Nicole met that gentle,beautiful face and suddenly felt a sharp,stabbing pain in her head.She screamed in terror.

She curled up on the ground,her face pale as paper.She stared at Britney,repeating,“Don’t come over here!Don’t come over here!”

Everything seemed to go back to three years ago,when Britney had her committed to a mental hospital and injected her with drugs.

Britney smiled and raised her hand to pat Nicole’s cheek.“Nicole,I’ve found several men for you,all of them suffering from syphilis.”

She moved slowly and pointed the camera at her,her smile harmless.“What do you think John would do to you if he saw you fooling around with men?”

To this day,the fear she felt back then was still vivid in her mind,filling her with immense fear whenever she saw her.

John sneered,yanking her hair out and forcing her to look up.“Nicole,weren’t you fierce and ruthless three years ago?Why are you pretending now?”

But when he saw those dark,lightless eyes,he stopped,unable to utter a single word.

Britney was clutching the child,tears welled up in her eyes.“I’m sorry,Nicole has never liked me.I shouldn’t have been here today.”

With those words,the complex emotions that surged within John vanished in an instant.

He sneered and let go of her hand,staring at Nicole and saying word by word,“From today on,if you’re dissatisfied with Britney in any way,go back to your mental hospital.”

Nicole trembled uncontrollably at the word“mental hospital.”

John didn’t bother to pay attention.He focused his attention on the child in Britney’s arms.His once icy expression softened upon seeing the child.

He got in the car and played with the child,his face full of doting.Nicole huddled in a corner,watching the happy family of three,a sharp pain piercing her chest.

So,what the reporter had said about their child was true.She and John had once had a child,but the child had been thrown to death shortly after birth.

Because of Britney,she had been tortured and humiliated for three years,suffering in prison,while Britney,the culprit,lived a happy life.

Hate overwhelmed her fear and she desperately wanted to tell John the truth.But in the end,she uttered no words because she knew he wouldn’t believe her.Only evidence could prove her innocence.

The car quickly arrived at the Griffith Family villa.Everything was just as she had left,except that the servants looked at her with disdain.

After watching Britney go inside,Nicole was about to get out of the car when John suddenly grabbed her neck.His tone was almost stern.

“Nicole,I know you hate Britney.Three years ago,you caused her to be cyberbullied.If it weren’t for Britney’s plea,I wouldn’t have let you out this time.So if you dare do anything to Britney and the child,don’t blame me to do something horrible to you!”

With that,he shoved her aside and strode into the hall,leaving Nicole alone.

Her eyes were sore,her tears long dried.As she watched his back,she felt no more hope.The next second,she pulled out her phone and called John’s mother.

“Mom,three years ago,you said you’d help me leave.Does that still count?”

“Nicole,you murdered my grandson.I wish I could kill you.How dare you call me?”

Nicole closed her eyes,then opened them again and spoke calmly.“If I can prove Britney did all this,will you help me?”

After hanging up,she endured the sharp pain in her heart and dialed another number.She forced herself to speak.“I’m out of the mental hospital.When will you give me the evidence I asked you for?”

The person on the other end seemed surprised.“I didn’t expect you to actually get out.Looks like my good days are over.”She spoke with complete indifference and gave an address.“Come see me in three days!I’ll give it to you personally.”

Nicole hadn’t expected this person to actually claim she was Britney’s right-hand man.Not long after she entered the mental hospital,she’d been humiliated and tortured by Britney and this person.

Britney liked to record her torture,so her right-hand man helped by recording the video.When it was over,she leaned over and whispered,“Do you hate me and Britney?”

She smiled playfully.“When you can get out of here,I’ll give you all the evidence of her crimes.”

Nicole thought she was deceiving her,but she didn’t expect she actually had evidence.She met John seven years ago,when he was being chased and nearly died on the street.

He was covered in blood and didn’t dare approach her.It was her who brought him home and saved his life from the brink of death.That was how they fell in love.

When his mother disagreed with her marrying into the Griffith Family and made things difficult for her,it was John who stood up for her,stood in front of her and insisted that he would marry her.

Everyone felt that the gap between their statuses was too great and that marriage would definitely not be a good thing.They said they wouldn’t be happy.

