"Oh, by the way, let me share a little secret with you.

"The ashes you've been praying to so devoutly on the altar for the past three years? They're actually Lilibeth.

"As for your brother's ashes... Uncle fed them to a dog at my suggestion."

Seeing the woman in front of her widen her eyes in shock, Lily laughed triumphantly.

“Auntie, if you taste it carefully, you may still taste your brother in your mouth.”

Casey’s vision blurred as darkness clouded her eyes. She bit down on her lip so hard that the sharp tang of blood spread across her tongue.

She could no longer endure it. Her knees buckled and she collapsed to the ground, sobs wracking her body as tears poured down her face.

It was the final blow, the last straw that shattered her completely.

At night, as soon as she entered the ward, Ethan smashed the phone on her head.

“Casey, are you fucking crazy?” he yelled. “Who gave you the guts to hurt her? I've never said a harsh word to Lily since she was a child.”

The blood from the temple slowly flowed to the face, warm and moist and pain followed.

Casey swallowed the bitterness in his throat, “Ethan, don't you want to ask me the reason?”

“The puppy we picked up together three years ago was killed by Lily and stewed into soup. Is this a good enough reason?”

Ethan's brows relaxed for a moment, then frowned fiercely. He slapped the woman in the face, causing her to fall off the bed.

"Shut up! You're lying again. There's no way Lily would do something like that!

"You must have done something despicable to provoke such a gentle girl. And even if it’s true, it was just a dog. It's better off dead."

Just a dog that was better off dead?

Casey struggled to get up from the ground. At that moment, her heart died and the man in her memory also died.

Someone rushed in from outside the door and reported, “Mr. Olson, it's bad. Miss Haley committed suicide by cutting her wrists in the room. She fainted due to heavy bleeding.”

Ethan reacted and glared at Casey fiercely. "It's all your fault, you bitch! If anything happens to Lily, you're the only one to blame!"

Then, with a terrifying expression, he sneered, "Lack of blood? That’s an easy fix. Make her replenish twice as much as Lily lost."

Casey was tied to the operating table by a group of bodyguards.

Ethan ordered the doctor not to give her the anesthetic injection. He wanted her to experience the same pain that Lily had experienced.

“Draw now! Draw as much blood as Lily needs. Collect the excess blood and use it as an artificial blood bank.

“No need to hold back. This woman's life is worthless anyway. It's time to make her pay the price.”

Halfway through drawing blood, the doctor in a white coat ran out in a panic and told shocking news, “Mr. Olson, we really cannot continue to draw blood. Your wife cannot bear it.

“Also… she’s been pregnant for two months.” 

Casey was physically and mentally exhausted throughout her pregnancy.

During the day, she was looked after by a group of caregivers and was given nutrient solution immediately if she went on a hunger strike.

At first she wanted to resist, but Ethan ordered his men to unplug the Internet cable in the villa and confiscate her phone, completely cutting off all contact between her and the outside world.

Casey could not bear it any longer and dragged her tired body to knock on Ethan's door.

“Ethan, let's get a divorce. I will find a way to pay you back the huge penalty later. Let me go, okay?”

No matter how Casey begged, the man remained unmoved. He looked at her as if she were a dead person. The woman was completely driven crazy.

“With your status and position, there are plenty of women out there who are willing to bear your children. Why are you so obsessed with me?!”

“Ethan, please, let me and the child go,” she begged. “As long as you agree, I am willing to give your beloved Lily a place. You can even ask me to kneel down in front of her and kowtow to her!”

The lights flickered, casting eerie shadows across the room.

With a look of utter disgust, Ethan sneered, "Casey, are you that cheap?" 

His voice dripped with mockery. "Aren't you the one who always thinks you're superior? The one who refuses to admit your mistakes?"

The woman laid on the ground. She no longer had the innocent smile she once had. Instead, she looked haggard as if she had been forced into becoming a resentful woman in the deep palace.

“I was wrong, Ethan, I know I was wrong, I apologize to you and Lily, okay?

“I should not have slapped her, I should not have gotten pregnant with your child and the worst thing I should have done was fall in love with you in this deal.

“I was wrong, I will never do it again, please let me go!” she pleaded again and again.

Ethan stood up, pinched Casey's chin, looked left and right at the slap marks he had left on her and was very satisfied as he asked, “Wifey, why are you still so naive?

“The blood of my Olson Family will never be left outside. I promise you that as long as you give birth to the child safely, we will live a good life in the future. Also, the honor and title of Mrs. Olson will still be yours.

“As for divorce, there's no way we can get divorced. After all, how could I let you go when your brother refused to let my sister go at that time?

“I want you to live in my hands for the rest of your life, to see you living a life worse than death, to see you begging for mercy.”

He looked at the woman's deathly pale face, a trace of heartache seemed to pass through his eyes and he helped her up. 

Then he added, “Until I'm completely tired of you.”

When she was five months pregnant, late at night, Casey got up and drank water, holding her big belly.

Lily’s screams of pain and enjoyment came from the room downstairs, like a cat in heat in spring, echoing throughout the villa.

Ethan opened the door and met Casey's eyes, feeling a little surprised.

