Timothy seemed to look more gleeful when he saw how quiet I was. "I told you that Avery would never abandon me. You may love me, Amelia, but that doesn't mean you can use these dirty tricks to separate Avery and me!"

I smiled bitterly. The years of love and devotion between Timothy and me crumbled into nothing the moment Avery made that statement. I then said, "If you believe that Avery didn't leave you at the altar, then why don't you open up her backpack and see what's inside?"

Avery's expression instantly fell. She hurriedly said, "I'm loyal to Timothy and Timothy only. I don't need to do these pointless things to prove myself!"

I sneered, gazing into Avery's eyes. "In that case, then you wouldn't mind if everyone sees what you have in your bag, would you?"

Timothy glared at me. "Stop trying to separate Avery and me, Amelia. I'm not going to believe in your lies!"

Just then, an onlooker nudged Avery's backpack. It fell to the ground, revealing her clothes and some food she'd packed.

The wedding guests gasped in shock. Avery had clearly packed all her belongings into the backpack.

"She's packed everything from food to clothing. Was she really going to leave her fiance at the altar?"

"Hey, I'd leave the Lane kid, too, if I were her. I heard that he's impotent."

"This Avery lady is quite heartless, huh? Why couldn't she just be upfront about not marrying her fiance? This is so embarrassing for everyone!"

Avery anxiously crouched to hide all the things she'd packed, worried that the guests would see. "Don't you all know it's illegal to look through other people's personal belongings?"

Timothy's expression changed when he saw the scattered items on the floor and heard the gossip from the guests.

"Explain yourself, Avery!" he said, his voice shaking.

Avery grew pale as she stammered out, "I h-have no idea how a-any one of these things got here. You have to believe me, T-Timothy. I do love you! Amelia must've purposely packed these things into my backpack! She's jealous that you love me and is trying to plot against me!

"Think about it, Timothy. How could I have packed all these things just to hike up a mountain and gather some berries? That bitch Amelia must have snuck them in here!"

I knew that Avery would say that, so I went into our house and took out a note that Avery had left. She had written down her feelings about not wanting to marry an impotent man, and so she chose to abandon him.

I thought that Timothy would believe me this time. But he ended up tearing the note up before even reading it. "That's enough, Amelia. I know you are deeply in love with me, but I cannot let myself fall into your trap in both my lives!"

Avery held Dad's and Mom's hands and whispered something to them, which caused them to smile brighter.

I was about to say something when Dad slapped me across the cheek. "First, you throw tantrums at home over wanting to marry Timothy, then you set Avery up? You're going to stay in the basement to repent for your mistakes!"

Mom came over and pinched my ear. "You've ruined our family's reputation, you little brat!"

Avery held onto Dad's hand and cooed, "Not only do we need to lock Amelia up in the basement, we also have to starve her. We have to show her that stealing someone else's fiance is a terrible thing to do!"

I knew that there was nothing I could say to save myself now that they'd come to this conclusion.

Timothy then dragged me into the basement. I quickly bit him hard on the hand.

He hissed painfully and let go. He then glared at me and barked, "Have you gone rabid?"

I ignored him and ran over to Avery.

"If you lock me in the basement, I'll reveal your secret to everyone!" I whispered in her ear.

Avery's eyes widened in fright as she looked at me. Rage filled her gaze, but there was nothing she could do.

Because she knew that the moment this secret was revealed, she'd no longer have a chance with Timothy.

Avery and I shared the same bedroom. She would always leave at midnight and return home at 5:00 am the next day. I had secretly followed her out of the house one night out of concern for her safety.

Who knew that Avery had actually been going out and sleeping with random men at night, even going so far as to follow them home? The noises she would make in there lasted throughout the night. They only stopped at 4:00 am.

If I revealed this secret to everyone, Avery's reputation in Greenwood Vale would be ruined.

Avery was still hesitating as to what to do next. So I warned her, "You'd better weigh your options carefully. If you don't want your reputation ruined, then you'd better let me go right now."

Avery then reluctantly went to Timothy's side and said, "It's our wedding today, sweetheart. Let's not let Amelia here ruin it. Why don't we just let her go?"

Avery then turned to Dad and Mom. "Dad, Mom, I know both of you doted on me most. I'm sure you two won't stop us from kicking Amelia out, right? After all, she did embarrass our family today. She's only going to trouble us further if we let her stay."

Timothy held Avery in his arms, gazing lovingly at her. "You're right, my love. We can't let a nasty woman like Amelia ruin our wedding day. Hurry up and leave! We don't want you here ruining our wedding!"

