In public, she was the noble daughter of the Muller family and the enviable young mistress of the Carrell family. But behind the scenes, she was a poor maid who had to wear a mask all day long and struggled for her livelihood.

Due to a conspiracy, she was forced to marry Ralph Carrell, son of the most powerful family in Northfield, in the name of Rayna Muller.

After the wedding, Ralph doted on her.

When Rayna showed up and claimed the place, she shed all her glory and left. She thought she would never see Ralph again, but Ralph took her into his arms and said, "Mrs. Carrell, you are not running away from me."

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I screamed once the silver came in contact with my skin. Ripples of searing pain went throughout my body. I could feel the skin on my neck peeling away and blood oozing out.

Oscar just stood there, watching.

I made a move and threw my self at him, trying to knock him over but he moved farther away so I was barely able to touch him. I screamed once again when the chains pulled me back.

He went back up to the wall and grabbed two more chains. They had hand cuffs attached to the ends of them. I backed up to the wall, crying and put my hands behind my back so he couldn't get to them.

"Please. Don't do this to me! I'll be better. I won't disrespect you anymore!" I begged but he didn't listen. He continued to walk over to me.

With much struggle, he finally was able to peel my hands away from behind my back. I tried to pull my hands out of his grip but he was too strong. "Hold still," He grunted out while trying to put the cuffs on my hands.

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