In the first year I was brought home, the phony heiress Viola Baker suggested a trip to Gold Island to build a sisterly connection with me.

My fiancé, Jeremy Abbott, had joined us to ensure our safety.

However, they ended up amassing significant gambling debts at the island's casinos.

In a bid to flee, he abandoned me on the island as a hostage, vanishing without a trace alongside Viola.

The casino staff restrained me, poised to unleash their wrath upon me.

In my frantic struggle, I glimpsed a phone number labeled "Island Owner" on the leader's phone screen.

"Could that be the number of my brother, who had cared for me for more than a decade?"

"Where is that woman? Bring her back to me!"

I was shivering in the room, and the door that had been locked from the inside was being kicked open.

A week ago, I would never have imagined that there would be an underground casino on this Gold Island where my fiancé brought me for a trip. He and Viola played to their heart's content in the casino, but I was the one to suffer in the end!

With a loud thud, the door was kicked open, and several burly men in black rushed in together.

I held the desk lamp in front of me as I looked at them nervously. "Don't come over! Jeremy has already gone to withdraw the money. He'll pay off his gambling debts soon!”

The leader, Billy Barton, spat disdainfully on the ground. "Stop lying. You lot tricked me last night. I thought they would withdraw the money obediently if I kept you here. But that bastard ran away with his girlfriend!"

"What did you say? They left me and ran away?!"

"Stop pretending not to know. I think you guys are just teaming up to fool me!"

Cold sweat streamed down my forehead. The bastard Billy was talking about was my fiancé, Jeremy Abbott, and the woman who left with him was Viola Baker, the fake heiress who had assumed my identity for over a decade.

They actually teamed up to leave me alone on the island?

"Chief, stop wasting time talking to her. We need to teach this little troublemaker a lesson."

Billy waved his hand, and three or five burly men surrounded me instantly. They easily knocked the lamp from my hand to the ground before pressing me onto the table.

"Don’t touch me! Back off!" I exclaimed as I struggled. In the midst of the scuffle, I accidentally kicked one of them in the shin, prompting an immediate slap to my face. My cheek swelled up instantly, and blood filled my mouth.

These guys were too brutal. I might really die here if I did not do something soon!

Billy walked up to me with a whip and tapped my face with the tip. "Behave yourself, or I'll show you what happens when you don't pay your debts!"

"Sir, let me go! I have money! I'll pay off all the gambling debts!"

"You think I'd believe that nonsense? If you were wealthy, why would they have left you here all alone?"

My mind raced as I tried to devise a plan. I happened to see Billy's phone screen, which had a contact labeled "Island Owner" in his contacts.

My eyes widened instantly when I saw the string of numbers.

I knew those numbers by heart, it was clearly Micah Scott's phone number!

Micah was my adoptive parents' biological son. Before the Baker family discovered me, he doted me for more than ten years. He had even displayed my photos all over the bedroom, loving me in secret.

"Is your boss Micah Scott?"

"You've done your research. This entire casino is our boss's private property. There aren't many people who know about this."

I instantly calmed down and shouted at them, "Micah is my older brother. We are on the same team! Let me go immediately. I can explain the misunderstanding to him!"

Billy and his underlings exchanged glances with ambiguous taunts on their faces. He immediately lifted his foot and kicked me hard. "How dare someone who was abandoned pretend to be Ms. Giselle Baker? Bah! How presumptuous! Ms. Giselle is off-limits. Do you know what happened to the last person who tried to connect themselves to Ms. Giselle? It would scare you to death if I told you! Jack, bring me my stick. I am going to teach this audacious woman a good lesson for the boss!"

He kicked me until I felt dizzy and disoriented. Enduring the intense pain, I explained to him, "I'm Ms. Giselle. If you do not believe me, you can call Micah to confront me!"

Just then, Billy's phone rang. It was Micah calling.

I struggled free from the burly men's grasp and reached for Billy's phone. "Give me the phone. Let me talk to Micah. He will recognize me as soon as he hears my voice!"

Billy slapped me across the face, menacingly pointing at me and ordering me to shut up.

His men held me down again. Billy gave them a look and walked out. Then he answered the phone respectfully. "Hello? Boss, I was just dealing with a slut who will not pay her gambling debts. What do you have for me?"

I wanted to shout, but I only managed half a syllable before a rag was stuffed into my mouth.

"I told you to shut up, you stubborn woman!"

Someone pushed me to the ground, but the others surrounded me and started punching and kicking me.

I curled up like a shrimp, nearly fainting from the excruciating pain. My mouth was gagged, so I could not even scream.

Micah had always doted on me; even a small cut on my hand would worry him for days. He had spoiled me so much that I was arrogant and domineering. Even after being taken back to the Baker family, my personality prevented me from ever suffering any hardship.

I wondered what Micah's reaction would be if he saw me in this miserable state.

Just as I was feeling dizzy and about to collapse, Billy returned anxiously, phone in hand. "Stop! Stop right now!"

The continuous punches finally moved away from me.

"What happened, Chief?"

Billy glanced disdainfully at me. "Don't waste any more time on this woman. Boss said Ms. Giselle is missing. Her last appearance was at our casino. Hurry up and gather all the boys to look for her."

I was beaten so hard that my head was dizzy, and I froze upon hearing this.

Micah had been keeping an eye on my whereabouts even after I left, and he even noticed I was gone.

I propped myself up on my trembling arms and got up from the ground as I made a muffled sound with my mouth.

The lackey next to me kicked me and asked, "Shut up!”

“Chief, what should we do with this woman?"

Billy was solemn as if he were lost in thought. "Boss is already on the plane. He is coming to find Ms. Giselle himself. This woman just said she's Ms. Giselle. Well..."

My face immediately lit up with excitement. I thought, 'Great, Micah's coming! He'll not only rescue me but also punish these blind fools for me.'

However, Billy changed the subject. "We can't let Boss see her. He is in a panic right now because he cannot find Ms. Giselle. If this crazy woman jumps out claiming to be Ms. Giselle, she'll offend him, and he'll take his anger out on us."

"Chief, you're really wise. Should we send her away?"

Billy pinched my chin, looked me up and down, and clicked his tongue. "She's not bad looking. Lock her in the confinement room first. After Boss finds Ms. Giselle and leaves, we can train her to be a dealer to pay off her debt."

I shook my head frantically at this, thinking, 'They want me to stay and be a dealer? Wouldn't I be stuck on this island forever?'

However, nobody cared about my opinion. They dragged me away like an animal, heading toward the confinement room.

'No, Micah will be here soon! I must find a way to see him. This is my last chance. If I get locked up, I am doomed!' I anxiously thought.

As the two men threw me into the confinement room and prepared to lock the door, I stumbled to my feet and used all my might to ram open the door, which was not fully closed. Then, I grabbed a steel pipe from the ground and swung it hard at one of the men's heads.

He immediately clutched his head and collapsed to the ground in agony.

Before the other man could overpower me, I struck him across the face with the pipe.

After dealing with these two, my adrenaline surged, and I ran forward at a shocking speed, as if my life depended on it.

The sound of a helicopter rang overhead.

It was Micah! He was here!