Scarlett first caught a familiar scent of laurel and mint.
She opened her eyes, and the familiar yet strange four-poster bed came into view. The silk sheets quietly clung to her body, and daylight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
She stood up and gazed out the window, lost in thought for a moment.
She was really back, back
to her childhood home.
These days, every time she woke up, it took her a while to get used to everything.
Her father had done everything he could to provide the best for her.
In her childhood, her father made countless enemies due to his business dealings, and she was frequently kidnapped.
The most dangerous incident occurred when she was thirteen.
To escape from the kidnappers' den, she jumped alone from a six-story building.
The kidnap