I smiled faintly. "Sure. But before I leave, please give me back the five thousand dollars you owe me!"

Timothy had come to me and asked to borrow five thousand dollars to prepare for the wedding gifts. I had lent him the money without hesitation, already treating him as my brother-in-law. But now, I had to make sure he paid me back in full!

Timothy panicked. "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever owe you money?

I took out the IOU note he'd written for me before and showed it to him. "Look here, it's stated clearly in writing that you owe me five thousand dollars. You even left your signature here. Don't tell me you're illiterate?"

Timothy was extremely embarrassed after his borrowing my money had been revealed in front of my parents. "Give me a couple of days to pay you back. I've already used up all of the money."

I knew that Timothy had no money to his name. I had found out about his gambling addiction after marrying him in my previous life. He tended to gamble away every single cent he acquired.

However, Timothy hadn't asked me for money before to prepare wedding gifts. It was because he needed it to gamble.

"It's alright. I'll just take all the wedding gifts you've brought today as repayment for the five thousand dollars," I said.

"Hey, those wedding gifts belong to me." Avery was displeased. "Do you think you can just take them as you please?"

I shot her a smile. "You can always pay me the money back in Timothy's stead. Otherwise, I'll just call the police."

Timothy held Avery back and said, "My love, we won't need these petty things once we're rich. Let pathetic little Amelia take them if she wants."

Avery snorted proudly and said to me, "When I'm rich, you had better not come begging on my doorstep."

She even covered her mouth and giggled delightfully after saying that.

Dad and Mom glared at me cruelly, as if I weren't their daughter at all. They said to me, "If you're going to do such drastic and evil things, then we hereby disown you as our daughter!

Their intentions were aligned with mine. I had come to understand certain things after the previous life. I was nothing more than property in my parents' eyes. They could easily toss me away once I no longer had any usable value.

I went into the house and wrote down a statement announcing the disownment between my parents and me, thereby severing my connection to the Denning family.

Before I left the place, I even added spitefully, "If you couldn't even afford proper wedding gifts, then you might as well give up on your dream of becoming rich!"

I moved out of the house and went to live by the farmer's market in town. The folk there gossiped less, and I had better privacy.

I happened to see Avery and Timothy when I left the house that day.

I had wanted to avoid them, but they blocked my way. Timothy grinned at me, saying, "Didn't you look down on me because of my impotence? I've recovered now, but you will never ever be able to marry me in this lifetime. I only love Avery, after all. Women like you don't deserve me!"

Avery blushed as she lightly smacked Timothy's chest. "Hush, don't talk about these things in public! What will we do if my sister gets jealous and tries to steal you away from me again? Oh, I nearly forgot. Amelia's no longer my sister at this point."

I ignored the couple, though I did find Timothy's recovery strange. He couldn't have recovered that fast. After all, I'd been the one who had gotten him his cure in our previous life. He couldn't have figured it out on his own!

I couldn't help but say, "Don't come crying to me when your impotence comes back after the drug's effects wear off. Who knows, you might suffer some terrible side effects!"

Timothy grew angry in an instant. "For god's sake, Amelia. I was still your husband in our previous life! Why do you have to curse me like this? I shouldn't have listened to Avery during the wedding. I should've just locked you in the basement and starved you to death. That way you'll stop ruining our lives!"

I rolled my eyes at Timothy. I really was casting pearls before swine at this point. He wasn't going to obtain the actual cure, so I thought to just reveal the truth to him. "I'm not going to waste my time squabbling with you. I'll just tell you then—"

Timothy suddenly hunched over and cupped his private parts before I could finish speaking. Sweat beaded on his forehead.

Avery hurriedly cried out, "What's wrong, sweetheart? Oh, please be okay!"

A taxi that happened to drive past came to a stop when the driver saw Timothy's dire state. The driver then swiftly drove Timothy to the hospital.

Avery insisted that I was the cause of Timothy's symptoms. She dragged me to the hospital and demanded I pay for all his medical fees.

"If anything happens to Timothy, I'll make sure you suffer dire consequences!" Avery cried.

I had only gone to the hospital out of curiosity about what would happen next.

The doctor soon finished checking up on Timothy. He seemed hesitant to speak about Timothy's condition with us.

Avery was pacing around anxiously. "Tell me what's happened to Timothy, doctor! Did he fall ill because Amelia here made him upset? She'll pay however much is necessary to treat Timothy!"

Timothy glared at me from the hospital bed, unable to move. "I won't let you off easy, you bitch!"

I couldn't help but snicker. I then pretended to be oblivious and asked the doctor, "Sir, the patient isn't completely impotent now, is he?"