After marriage,John treated her with respect and care,dispelling all rumors.Until three years ago,when she became pregnant with John’s first child,to help her relax,John brought in Doctor Britney,under the guise of taking care of her.

Nicole didn’t think much of it at first,until Britney deliberately showed her a photo of her and John in bed.

Nicole was furious and shocked,completely devastated.She wanted Britney to leave the Griffith Family,but she repeatedly provoked her.

Britney was known to use pitiful tactics,provoking Nicole’s outburst in front of John led everyone to believe she was suffering from depression and mania.

Later,Britney claimed she had a seizure and had thrown her child to death.Nicole kept explaining,but no one believed her.

Thinking back now,her heart was filled with coldness.Three years later,she stepped into the Griffith Family residence again.Three years earlier,their wedding photo had hung on the wall of the living room.

Now,three years later,that photo had been replaced with a picture of John,Britney and their child.

Nicole stared at the photo,her throat clenched.Even though she had long since given up hope,the sight still pierced her heart with an uncontrollable pang.

She watched as her once-favorite lilies were replaced with Britney’s favorite vibrant roses.The furniture and decor were all replaced with Britney’s favorite Korean style.And even the sheets in her and John’s wedding room bore traces of another woman.

She stared at John,her heart icing cold.Unable to contain her anger,she cried out,“We’re not divorced yet,yet you let another woman sleep in my bed and have a child with someone else.Do you forget I’m still your wife?”

The heartbreaking questioning froze the atmosphere.The next second,with a thud,Nicole was pinned against the wall by John.His fingers pinched her neck,his pupils piercing her as he stared at her with a hint of crimson.

“I was doing you justice by not killing you when you threw my child to death.Britney took care of me for three years and gave birth to my child,yet I can’t even give her a legitimate status.Who forced all this,I wonder?”

Nicole,unable to contain his anger,asked,“Why would you rather believe her than me?She was the one who killed our child!”Her voice trembled and a flicker of emotion crossed John’s eyes.

But before he could say anything,Britney slowly stepped forward,sighed softly and spoke from behind him.“Forget it.Nicole thinks it’s me,so it must be me!I’ve been cyberbullied for three years,so this one isn’t any worse.”

Britney’s smile faded and for a moment,John looked at her with pity.Turning to look at Nicole,his eyes instantly grew cold and he frowned.

“Three years and it seems you still haven’t learned your lesson.Nicole,if I can send you to a mental hospital once,I can send you a second time.”

This statement was effective.Nicole shuddered slightly and fell silent.That day,she was assigned to the servants’quarters.

While John was away,Britney played the video of her having sex in the mental hospital to humiliate her.

“Tell me,if John knew you were a filthy bitch,would he still let you stay in the Griffith Family?”

Nicole stared at herself on the screen,her face pale.“No,no!”

Britney slapped her face hard,her lips raised in a sneer.“Then shut up,Nicole.I let you out so you can see how happy John and I are.If you say anything you shouldn’t,I’ll kill you!You don’t want these videos to be seen by everyone,do you?”

Nicole’s pupils trembled slightly and she nodded slowly,lowering her eyes to hide the hatred in them.

For days,she had been forced to bark like a dog,humiliated and tortured by Britney.She looked up,her eyes numb and filled with extreme hatred.“Britney,your good days are about to end.”

Britney scoffed at her words and slapped her hard.“You're dreaming!Oh,right?You didn’t know this yet!John said he wants to divorce you.It’s you who’s going to be the one whose good days are about to end.”

Her smile couldn’t conceal her smugness.Nicole’s cheeks were swollen and her numb eyes held a look of determination.

Three days later,she walked to a coffee shop when she was hit by a car and thrown to the ground,covered in blood.

In the car,Britney was waving goodbye to her.Nicole lay on the cold ground,her blood instantly frozen.

She forced herself to stay conscious and called John.The call went through quickly and she endured the pain,wanting to tell John.

But before she could say anything,she heard a sneer from the other end.“Britney said you were in a car accident.What?Another plot to frame Britney?”

Nicole had a slight concussion,her head buzzing.She went blank at the words.She had never expected Britney to tell John.