and moved forward step by step.
Then she twisted open the cap and doused herself in alcohol.
She pulled out the lighter, rushed into J
