After sitting on the bus for more than an hour at night, Scarlett arrived home at Rylie Villa, and the rain had stopped. Her clothes were half-dried by the wind. The slightly damp fabric was attached to her body, revealing her delicate curves, and it looked very inappropriate.
Scarlett stood at the gate and found her family of five all sitting in the living room with different facial expressions.
The eldest daughter, Jean Reed, was sitting on the corner of the sofa and weeping with her head down. Julie Reed and Katherine Lawrence were comforting her in a low voice. Jared Reed was walking around the living room restlessly. The only son, Thomas Reed, was sitting on the sofa and looking at his phone with a frown.
However, the moment they saw Scarlett, they all looked disgusted.
Scarlett suppressed the bitterness in her heart and greeted Jared, "Dad, why did you ask me to come over so late..."
Before finishing her sentence, Jared grabbed a coffee cup and smashed it at her.
Scarlett subconsciously turned sideways to dodge it. The coffee cup landed on the snow carpet behind her, and the coffee spilled all over the floor.
It would have been easy for her to dodge a coffee cup, but her aching body was not flexible enough. The coffee cup rubbed the gunshot wound in her ear. Her eyes reddened in pain, and she almost burst into tears.
"Oh, the long-haired carpet I just changed. My classmate is coming over tomorrow and I specially changed it." Julie looked at the coffee-stained carpet with great distress, and scolded Scarlett fiercely, "It’s all your fault! Oh, my carpet!"
This was her younger sister. Scarlett glanced at Julie sarcastically, and finally chose to ignore her. She looked at Jared, and said indifferently, "Dad, why did you ask me to come back home so late?"
"Look!" Jared threw a photo at her face and yelled, "You bastard, if I had known you could do these nasty things, I should’ve had your hands and feet chopped off by the traffickers."
His sharp words hurt Scarlett's heart, but she couldn't care less about the pain now because the indecent images of a man and a woman in bed were stimulating her senses, and the woman in the photo was her.
Every photo showed her face clearly, and her expression in each photo deeply hurt her. She thought of the man's voice in her ear, "Remember how you are going to feel... "
His words gradually became more apparent, "Girl, I remember your taste, and I will see you again."
"How... how could..." Scarlett's hand was shaking as she held the photos. She grabbed Jared's arm and asked in a trembling voice, "Where did the photos come from? Where did they come from?"
She lost control of her strength because she was excited. Jared's arm hurt, and his hideous face became angrier and angrier, "Are you trying to kill me? Huh?"
"Scarlett, what are you doing?" Katherine stepped forward hurriedly to support Jared and snapped, "He is your father. Are you even going to kill your father?"
Scarlett was stunned for a moment. Then she suddenly collected herself, let go of his hand, and said in a low voice, "Someone is trying to hurt me."
She didn't think about it, but it was so obvious now. The photos of what just happened were sent to her family, and someone must have planned to hurt her.
Jared sneered, "You did the filthy things, and you’re now claiming that someone is trying to hurt you? Who do you think you are?"
"That's right." Julie looked disdainful, "They should have posted your photos on the Internet if they want to hurt you. Why did they send them to Dad? It's obvious that you were caught when you slept with a man for money, and someone is now threatening Dad and our family."
Scarlett angrily said, "I didn't."
"You are lying!" Julie sneered, "Or why did you go to a man's room in uniform?" She looked at Scarlett's clothes with disdain, "Why are you walking around in men's clothes at night?"
"It was an accident." Scarlett looked at Jared. "Dad, please trust me. I'll find out who is trying to hurt me."
"It doesn't make sense." Jared interrupted her coldly, "The truth is that you slept around and got caught. Mr. Tenton broke off his engagement to Jean tonight."
Scarlett said quickly, "It must be the Tentons. The Tentons wanted to get rid of Jean, so they framed me."
"Julie is right. You were caught because you slept around." Jared interrupted her coldly, "The Reeds and the Tentons will be rivals when the engagement is broken off. Once the Tentons release these photos, the Reeds stock price will plummet, and I need to stop my losses in time."
Scarlett was confused, "What do you mean?"
Jared said indifferently, "I have arranged a marriage for you. Tomorrow I will announce that you are already engaged to Mr. Johnson and the man in the photo is Mr. Johnson. The Johnsons have agreed."
"What?" Scarlett was startled, "The whole world knows that Mr. Johnson went crazy when he was ten."
"That's why it's your chance." Jared gave her a cold look, "Otherwise who would want an unscrupulous woman like you?"
"Dad, I admit that I carelessly brought a crisis to our family this time. I can go and find out the truth, and even..." Scarlett gritted her teeth, "Even you can announce that I’m not your daughter."
"You are not my daughter?" Jared sneered, "When I brought you back from the traffickers, the city was a buzz. Now you want me to say that you’re not my daughter? Do you think everyone else is a fool?"
Scarlett grabbed Jared's arm and said anxiously, "Dad, there must be another way..."
"I'm not discussing it with you." Jared interrupted her coldly, "Think about the people at Woods Hospital!"
Rachel...
Scarlett was stunned for a moment. Then she gradually relaxed her grip on his arm and said, "Okay."
At dawn, the sunlight illuminated the hall on the top floor of Clanden Villa through the floor-to-ceiling windows. There was a wooden tub by the window of the hall and a handsome man was leaning his head slightly against the tub. Beside him sat a man with silver-rimmed glasses who asked solemnly, "Mike, do you not remember it at all?"
"No." Mike Johnson didn't open his eyes, but he couldn’t help thinking of a sleeping face.
"If you don't remember it, why are you blushing?" Brian Maud looked at him curiously, "You remember it, right? How did you feel to lose your virginity?"
Mike gave him a cold look, "There is no need to participate in the auction tomorrow."
"What did I just say?" Brian looked blankly at him with concern, "Are you feeling better? Mrs. Johnson sent a message, saying that the Reeds have agreed to marry their daughter to you. They sent a photo of your fiancée. Do you want to take a look?" He looked at Mike curiously, "Would you like to take a look?"
"Not interested." Mike stood up, and the man who was standing with a towel not far away immediately stepped forward and draped the towel over Mike's body, "Mr. Johnson, don’t catch a cold."
Not getting an answer, Brian got up angrily, "Rossie, you're behaving more and more like a girl."
Rossie said sternly, "I’m an imposing man."
Mike glanced at Brian coldly, "Don't do it again."
Brian surrendered quickly, "I understand. I can't bully your Rossie. I can't even joke with him."
Mike said, "No!"