Chapter 1

On our eighth wedding anniversary, I was kidnapped.

When I called my husband Aaron to ask for ransom money,

He was at the hospital with his mistress Siena for a prenatal checkup, and his tone was very impatient: "Estelle, didn't you say you wanted a divorce? Now you're using this trick to deceive me?"

"Kidnapped... Wait until you're dead before calling me to collect your corpse!"

After hanging up, he immediately blocked me.

To force him to show up, the kidnappers live-streamed for three days, demonstrating the process of torturing me.

But Aaron still thought I was acting, and instead took Siena's hand and gave her a wedding of the century.

Later, my body was finally found by the police.

But Aaron, who had always treated me like a worn-out shoe, went completely insane.

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After the twenty-fifth unanswered call, I finally realized that Aaron had truly blocked me.

The kidnappers beside me had also run out of patience. They pinned me against the wall and used a utility knife to carve a long, bloody gash across my face.

"Useless piece of trash. Can't even get your own husband on the phone. We were hoping to ask for more ransom money, but now, you bitch, I might just kill you. How about that?"

Terrified, my body went limp. The intense pain made me beg, "Let me try again, please. I can contact someone else for the ransom..."

The kidnappers exchanged glances upon hearing this, and after a moment's hesitation, they skeptically handed me the phone.

I quickly contacted Aaron's secretary, my best friend Siena.

"Siena, I've been kidnapped. Aaron doesn't believe me. Please, I'm begging you to pay the ransom!"

But in the next second, my heart sank to the pit of my stomach.

The voice on the other end of the line was none other than Aaron's.

"Are you ever going to stop? Couldn't fool me, so now you're asking Siena for money? When will this end?"

Before I could speak, Siena's voice came through clearly, "Sweetheart, who are you talking to? The doctor says our baby is very healthy!"

In disbelief, I questioned out loud, "What do you mean?""Siena! I trusted you as my best friend, and you betrayed me!"

A while back, I discovered Aaron was cheating.

He was always chatting with some woman late at night, and the content was despicable.

But that WhatsApp account was a burner, and I couldn't trace it no matter how hard I tried.

I threatened divorce, but Aaron still refused to say who it was, and he promptly moved out.

To my shock, the other woman turned out to be my most trusted girlfriend!

Siena was silent for a moment, then said pitifully, "I love Aaron. It was all my idea. If you want to blame someone, blame me. He's not at fault."

Aaron defended her, saying, "What's there to apologize for? A woman like Estelle who's full of lies doesn't deserve your tears."

With that, he hung up again and blocked my number.

As my last shred of hope vanished, my heart twisted in agony. I begged the kidnappers for more time.

But they just started a livestream, grinning wickedly at me.

"Your husband doesn't believe you, right? Well, let us help you prove it."

They deliberately began slicing off my fingers, tossing them carelessly on the ground to feed the dogs.

More and more people joined the livestream, many frantically spamming the chat: "Is this real? It's terrifying! Someone call the police!"

"Find Aaron..."How could Mr. Shaw be associated with someone like that?"

Aaron was the wealthiest man in A City and well-known for his charitable work. Almost everyone in the area knew who he was.

He had always been reluctant to make our marriage public, so these people didn't believe I was his wife.

Someone, unable to watch any longer, called out to the kidnappers, "You've got the wrong person. Don't hurt her! Mr. Shaw just announced his wedding to Siena, it's happening in three days!"