Chapter 2 Return for Revenge
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Hearing these words, Sophie’s soul trembled.
She couldn’t believe it—could someone truly love her that much?
After all, even Sophie’s own parents and family wished she would die sooner.
Five years ago, when the Sterling family found Sophie and brought her back, she learned that she was not an orphan after all, but rather the Sterling family’s long-lost biological daughter.
Sophie gave up everything and returned to the family with joy, treating each member of the Sterling family with sincerity.
Yet what did she receive in return?
She was imprisoned by the Sterling family, tortured with drugs. In the end, her body aged and riddled with disease, she departed this world filled with anger, regret, and unwillingness.
Now, the Sterling family had become the richest in Freedomland. Anyone who dared challenge them would be courting death.
And yet this man before her vowed to wipe out the Sterling family for her sake.
Sophie took another careful look at the man, confirming that she had never seen him before.
Still, he was willing to go so far for her?
Who exactly was he?
Before Sophie could clear her thoughts, her vision went black and her soul completely dispersed...
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When Sophie opened her eyes again, she found herself lying on a soft, luxurious bed.
She felt a pounding ache in her head. Lowering her gaze, she saw that her hands were perfectly intact, her skin once again healthy.
Shocked, Sophie immediately jumped out of bed and rushed to the mirror. What she saw was a young, radiant face—completely different from her previously aged appearance.
She remembered that due to the injections, she had fallen gravely ill and aged horribly. How then did she have such a youthful face now?
Sophie’s hands trembled. She could hardly believe it—
She had been reborn, returned to one month after she first came back to the Sterling family.
Sophie made a firm decision: in this life, she would never again experience the suffering of her past life. The humiliations she once endured would never be allowed to happen again.
She would make everyone who had harmed her pay a terrible price.
Suddenly—
Sophie recalled that in her past life, at this very moment, she had drunk a glass of water.
That glass had been spiked with an aphrodisiac, causing her to become embroiled in a scandal.
Sophie quickly took a pill from the bedside cabinet and swallowed it without hesitation.
Just then, a woman’s voice came from the doorway. “Your task is to ruin that b***h Sophie’s innocence. I’ve already knocked her out.”
“Hurry up and get in there. Record everything. I want everyone to see how this slut Sophie is out whoring around. She stands in my way, so she should just die!”
A man let out an evil laugh. “Don’t worry. I love sleeping with pretty women like her. I’ll get the job done. But after it’s done, you have to make sure I can leave safely.”
The woman chuckled, “Of course. I’ve arranged everything to ensure you can leave smoothly without any danger.”
Hearing this conversation, a cold glint flashed in Sophie’s eyes.
She immediately recognized the voice—it belonged to Lydia Everly. Lydia was Isabelle’s close friend, and those two men were the ugly thugs Lydia had hired from outside.
Lydia’s goal was to completely ruin Sophie, making her get expelled from the Sterling family.
In her previous life, Sophie also discovered she had been drugged, so she left the room. As a result, those two men failed to carry out their plan.
However, afterward, these two men suddenly showed up, claiming to be Sophie’s lovers.
Because of this, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling and the seven brothers considered Sophie a slut, disgracing the Sterling family’s reputation.
With Lydia chiming in, the Sterling family never gave Sophie a chance to explain. They condemned her on the spot.
Mr. Sterling, Mrs. Sterling, and the seven brothers never believed Sophie.
Sophie had always treated the Sterling family so well, secretly supporting them, allowing them to become the richest in Freedomland.
Yet in the end, the Sterling family treated her like this.
A bunch of ungrateful wretches!
And Ethan, whose crippled legs Sophie had healed, was foolish enough to say Sophie stole someone else’s credit? That was the biggest joke of all.
At that moment, the two men outside pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Sophie sitting on the bed, they were shocked. “Y-You’re not unconscious?”
Sophie quickly stood up and sprayed some kind of liquid at the two men. While they were weakened, she grabbed each man by the collar and flung them out, then followed up with several kicks.
The two men were kicked flying, screaming, “Ah—!”
Sophie slowly squatted down, took out her phone to record, and patted one of the men’s faces, “Who sent you here?”
The man, aching all over from the kicks, shook his head frantically in fear. “We heard that the real daughter of the Sterling family had returned. We just wanted to come take a look. We didn’t plan anything. Let us go!”
Sophie narrowed her eyes slightly, pulled out a dagger, and held it before the man’s face. “Talk.”
The dagger’s blade was sharp, pressed coldly against his throat.
Feeling the threat of death, the man trembled and said, “Y-You can’t kill us!”
Sophie smiled faintly, then drove the blade into the man’s palm. “I don’t have the patience to waste too much time with you.”
The man’s face turned deathly pale, blood streaming from his wound. He screamed in terror, “I’ll tell you the truth—I’ll tell you everything...”
“It was Miss Everly who ordered us to do it. She told us to rape you, record it, and post it online to destroy your reputation!”
Sophie coldly pressed her foot against the man’s chest, leaning down slowly and asking in a low voice, “What kind of death do you prefer?”
The man’s face was filled with fear. He trembled as he spoke, “I’ve told you everything. You can’t kill us. Please, let us go. We were just following orders.”
Sophie, growing impatient, instantly stabbed both of them to death.
Outside the door, Lydia had her ear pressed against it, trying to catch any sound from inside.
The next moment, the door opened.
Sophie smiled at Lydia. “What are you doing?”
Lydia froze briefly but quickly regained her composure and smiled, “Miss Sterling, you’ve only recently returned to the Sterling family and aren’t familiar with everything here. I came to accompany you and show you around.”
With a smiling face, Lydia stepped forward and linked arms with Sophie, “There’s no need to be afraid. I’ll stay with you. If there’s anything you don’t understand, just ask me.”
Lydia glanced into the room and saw the two men she had arranged lying still, dead with eyes closed. She cursed inwardly, ‘Those worthless fools couldn’t even handle one woman!’
Sophie shook off Lydia’s hand and said coldly, “Don’t touch me. It disgusts me.”
Close to Isabelle, Lydia pretended deep sisterly affection on one hand, while secretly scheming against Sophie on the other. It was truly revolting.
Sophie raised her hand and slapped Lydia’s face hard.
Stunned, Lydia covered her face, unable to believe it. “Why did you hit me?”
“Why did I hit you? Don’t you know?” Sophie raised her hand and slapped her hard again. “Because you’re a b***h!”
Lydia’s face quickly swelled up. She cried out aggrieved, “I came to see how you were, and you actually hit me!”
Sophie lifted the dagger and lightly tapped it against Lydia’s face, her voice cold. “Not only will I hit you, I want your life.”
Lydia’s face turned ashen, her body trembling. “No, you can’t do this to me. You—”
Lydia’s voice abruptly fell silent.
Without hesitation, Sophie slit Lydia’s throat. Blood spurted out, rapidly pooling on the floor.
Lydia’s eyes widened in terror, fear washing over her like a tide. Her body trembled violently. She had no time to make a sound before her life was snuffed out.
With a dull thud, Lydia’s corpse hit the ground heavily.
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