The wife of the richest man in the Northston enjoys tormenting beautiful young girls. I, born without the ability of feeling pain, became her perfect target. So, during yet another instance of being bullied in the school bathroom , this billionaire couple found me. They brought a lot of reporters and claimed that I was their long-lost daughter.

For a better life, I became the rich man's daughter and was envied by everyone. But beneath their loving facade, my new wounds concealed old ones. They said that this was the price of my protection and that I should repay them with my life. They were right. I should repay them. Only, it would be their lives, not mine.

1.

At the recognition banquet filled with the sound of clinking glasses, Lauren Chester, who had been regretful and pained while holding me just yesterday, now allowed those who had bullied me to take me away.

In the garden, the leading girl pinched my chin and sneered. "Do you really think you've become a rich lady?"

"The Chester family had lost and found countless daughters. Do you think you're the real one?"

I pursed my lips and said nothing. Seeing my weak demeanor, the girl pulled out a bottle from behind her. Shaking it, she asked, "Jessica, want to try my new toy?"

I looked at the bottle labeled sulfuric acid and smiled slightly, provoking her. "Sure, why don't you see if you can walk out of this villa alive tonight?"

Her reaction was clearly enraged. Just as she opened the bottle and was about to throw it at me, I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran towards the hall, lifting my skirt. "Someone's trying to kill me!"

My terrified screams instantly drew the attention of the guests in the hall. Seeing the girl with the sulfuric acid pursuing me, they all rushed to stand in front of me. I grabbed Lauren's arm and started crying uncontrollably. In an instant, the lively banquet turned into a farce. Lauren looked at me with an even darker expression.

2.

In the end, the girl and her group were all taken to the police station. The guests sensed something was off and quickly found excuses to leave. Suddenly, the vast villa fell silent, with only the eerie sound of liquid sloshing in glasses.

At that moment, I knelt down before Lauren, clutching her leg and sobbing, "Mom, I’m sorry. I shouldn't have acted like that. But she almost killed me. Didn't you see what was in her hands?"

Slap!

The sharp sound of a slap echoed through the villa.

"I told you to call me Mrs. Chester. You don't deserve to call me 'Mom'!" Lauren's face was grim.

As I covered my face and looked up to plead, she exchanged glances with Jack Chester, who had been silent all along. Before long, he took out a syringe from behind him and walked straight toward me.

Seeing the panic on my face, Lauren smiled with satisfaction. She yanked my hair back hard. "What are you afraid of? You don't feel pain. It's just a syringe. This is the condition for you to be my dear daughter."

Her voice was light, but her eyes were filled with obsession. Despite my struggles, she pressed me firmly against the sofa, while Jack readied the syringe and aimed the liquid at my arm.

Lauren leaned close to my ear, laughing softly. "You truly are the one I personally selected. Such a large dose and there isn’t even slightest side effect on you. My dear daughter, as long as you’re obediently, I believe we will have a good time together."

I buried my head, staring at the dried bloodstains on the sofa. A slight smile appeared on my lips. Of course, we would have a good time together. After all, what conflicts could there be when collaborating with the dead?

3.

After that day, Lauren kept me under house arrest, claiming that I was too stimulated, but her torment of me didn't lessen at all.

Instead, I was taken inside the hidden basement of the villa.

Injecting the drugs in the syringe into my body.

As she watched me twitching all over, Lauren always clapped her hands in excitement.

Sometimes she would even take pictures of me while under the effects of the drug.

Jack, who was holding the syringe, never said a word.

He was the richest man in the Northston, but he also seemed extraordinarily restrained in front of Lauren at the moment.

He seemed to be afraid that if he was not careful, he would anger Lauren.

I felt that perhaps the biggest villain should be Lauren.

One day, I just woke up after the side effects of the drug.

Lauren anxiously brought me out of the basement and had the servants wash and dress me.

I shivered and didn't dare to look directly at her, which caused the maid on the side to have obscure eyes.

"Do your part, or I'll rip you into pieces and feed you to the dogs!"

This wasn’t the first time that Lauren had treated them like this.

After all, Lauren's title as a great philanthropist was only true to her name in the eyes of outsiders.

The entire villa knew what a devil she was.

Lauren brushed on my hair and warned, "There's a very important guest who wants to see you later. You know what to do? The punishment will be way more severe if you don’t do as you’re told. You’re a good girl Jessica, I'm sure you'll do well."

Lauren's voice was soft, but her tone was full of threats.

I guessed that the guest was very important.

And when I saw the man sitting in the living room, I understood everything.

Northston's newest tech tycoon, James Shaw, a person that countless people wanted to secure a cooperation with.

I looked at Lauren, who was next to me. She seemed very nervous.

I then curved my lips.

My dear mom, the game has begun.

4,

"Mr. Shaw, I’m sorry she took so long to dress up."

Lauren bent over to accompany the smile.

Jack was already sat on the sofa, pouring tea without saying a word.

It seemed that he was not interested in meddling in these trivial matters.

