CHAPTER1:BETRAYAL
In an unknown area,inside an abandoned uncompleted building,Claire lay in a pool of her own blood with not a single patch of unscathed skin on her body she had no idea how much she had been tortured.she would wake up and faint again,in a daze.in her residual consciousness she only remembered she had been released on bail.she was supposed to be taken to her family after coming back from prison to enjoy in service of her maids not suffering in an unknown area.
âHelpââŠâhelp meâ.Claire dug into the cracks of the floor with her nails and body in pain as she called out hoarsely.The door creaked open slowly,Claire shuddered codly and a pair of heels paused in front of her squatted down to her,looking down at her with a smirk on her face and a cold sneer followed.
Youâre still alive,Claire youâre really lucky.The hand that gripped her was soft with nails.forcing her to look up at her.Claire saw who it was and was suprised to see her step sister.Wasnât she sick and depressed in the hospital for she was r***d?claire felt very guilty and worried about her sister everyday.
âClaire now that things have come to light now,let me make it clear to you,âCeline said codly.âThe r****t who violated me was someone I hired with my own money to frame you and get you Imprisoned .from now on I am now the sole heir to Fellenyâs company and the properties at large,Daddyâs princess I am the only heir remaining after I destroy you completelyâ Celine said codly and laughed like a maniac.
Claire couldnât believe it,she burst into another round of tears.âYou want to torture me and take my life because of daddyâs favoritism?âclaire said painfully in disbelief.
âI just donât want your life alone ,I want your name to be cleared out of the society completely ,I will make sure you come down from been called the number one socialite in the society to be the least of all ,your name will be on the floor claire I will make sure your existence dies with you.I also want the inheritance your mother left in ur possession as dowry all to myself ,I want my mom who cannot be able to show her face because sheâs a step mom to be officially called Mrs felleny!âceline said her face twisted in anger and started dragging claire head around while claire face was beyond recognition.
Claireâs hands were filled with blood as she held on to her Celineâs leg,crying uncontrollably.Begging and not understanding why they would do this to her.âI never wanted to compete with you in any way for our fatherâs love.I always treated you like my family,like my sister ,please let me go collin is waiting for me to get married to him completely.
At that moment,a man approached with a cold laugh,gentle and in a refined demeanor.
Celine glanced at the man,smiled and lowered her head to look at Claire,âclaire do u know who this is,take a good look at him.
Claire was so scared to look and had a feeling not look up ,she gritted her teeth and cried uncontrollably again.
âClaire,I have always wanted and loved ur sister all along,I was just planning to use and dump you to get what I want,you were always the stepping stoneâ said collin,claire felt like she had been stricken by lightning.with death looming she had one final question.
Why did u save me in the fire ,years ago?At these words,collin face darkened.He had unknowingly entered the old company to steal something and didnât expect to be trapped in the fire too and rendered unconscious.Before he passed out he saw a small boy in a dark suit carrying and protecting a girl in a pink fluffy gown.
âOh when you get to hell,you could ask the devil for I donât know either!collin said fiercely and cold.
âIf you want me dead,why didnât you leave me in prison to die?âclaire asked in pain
If not because of the ugly animal in the Finâs family,we wouldnât have let u die so easily here.
Claire eyes widened in shock it was himâŠ
He was the second son of the Fin family,who always wore a mask around.if it werenât for the time she rejected him in public she wouldnât have known him at all.
Claire shed more and more tears.
âYou two,take care of her and make sure stop cut her limbs off one by one.Celine said menacingly.âAfter wards sell it and u will be rewarded fiercely and handsomelyâ.
Claire was dragged by her legs,her back scraping the floor and dragging into another pool of her own blood,he clothes torn beyond repair.
Her empty eyes stared at the two of them,numb.
They wonât let her die in peace.A loud bang sounded and shot one of the thugs dead.âwho dares to touch herâ.A cold voice suddenly rang out .Claire eyes suddenly widened,she saw a man in a black mask reflecting a cold aura and lightning.As he approached,it covered her.
Claire was put into a warm embrace by the man that smelled of cologne.
It was himâŠ..Dylan Fin had come to save her.
âOh it was just the bastard of the fins,how dare u come into this place and this you can just take her away like that,itâs not possibleâCeline yelled fiercely.while Claire was held softly to not cause another pain
âCeline do u ever think u can stop me,John(Dylanâs assistant) show her why it will be a problem for her if she tries to stop meâThe cold voice said in hostility.
âItâs you âŠ..you are the famous hidden ceo âŠ.Iâm sorry please I was pushed to it please forgive me and spare me please .it was claire who is supposed to be punished she wronged us and the family please spare usâ collin said trembling
âJohn take them away,let them experience what theyâve put Claire through todayâ dylan said.
âIâm lateâDylan said bitterly.Claire could only touch me softly before she passed.