Hearing that, I completely broke down.
Ever since my parents died, I had seen every shade of human nature. The good, the ugly, the cold.
The only people who ever treated me with kindness were the Vile family.
But I always remembered what my parents told me. No matter what happens, don't burden others unless you absolutely have to.
The Vile family kept rising higher and higher, and I knew the gap between me and Ethan, my childhood neighbor, only kept growing. I didn't dare get too close.
If it weren't for escaping Zane, I probably never would've gone to Vile Group.
But after all these years, he hadn't changed at all.
Maybe Ethan saw right through me. He reached out and gently patted my head.
"Don't worry. I won't let anyone hurt you for nothing."
For a second, I thought I saw somet