I lowered my head and never said a word, and at that moment, James suddenly stood up, walked straight to me, and lifted my chin up.

After examining it for a while he laughed and asked, "Mrs. Chester, I wonder if Jessica has a boyfriend?"

As soon as the words fell, the entire living room was suddenly plunged into a dead silence.

No one expected James to suddenly come to this.

I looked at the man's face and instantly blushed. I then looked shyly at Mrs. Chester.

Lauren's face was gloomy, but she still forced herself to smile.

"This joke isn’t so funny at all, Mr. Shaw. Jessica has only just reached 18 this year."

The scrutinizing look in James's eyes became more obvious as he laughed.

"That’s good. How about this? You let Jessica accompany me for a few days, I'll cover the investment in your company's project."

After hearing those words, Jack, who had been silent, quickly stood up.

In a stern voice, he said, "No!"

Seeing everyone looking at him, he cleared his throat and said, "Jessica is the daughter we managed to retrieve with great difficulty, she is not to be used as a bargaining chip."

After hearing those words, Lauren's face became even more gloomy.

She laughed as she held my hand and glared at Jack.

Afterwards, she placed my hand in the palm of the man's large hand and fawned.

"Just in time, recently Jessica has been in a bad mood, it's always good to go out for a break".

At once, my heart skipped a beat and I turned to look pleadingly at Lauren.

Hoping that she would take back those words, I didn't expect Lauren to fling my hand straight away.

"Jessica, keep Mr. Shaw company, children who are disobedient don't end up so well."

With that, I followed James and left.

When I walked out of the villa, the sound of Jack and Lauren arguing came from inside the house.

It ended with the sound of debris falling to the ground, I looked at James who was always smiling beside me.

I then rolled my eyes. "This is the brilliant idea you came up with to meet up? It's really old fashioned".

Seeing me complain, James rubbed his nose his nose and handed a file of the information he had collected to me.

"In here are the daughters that the Chester family has found in recent years, you're the 10th one."

Looking at the girls’ profiles, I lowered my gaze. Some accounts really needed to be settled.

5.

I got to know James by chance. It was then that we discovered our goals aligned, so he handled the aftermath while I lured the bait. Luckily, the fact that I couldn’t feel pain worked in my favor. Otherwise, how could Lauren have seen me as a suitable candidate?

After arriving at James's apartment, he projected all of the Chester family's assets onto the wall.

"These are their partners. There's a charity event in a few days. It's organized by that woman. I believe you know what to do?"

I turned to him with a smile and replied coldly, "Do I need you to tell me how to do my job?"

"You'd better not let them catch you off guard. Don't act without my permission. Otherwise, you'll face the consequences yourself!"

With that, I took the documents in my hands and headed upstairs. We were just working together, but he actually started ordering me around.

In the bedroom, I looked at the girl on the first page of the document, my nose tinged with bitterness. A mixture of emotions arose in my heart. Was this fate?

6.

A few days later, I walked into the charity event, linking arms with James. After seeing the surprise in Lauren's eyes, I smiled and nodded at her. In her view, James was just a playboy. How could he truly cared for me?

However, her surprise faded quickly, replaced by a smile as she raised her glass to me, though her eyes were filled with warnings. I understood her message. My current identity was the daughter of the Chester family's. Sooner or later, I would return to their side, and if I disobeyed now, I would face endless torment later.

As the event began, I naturally sat next to Lauren, leaning affectionately against her shoulder while my smile didn't reach my eyes.

"Mom, I've heard some rumors these past few days. I wonder if you've heard them too?"

Seeing her confused expression, I continued, "They say I'm the 10th daughter the Chester family has found. But why haven't I met them?"

As soon as I finished speaking, Jack, holding a glass, spilled its contents everywhere. Lauren's expression darkened, and she tightly grasped my wrist.

"Don't ask about things you shouldn't. If you want to keep this identity... Jessica Chester, you need to know that without us, you're still that girl bullied in the bathroom. You'd better shut your mouth. Otherwise, I don't mind sewing it shut myself."

I curved my lips but didn't respond, choosing to look up at the stage. Just then, Lauren, as the person in charge, stepped up to speak. As she was about to begin, the screen behind her suddenly lit up, revealing a video.

In the flickering footage, a female voice resonated softly.

"Dear Dad and Mom, do you remember me? I am your daughter, Megan Bundred."

"The first daughter you publicly acknowledged."

"It's been so long. Have you missed me?"

At that moment, Lauren’s face turned pale as she stared at the big screen in a daze.

"Staff! What's going on? Turn it off quickly!"

Her sharp voice trembled slightly. Jack beside me shook with fear, unable to look up at the stage.

7.

Guests began to whisper, glancing at the flustered Lauren. Even the usually composed host stared at the screen in disbelief. Everyone knew of Megan's existence, but she had mysteriously vanished from public view. Lauren claimed Megan was sent abroad, but the words on the screen suggested otherwise. I smiled at the distraught Lauren, tilting my head.

"Mom, is this my sister? She's so beautiful. But where is she?"