Gloria turned around and meet Slyvia's undisguised vicious gaze, “You are really lucky. Even such a big fire didn't burn you to death.”

She laughed again, took out the mirror she had prepared and gloated, “But when you see yourself clearly, I'm afraid you won't want to live anymore.”

Only when she looked at herself in the mirror did Gloria understand what Slyvia meant.

Her face from the left forehead to the corner of her eye that was burned.

Gloria's pupils could not help but shrink.

Tears in Gloria's eyes were about to overflow.

For a woman, having her face ruined was probably more painful than death.

Sylvia then leaned closer to Gloria with some sympathy, “Do you think Manuel will still marry you now?”

But the scenes of collapse and madness that Slyvia had imagined did not occur. She narrowed her eyes, forcefully stuffed a scalpel into Gloria's hand and then cut her own face.

By the time Gloria reacted, Slyvia had already shouted, “Ah, sister, don't!”

Just then Manuel came in from outside. 

The next second Slyvia cried and threw herself into his arms. “Manuel!”

Manuel was slightly stunned and asked, “What happened?”

Slyvia could not stop shaking in his arms as she accused Gloria, “Gloria, she... she's going to ruin my face.”

Seeing half of her face covered in blood, Manuel's expression suddenly turned cold. His sharp eyes suddenly shot towards Gloria.

Their eyes met and Gloria picked up the scalpel that had fallen on the bed with an expressionless face, then raised her hand and threw it towards Slyvia.

When the scalpel cut through the air like an arrow and stabbed straight at her, Slyvia's pupils suddenly contracted and she could not help but scream in fear.

Manuel did not expect that Gloria would dare to hurt people in front of him. In a hurry, he quickly raised his arm to block the flying knife that was still coming at him.

There was an inch-long wound on his arm.

“Manuel!” Slyvia grabbed his hand distressedly.

An unspeakable disappointment in Manuel's eyes.

“Before you always said that we wronged you and sided with Sylvia,” he said in a deep voice, “Then, how do you explain it now?”

Gloria did not want to explain at all. After having walked the line between life and death, she had become more open-minded about many things. She looked at the two people hugging each other with a cold look in her eyes.

“Didn’t you want to blame me for her ruined face? That’s why I did it. Besides, no matter how I defend myself, I’ll still be the one to blame for her false accusations against me.”

“Gloria!” Manuel's expression became even more gloomy and he felt that Gloria was simply unreasonable at that moment.

Gloria’s father and mother, who followed closely, also felt as if they had never known their daughter.

Slyvia also said in a weak voice, “Sister, I know you are so angry because Manuel saved me but not you last night.

“I should be the one who got disfigured. Don't even mention you cutting me. As long as you don't hate him, I'll do anything you ask me to do.”

Manuel frowned upon hearing that and said, “You are not wrong, Sylvia. You broke into the garage to save her, so if I want to save someone, I'll save you first. And I can save whoever I want to save and it's not up to others to interfere.”

At the end of his speech, his voice sounded like it had been chilled by ice and there was no trace of warmth on his face.

Gloria remained calm from beginning to end.

No matter how many reasons there were, no matter how good the excuses were, if they did not care anymore, they would always find reasons.

After thinking that through, Gloria suddenly felt extremely bored. When she heard Slyvia's words, she even smiled good-naturedly as she muttered, “I don't blame you. On the contrary, I want to thank you.”

‘Thank you for making me realize that people’s hearts are fickle,’ she continued in her heart.

Everyone present was a little surprised to hear that.

“I think she still hasn't admitted her fault,” Gloria’s father also said, “From today on, you must reflect on your mistakes in this ward and don't leave!”

After saying that, several people escorted Slyvia away.

Gloria’s father left two bodyguards to watch over Gloria. After the door of the ward was closed, Gloria contacted another hospital again.

At that time, she was currently working under the Norton Group and she did not want to have anything to do with Manuel and those biased parents anymore.

After contacting the hospital, Gloria changed out of her hospital gown and quietly left while the bodyguard at the door went to eat.

However, at the corner of the hospital corridor, an argument between her father and Slyvia was heard.

Gloria paused.

“Sylvia, you are too impatient. It is easy to find someone to set the fire. Fortunately, I stopped Manuel and did not let him pursue the matter. 

“Otherwise, I can’t protect you anymore once he knows the person behind the scenes is you. Don't be so reckless next time,” Gloria’s father advised in an angry tone.

“Humph, it's because you are too incompetent! You promised my mother that you would give me everything in the Huerta Family, but what happened? Are you reluctant to part with your daughter? You should know that not only Gloria is your biological daughter, but me too!” Sylvia sneered.

“How can I be reluctant? If I was really reluctant, why would I have personally designed that car accident three years ago? Sylvia, you have to know that I will always love you and your mother.”

A satisfied chuckle finally rang out from the corner, “And Manuel, I want his people and I also want the Norton Family behind him.”

The conversation between the two was like thunder exploding in Gloria's ears.

For a moment, she felt the blood in her body stagnate.

The truth was too shocking.

Gloria could not help but take a step back, her nails digging into her palms.

She seemed like a frozen sculpture with only her pupils trembling and expanding and contracting.

