Brandon suddenly opened the door at the same moment.

He smashed a wine glass onto the floor. The glass shards cut my cheek, and blood immediately oozed out.

“Aspen, you’re finally going to marry me. Aren’t you happy now?” he glared at me as he said coldly.

“Don’t worry, even if we get married, I will not touch you. That seven-year relationship was nothing but a joke!”

My knuckles turned white.

I slowly removed the glass shards from my face.

“Alright, as you wish.”

I had no words to say anymore. It was useless trying to convince him. He would not believe me, and he would not look into it either.

The next day, I sat by myself in the car and wanted to leave.

“Ms. Anderson, are you really not going to wait for Mr. Fuller? Aren’t you going to view wedding dresses together?”

“No, thanks.”

After I said that, I stepped on the gas and went to the bridal shop.

Ten minutes later, the car stopped. When I was about to open the door, the shopkeeper stopped me politely.

“Ms. Anderson, I’m sorry. Our shop is closed for a private event today. Please come another day.”

I was stunned. A private event?

The next second, I saw a familiar figure.

In the bridal shop, Brandon was holding Poppy Taylor’s foot as he carefully planted a kiss on it.

“Poppy, I won’t marry her. I only love you, do you know that?”

“Who would like someone who killed their older sister?” Poppy said sarcastically. However, she suddenly caught my gaze.

“Brandon, look who’s here.”

After she said that, Brandon finally looked up and glared at me.

“You’re here to accompany me in trying out wedding dresses. Are you really going to let her in?”

My fingernails dug into my palm. I was about to turn around and leave.

The shopkeeper suddenly grabbed my hand. “Ms. Anderson, Mr. Fuller says you may enter.”

I did not hesitate and went in directly.

After all, I was here to retrieve my wedding dress. Even though I had switched the groom, I still wanted a beautiful wedding dress.

However, I had just entered when I saw Poppy cutting up a luxurious wedding dress with a pair of scissors. “How dare you display such an ugly wedding dress!”

I snatched the wedding dress over and slapped Poppy forcefully.

I had spent a lot of money and pulled all-nighters for a month to design this wedding dress.

“Aspen, how dare you?”

Brandon’s face immediately fell. He carefully wrapped his arms around Poppy. “I didn’t think you’d still be so vicious after two years.”

A hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.

“Security!”

After he said that, his bodyguards surrounded me and grabbed my wrist.

My face turned to the side from the impact of the slap.

“Aspen, you shouldn’t have touched her, do you understand me?” Brandon glared at me as though he was looking at a dead person.

My heart throbbed in pain. He sounded like that when I was bullied nine years ago.

“I’ll make whoever gets close to Aspen and bullies her suffer!”

That person only touched one of my fingers, and Brandon broke all ten of his and locked him up in a freezer for three days.

One of the bodyguards slapped me again.

My cheeks turned red and swollen.

“Brandon, let’s just… forget about it. After all, I was the one who cut her wedding dress…” Poppy pretended to be understanding as she sounded pitiful.

“I’ve said before that anyone who dares to harm you will have to pay a thousand times more, even if that person is my fiancee.”

Brandon sounded extremely cold.

“Continue!”

The bodyguards kept slapping me.

My cheeks were burning in pain.

Brandon just silently watched.

Finally, after a long time, he finally said, “Stop.”

The bodyguard immediately released me.

I fell onto the floor, and the pain was brutal. “Ah…”

“Poppy, let’s go.”

Brandon did not even look at me. He held Poppy’s hand and wanted to leave.

That night, I lay on the hospital bed with ice bags on my cheeks.

“Aspen, your nemesis… Samuel. He said he wants to meet you.” My older brother, Martin Anderson, told me over the phone.

I smiled.

Was Samuel planning to laugh at me?

“I’m not meeting him.”

Martin paused. Then, he sounded a little hesitant when he said, “Even though you’ve fought for many years, he doesn’t actually dislike you. In fact, he…”

He paused. “Aspen, he just doesn’t know how to show that he cares.”

I frowned as I did not understand what Martin was saying.

“I’m tired, I’ll see him at the wedding venue in seven days.”

After I ended the call, I stared at the ceiling silently.

Nine years ago, Holly was killed in that fire.

Everyone was affected, and I was the only one without an alibi.

The police investigated for an entire night and finally claimed that they suspected that I was behind the fire. The reason they quoted was because of the slot for the best postgraduate programme.

I laughed in disbelief, but no one believed me.

I had cried, made a scene, and even tried to prove my innocence by attempting suicide, but Brandon stopped all of my attempts.

“Aspen, don’t try to use death to gain my sympathy.

“I won’t forgive you just because you die, do you understand me? From today onwards, I have nothing to do with you.”

From then on, I had completely given up.

I went overseas to study for two years.

It was until I returned to the country that I learned that I was forced into an arranged marriage with him.

Brandon suddenly opened the door to my hospital ward and glared fiercely at me. “Where did you hide Poppy? Why did she suddenly disappear?”

After he said that, he choked me, and I could not breathe.

“I… I didn’t.”

Blood drained out from my face.

However, Brandon kept squeezing down. “If you don’t tell me, I’m going to kill you.”

He did not sound like he was kidding.

I opened my mouth, but I could not say a word.

“Do you really think I wouldn’t dare to kill you?” Brandon sneered.

The next second, he tightened his grip even further.

Just when I was about to suffocate, he suddenly let go and threw me on my hospital bed. “Aspen, I didn’t think you’d still be the same vicious killer!”

Brandon’s voice turned hoarse.

“But I still can’t bring myself to kill you.

“Don’t worry, Aspen, I’ll no longer love you.”

I felt hurt. His words were like salt on my wounds.

Tears started to stream down my cheeks.

“Brandon, how many times do I have to prove myself to you?! You’d rather trust someone else than me!

“Now that Poppy’s missing, the first person you’re suspecting is still me! I’ve been lying here in this hospital all along, how could I possibly leave to kidnap her?! Forget it, just do whatever you want!”

After I said that, I calmed down.