“Since you’re not a virgin anymore, you must be really good at seducing men!

“Don’t think I don’t know. There are plenty of women outside who want to marry my fiance!

“Someone like you can only strip yourself naked to lure him!”

At that moment, I finally understood.

This lunatic wasn’t obsessed with virginity. She was simply hostile to any woman she saw, driven by pure jealousy and competition!

Camila tightened her grip on my arm even more.

“Let go!” I shouted sharply.

Though Camila was startled by my sudden forceful tone, her grip didn’t loosen.

My heart jumped to my throat.

A woman’s face is everything. Nothing could happen to it.

“Liam is my real brother!” I tried to explain, hoping they would come to their senses.

However, in the face of jealousy, those words sounded weak and meaningless.

Maria laughed mockingly, her movements becoming even more vicious.

“Real brother? Please. Mistresses these days all call their men ‘brother’, don’t they?

“Do you think I’m stupid? Liam has never said he has a sister. I’m the only one in his heart!”

I turned my head sharply, narrowly avoiding a direct hit. However, her fingernails still left a bloody scratch across my face.

Only then did it dawn on me that to pursue Maria, my idiot brother had never told her or her mother anything about our family’s real background.

The phone rang again at the worst possible time.

It was still my brother.

Maria snatched the phone away. “Hello? Honey…”

Her voice immediately turned tearful as she began twisting the facts.

“Honey, come quick. That sister of yours isn’t even a virgin.

“You know what that means. If she’s not a virgin, her private life must be a mess!

“And she’s jealous that I’m carrying your child. She wants to hurt our baby!”

On the other end of the line, my brother sounded extremely anxious. “Maria, don’t talk nonsense! And don’t you dare touch Quinn! I’m on my way right now!”

After hanging up, Maria smugly tossed the phone aside.

She had misunderstood what my brother meant. She thought he was worried about her pregnancy and was coming to back her up.

“Did you hear that? My fiance told me not to touch you because he’s afraid you’ll scam me!

“He’s on his way to support me right now. Quinn, I suggest you behave yourself!”

Her expression grew more arrogant as she lay back down on the hospital bed and pointed at me.

“Now, you must deliver my baby.

“After I give birth to my son, you’ll kneel and apologize to me.

“Oh, and you’ll also compensate me one hundred thousand dollars for emotional distress!”

I looked at her coldly before saying, “In your dreams.”

My refusal didn’t seem to surprise her.

Camila, standing beside her, suddenly laughed.

“Maria, don’t worry. I have a great idea to make sure this Dr. Carter delivers your baby properly and honestly.”

As she spoke, she rummaged through her bag and took out a brown glass bottle.

The moment she opened it, a strange stench of ammonia and burned ash spread throughout the delivery room.

“Come, Dr. Carter. Drink this holy water to cleanse the filth from your body, and then you can help our Maria give birth.”

My stomach churned violently.

“This is illegal! I’m calling the police!” I warned them loudly, my body trembling with anger.

Camila, along with two male nurses who appeared out of nowhere, pinned me down tightly.

I vaguely recognized them. They were distant relatives of their family, having gotten into the hospital through connections.

“Illegal? We’re purifying you! Helping you return to being pure!

“Don’t be ungrateful!”

She grabbed my chin, trying to force the disgusting liquid into my mouth.

“This is child urine and talisman water I personally obtained from a church. It’s especially for driving away evil!

“Drink it, and you’ll be clean from now on!”

The disgusting stench rushed straight to my head.

I struggled violently and warned them that this was intentional assault.

However, they looked at me like I was dumb, mocking me for not knowing what was good for me.

“Get away from me!” I roared, suddenly jerking my head sideways and slamming it hard into Camila.

She lost her balance, and the bottle slipped from her hand, which caused most of the liquid to splatter onto Maria’s face beside her.

“Ah! My face! My eyes!”

Maria let out a piercing scream. The liquid seemed corrosive, and her face instantly turned red.

That completely enraged them.

“How dare you! Drag her in there!”

Camila pointed viciously at a storage room nearby, scowling.

The two male nurses grabbed me and dragged me inside like a dead dog. Then, they used medical bandages to bind my hands and feet to a cold metal chair.

Maria took out her phone and aimed it at my miserable face.

“Say it! Say you voluntarily accepted our purification because your private life is filthy!”

As she spoke, the two male nurses took out scissors and started cutting my clothes, preparing to film a short video.

That wasn’t all. Feeling that it wasn’t enough, they wanted to take things further.

Just then, frantic pounding came from downstairs.

“Maria! Open the door!”

Hearing my brother’s voice, I finally felt some relief.

At least I didn’t have to worry now.

However, a vicious smile appeared on Maria’s face, and she exchanged a look with Camila.

“Mom, go stall Liam. Tell him I was provoked by this shameless woman and might go into premature labor!

“Once everything’s done, we’ll use the video to force her to admit everything!

“Then she won’t be able to clear her name no matter what!”

The storage room door was locked from the outside.

Bit by bit, my heart sank.

I understood their plan now.

They were going to wait until Maria gave birth, then use this humiliating video to force me to submit and confess ‌everything.

They wanted to destroy my reputation, my career, and my life.

Outside the door, Camila’s crying grew louder and louder.

“Liam! Look at what your sister did!

“She was jealous of our Maria and pushed her down! If something happens to both mother and child, how are we supposed to live?!”

My brother tried to force his way in, but Camila blocked the door tightly, keeping him outside.

Inside the storage room, with my clothes cut to shreds, I instead calmed down.

I had to save myself.

With fingers aching from the tight bandages, I fumbled for the smartwatch on my wrist.

Hidden there was the highest-level emergency call function.

One press. Two presses. Three presses.

This was the emergency signal my brother and I had agreed on. It meant my life was in danger.

In the delivery room, Maria continued pretending to scream in pain while directing the two male nurses.

“What are you standing around for? Strip all her clothes off!

“A mistress should be prepared to be played with by men. It’s just the way it is!

“Later, just throw her out and let her walk out naked!”

The two male nurses exchanged glances and licked their lips as they approached me.

One of them had already taken off his pants.

I shouted urgently, “Are you insane?! This is illegal!”

Maria filmed everything with her phone. “So what if it’s illegal? It’s nothing my man can’t suppress!”

Hearing that, the two male nurses became even more brazen.

“I’ve never played with a woman before. I can’t wait.”

“Don’t worry, baby. I’ll make you feel very good.”

Just as they were about to tear off my underwear—

“Bang!!!”

A deafening crash echoed through the room as the storage room door was kicked open by brute force.

“Who dares to touch my sister?!”