Chapter 4

With the blade I brought, I swiftly cut through the ropes, then kicked the back of his knee. In the blink of an eye, the knife was at his throat.

"Hand over your phone. Nice and easy."

"Now tie yourself up with the rope."

"Or I'll end your life!"

My dad's the most renowned bladesmith in the country.

His diamond-tipped blades can slice through steel like butter.

I've been honing my knife skills with him since I was a kid, along with developing a razor-sharp sense of smell.

The sedative they gave me? Didn't even touch me.

So I knew exactly what they had planned for me.

The guy caught a whiff of his own blood and pissed himself in terror.

He thrashed around wildly.

"H-help... Someone h-help..."

But with the gag I'd stuffed in his mouth, he couldn't even get a full sentence out.

He had no choice but to do as I said.

I snagged his phone, threw on his clothes, and snuck into Damien and Melody's room with my face covered.

These past few days, I've been playing the role of Damien's obedient maid.

All to scout out the layout and find a way into their room.

Using the blade my dad gave me, I quickly disabled the electronic lock on Damien's bedroom door and found the original files he'd planned to use to frame me.After sneaking into Melody's room, I pushed open the hidden door and found the large wooden chest concealed there.

As I opened the wooden chest, a flurry of dust-covered envelopes spilled out.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw the writing on the envelopes.

It wasn't until the early hours of the morning, when Damien tried to call the man again on WeChat but received no answer, that he began to sense something was amiss.

When he called the nanny, she discovered I had vanished without a trace.

The man, his face filled with terror, tearfully recounted my final words:

"That woman said she's going to destroy you all!"

Damien angrily tried to call me, but what he didn't expect was this:

Suddenly, the complete records of my case began circulating online.

Along with the chat logs between Melody and Brent.

Brent was a rising star in the city's tech scene, a man of the moment.

He was also rumored to be Melody's boyfriend.

In the chat logs,

Melody asked Brent,

"If I plead guilty to scamming your fiancée out of $20 million, will you forgive me and be with me?"

Brent coolly replied,

"Sure, if you take the fall for me and show me your true feelings, then I'll decide whether or not to be with you. Words alone are useless.""I only borrowed a little money from her for cashflow, and she's being so petty, wanting to report me to the police."

Melody said, "Alright, I'll hold you to that."

However, when Melody prepared to take the blame, Damien disagreed.

"Melody, I can't let you go to prison. Let me take responsibility for the crime you committed. After I'm released, will you be with me?"

Melody didn't deny it, but sent a confused emoji.

"What do you plan to do?"

The image switched to my chat with Damien.

Damien told me that if I took the fall for him, he would marry me after I got out of prison.

"I know you love me, and I love you too, but I can't let my huge business empire be ruined by going to jail."

"Please help me out. When you're released, I promise to give you the grandest wedding."

However, after I was released, what played was a recording of Damien.

"She really thought I liked her?"

"If it wasn't for Melody, why would I even bother contacting her?"

"If she's willing to sacrifice herself, let her."

"What an idiot. Once she's out, I'll finish her off."

The video ended with a recording of Melody's call with Brent, and a short video clip.