The next second, he raised the corners of his mouth mischievously before he said, “It just so happens that we have run out of condoms at home. Go out and buy a few boxes yourself.”

How ridiculous.

Ethan actually asked his wife to buy family planning products for him and his lover.

“Don't you understand what I'm saying? Lily is still waiting inside!

“Casey, who are you pretending to be wronged for? I am a normal man with physical needs. When my body desires, I should find someone to satisfy it, right?”

“You look like a sea lion with your big belly now, it's disgusting. I won't do it even if you beg me.”

Casey had a numb expression and allowed him to insult her at will, but her heart was calm.

People who had long since lost their hearts had no emotions or desires.

Turning around, Lily rashly ran out of the room, pushed her down the stairs and then screamed.

“Uncle, what should I do? It's all my fault!”

Casey frowned in pain, his stomach was like a deflated balloon and blood was gushing out from under her body.

Ethan looked at her with suspicion and was about to go down to help her when he was stopped by Lily.

“Don't go. This woman is good at pretending! If you go down now, she will only become more dependent on you in the future.”

Lily’s casual words ruined her life.

“Uncle, don't forget that it was her brother who killed Lilibeth. Blood debt must be paid with blood. She should pay the price.”

Ethan believed it and ordered his men to help Casey up and make her kneel upright on the ground.

“Are you still pretending? If you don't want to get up, then kneel here and listen to the sounds of me and Lily making love!”

That night, Lily's screams did not stop until the early morning and Ethan seemed to be working harder than usual.

Casey, who had been kneeling for a whole night, could no longer hold on and fainted.

She woke up again in the hospital, with the smell of disinfectant lingering in her nose.

Lily ordered someone to bring out a bowl of herbal medicine, pinched her chin and poured it into her mouth.

She smirked, her eyes gleaming with cruel satisfaction.

"It's an abortion pill. Go on, drink it!" she taunted.

Her voice turned sickly sweet as she continued, "I had someone find this special formula just for you. It's meant for livestock—once you take it, not only will you lose the child in your womb, but you'll bleed from all seven orifices. Not even the gods can save you."

Relying on the last bit of willpower in her mind, Casey held her hand tightly and the bowl fell to the ground with a bang.

The truth unraveled and Lily waved her hand, a sly smile curling at the corners of her lips before breaking into a sneer. 

"Do you know why my uncle married you?" she taunted.

She let the question linger before answering herself. "Of course, it's because I was kidnapped as a child and had my uterus removed, so that I can never have children!"

Her voice dripped with bitter amusement as she continued, "The Olson Family adopted me because I look like Lilibeth. I've given them everything over the years, so why would I settle for being just an orphan? What I truly desire is the position of the Olson Family's young lady."

Casey was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She endured the nausea from morning sickness, raised her hand high and was unable to utter a complete sentence.

“You... you two are in cahoots with each other, is not that enough?”

Unexpectedly, Lily suddenly took out a fruit knife from her pocket, cut her own face with a loud slash and blood immediately flowed out.

Before falling, she leaned over and whispered in the woman's ear, “No, this is far from enough. I want my uncle to completely hate you and the bastard in your belly.”

The next second, Casey was pushed away by her forcefully and her forehead hit the corner of the chair. The pain intensified and blood began to seep out.

She fell to the ground in pain, covering her face with her hands, at a loss, scaring Ethan, who came behind her, so much that his face turned pale.

“Uncle, it hurts so much, am I going to be disfigured?” she screamed in agony. “I kindly prepared a bowl of medicine for my auntie to preserve her pregnancy, but she actually slashed my face with a knife, saying she wanted to scratch my face, which looked like Lilibeth!”

Casey's eyes were dazed. Before she could say anything, Ethan pushed her hard. 

She tried to defend herself, her voice trembling as she said, "It wasn’t me… With this pregnancy weighing me down, how could I possibly have the strength to stab someone with a knife?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Ethan's eyes and then he was brought back to reality by the crying girl in his arms.

"Uncle, am I going to die?" she whispered, her voice laced with fear. "Just like her brother did to Lilibeth… will I also leave you forever?"

The man lowered his head and spoke softly to comfort her. When he looked at Casey again, his eyes held nothing but cold disgust.

"You truly are a bastard, just born but never raised," he sneered. "No wonder you were discarded at birth and left to rot in an orphanage.

"Just look at yourself now, spiteful, jealous and utterly repulsive. How disgusting!"

Under Lily's stimulation, Ethan threw all the embarrassing words in his heart at Casey.

As expected, the closest people knew each other's weakest points best and blood would come out if they were stabbed.

Casey's face turned pale instantly and she spoke softly in disbelief, “What did you say?

"Three years ago, you promised me a home, you swore to take the place of my cruel parents and love me forever. "But now… why have you become like this?

"Ethan, you knew it would break me, yet you still said it, didn’t you?"

A trace of struggle flashed across Ethan's face and he looked hesitant, as if he knew he had said the wrong thing and was anxious to make up for it.

“Casey, I didn't mean to…."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lily. She started crying in his arms and her tears could not be stopped like a broken faucet.