Her biological father actually wanted to kill her for Silvya, her father’s illegitimate daughter.

Gloria suddenly found that she seemed to have never known her sanctimonious father.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew through the hall. Gloria could not help but shiver and suddenly realized she should leave the hospital quickly.

The next second, she rushed towards home.

Gloria’s mother and Manuel at home were both stunned when they saw her.

Then Gloria’s mother's expression quickly turned cold as she asked, “Why did you come back?”

Manuel also frowned.

Gloria tightly grasped her mother's hand and said in a trembling voice, “Mom, Manuel, I just heard the conversation between Dad and Slyvia. It turns out that Dad planned our car accident three years ago and Slyvia is his illegitimate daughter!”

The expressions of Gloria’s mother and Manuel both changed.

“Are you telling the truth?”

Gloria nodded. Even though she was disheartened, when she knew the truth, she subconsciously wanted to remind them not to be fooled.

But behind him came Slyvia's collapsed voice, “Sister?”

Gloria's heart tightened and she turned around to meet the gaze of her father and Slyvia.

Slyvia shook her head in disbelief, as if she was finally completely disappointed in her. She looked at Gloria with tears of pain in her eyes.

“I didn't expect you could make up such a lie. Isn't your father's love for you enough? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone your father!

“And me, I know that I was accepted into the Huerta Family as your substitute because I look like you. If it weren't for this face, I would never have the chance to have a father, mother and brother who loves me so much.

“But you can't slander me just because I look like you, sister!”

Hearing her words, Gloria’s mother, who was originally in doubt, immediately threw away her doubts and quickly told Slyvia, “No, I never doubt you and my husband. So, please don’t worry, okay?”

Manuel also looked at Gloria and said, “You can even come up with such a childish way of alienating us, Gloria.”

It was like a bucket of ice water was poured over her head.

Gloria moved her lips. After calming down, she felt that it was a mistake for her to run back.

She should not mind her own business.

Finally, she curled her lips, laughed at herself and walked out.

“Where are you going?” Gloria’s father, who had a gloomy face and remained silent, stopped her.

Gloria took a deep breath and said the decision she had made a long time ago, “I want to sever ties with the Huerta Family and move out.”

Everyone's expression changed again.

“Don't even think about it. Even if I beat you to death today, I won't let you embarrass the Huerta Family in public. Come on, bring the whip!”

The servant quickly brought up a whip.

Gloria was pressed to the ground and the whip was whipped hard, leaving a bloody whip mark on her back.

But the pain was nothing compared to the humiliation she was suffering at that moment.

And no one tried to stop that outrageous and absurd scene and everyone just watched coldly.

In the end, Gloria's entire back was torn apart and she fainted from the pain.

After unknown amount of time, she was awakened by a chill.

Gloria opened her eyes and saw Manuel sitting beside the bed and applying medicine to her.

Under the light, the man's eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as water, but Gloria avoided his touch.

Manuel raised his eyes to look at her, “Does it hurt?”

Gloria ignored him.

Manuel reached out and pushed aside Gloria's hair that was blocking her ears before he said, “Gloria, everything has to have a limit. If you go too far, you will be the only one who will be embarrassed, right?”

Gloria remained silent.

She used to argue and make a fuss because she still had expectations for those people, but at that moment she did not want to even look at them again.

Manuel originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Gloria. He felt that if Gloria continued like that, she would only become more and more extreme and unreasonable.

So, he wanted to tell her that he would not despise her even if she was disfigured and he just hoped that she could return to being the lively and kind person she was three years ago.

He also wanted to tell her that although Slyvia liked him and suffered from depression because she did not get his response, he always treated Slyvia as his sister and he would definitely marry her when Slyvia recovered from her illness.

However, Gloria remained unmoved.

Manuel's voice became deeper as he continued, “Gloria!”

Just when his patience was about to run out, Slyvia came in from outside and interrupted, “Manuel, let me persuade my sister. The conflict between you and my sister is mainly because of me. If we talk it out, everything will be much easier to solve.”

Manuel thought about it and felt that what Slyvia said made sense, but he was afraid that Gloria would hurt someone again.

“It's okay. My sister has been beaten like this now,” Slyvia said distressedly, “how can she still have the energy to hit me?”

After Manuel left, Slyvia wiped away her crocodile tears and looked at Gloria with a cruel smile, “I didn't expect that you could eavesdrop on what I said to my father. You never thought that your biological father would want to kill you, right?

“At that time, I was worrying about how to replace you and Manuel came to me. Now, for my sake, he has abandoned you many times.

“Your mother is even more bizarre. She loves her mistress's daughter more than her own daughter.” 

Then, she touched Gloria's burned face and sighed, “I feel sorry for you, so I'll help you get rid of it!”

Gloria's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells. “What are you doing?”

“I heard that you have blood clots in your brain. You can't get hit, otherwise you will become a vegetable again,” Slyvia said as he dragged her to the stairs outside.

Gloria realized something, but there was no way to stop it. She could only watch Slyvia forcibly drag her down the stairs.

There was an earth-shattering noise at the staircase.

Gloria's head hit the floor hard and for a few minutes, she did seem to have returned to her unconscious vegetative state.