Ashes of Love: Remembering Her Smile

Ten years ago, I saved a drowning boy.

I conducted a rapid rescue on him. After waking up, he told me, "I have decided to marry you when I grow up!"

Thinking that he was joking, I didn't take his words seriously.

Ten years later, the boy grew up, becoming a crazy and domineering CEO, whose name was Brian Hawk.

At my wedding with my fiancé, he led a group of people and beat up my fiancé, forcibly taking me away.

"I told you I would marry you. Your husband can only be me."

He threatened me with my whole family's lives and forced me to marry him.

He imprisoned me in a private villa, allowing no man to be in touch with me.

To win me over, he tried every means, but I remained unmoved.

He became furious and found someone who was 90% like me to replace me.

Relying on his affection and favoritism, the substitute, Ariel Berg, did whatever she wanted and broke into the villa where I lived.

"Where did this cheap woman come from? How dare she pretend to be me and seduce my man? I will tear you apart today!"

She stripped me naked, cut off my tongue, and ordered the bodyguards to ravage and humiliate me.

Only after I was tortured to death did Brian arrive late.

Ariel dragged my body to the front of Brian, who was overbearing.

She proudly said, "Darling, this woman, who had done plastic surgery, wanted to hide here and seduce you. I killed her for you!"

Brian Hawk was infatuated and crazy.

According to him, right from the moment I saved him, he decided to marry no one else but me!

To win me over, he imprisoned me for three years and tried every means to please me every day. But I, who didn't love him at all, couldn't accept him!

Recently, he got a substitute who looked like me.

The two of them had been getting along affectionately for several months.

To provoke me, Brian often forwarded me videos showing how ambiguous they were on WhatsApp.

As I was sitting in the courtyard and enjoying their videos, there was a sudden burst of noise outside.

"Brian comes here every few days. Today, I want to see what kind of treasures are hidden in this villa!"

"But didn't Mr. Hawk say that this villa was his private restricted area, and no one was allowed to come here?"

"Yes, Ariel, I heard that someone took a glance inside the villa before. Mr. Hawk broke his hands and dug out his eyes. Isn't it inappropriate for us to sneak in without his permission?"

"What are you afraid of? Brian dotes on me to the bone. He won't blame me."

Listening to the noisy sound outside the courtyard, I frowned slightly and felt uneasy.

I knew better than anyone about how crazy Brian was.

He had strong possessiveness, treating me as his private possession and imprisoning me in this villa.

Someone once had sneaked into my villa out of curiosity and taken a glance at me.

Brian disabled his hands and feet, digging out his eyes. The next day, the man vanished into the void.

At first, he was only jealous of other men. Later, he realized that I, who had never been gentle to him, treated the housemaid gently.

He dismissed all the housemaids in a fit of anger.

He would rather personally deliver daily meals to me than let anyone else do it. Except him, no one else could look at me in my eyes for a moment.

"If those people outside the courtyard come in, they may be in big trouble."

I quickly got up and intended to remind them to leave here as soon as possible.

As soon as the door opened, someone who looked almost the same as me came into my view.

Before I could say something, she slapped me hard across my face.

"Where did this cheap woman come from? How dare she disguise herself as me and hide in Brian's villa. Do you want to compete with me for a man?"