Chapter 2

Aaron and I got together in college.

At first, he was gentle and attentive towards me. I truly believed I had found the best man in the world.

Until our wedding day, when he first met my childhood friend Siena. His attitude towards me subtly changed after that.

I wasn't oblivious to this, but Siena acted with such integrity, swearing repeatedly that I had nothing to worry about.

"Even if I were desperate to get married, I'd never steal my sister's man."

I was deeply touched at the time and chose to believe them.

But recently, after drinking some alcohol Siena gave me, I lost consciousness.

When I opened my eyes again, a strange man was lying next to me, and Aaron walked in on us.

Our relationship was already on thin ice after I'd discovered Aaron's flirty WeChat messages.

This incident threw me off balance when I had been determined to get a divorce.

Aaron wouldn't listen to my explanations. Only Siena was willing to help, inviting me out to talk.

But I was kidnapped on the way there. Only now do I realize this was all Siena's plan.

Now, my life hangs by a thread while they're about to announce their engagement.

Coming back to my senses, I looked at my kidnapper and shook my head helplessly."Aaron doesn't care about me at all, so don't waste your time."

The kidnappers laughed, "Whether he cares or not doesn't matter. We just want the money! For every day Aaron doesn't show up, we'll cut off one of your hands, until we've played you to death."

I was chilled to the bone. To climb the ladder, Siena had actually hired these ruthless criminals to deal with me.

The livestream was in chaos, with many people tagging the Shaw Group's official account, but there was still no response.

In the end, the kidnappers cut off all the fingers on my left hand before casually ending the stream.

I passed out from the pain, my heart filled with despair.

The next day, the kidnappers started streaming again.

The incident had gone viral, and even cybercrime police had come to warn the kidnappers.

But they weren't intimidated at all. "The place we've found isn't somewhere you can easily track. If Aaron doesn't show up by tomorrow, we'll kill her outright!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they started cutting into my right hand.

My voice was hoarse from screaming as I curled up on the ground, letting the vicious dogs tear at me.

But the most devastating thing was that the Shaw Group's official account denied any relationship between Aaron and me.

An employee even came to the livestream to reply, "Our boss has always been single. He's finally found happiness with Secretary Langdon. Don't try to come between them with some random nobody."I felt a sharp pain in my heart. I had contributed to building up the Shaw Group initially, but later Aaron forced me to stay at home as a housewife.

All the old employees had been fired by Aaron, and the new ones didn't know me, which was understandable.

I just never expected they would be so excited about Aaron and Siena's wedding.

Seeing no ransom coming, the kidnappers decided to follow through on their threat on the third day.

My legs were sawed off, and I lay lifeless in a pool of blood.

Only then did they finish, carelessly discarding my body before leaving.

"Damn it, I can't believe Aaron really didn't care about her at all. What a waste of our time!"

"Tell me about it. We thought we could make some extra cash, but this useless bitch was worthless."

Meanwhile, on the other side, the still oblivious Aaron was holding his wedding with Siena.

He gazed lovingly at the woman across from him, about to recite his vows when the police rushed in.

"Mr. Shaw, did you know your wife was tortured and killed on a livestream?"

"We've found her body. Please come with us to identify it!"