Louis Featherington, the prince of Riverdale, spoiled me like his own sister for eight years. He set off fireworks all over the city on my birthday. He gave me a castle as a gift for my coming-of-age ceremony.

After getting drunk, we were infatuated and had a wild night. The next day when we were sobering up, I expressed my feelings to him, but he frowned coldly and said that he only treated me as a sister.

Later, he suddenly went abroad and I waited for him for three years. But I waited until he returned from abroad with Sharon Nottingham. Sharon and I were kidnapped and given strong aphrodisiacs.

Louis took Sharon away with heartache, but only left me one sentence. "You bear it."

Later, when I was rescued by the police, I was taken to the hospital by ambulance with injuries all over my body.

On the huge live broadcast screen in the city center, Louis came out of the hotel with Sharon in his arms.

I was heartbroken and finally said yes to my childhood sweetheart’s proposal.

——

After hearing my agreement, my childhood sweetheart Frank raised his head with red eyes. His face was full of heartache and his voice was trembling.

"Serena, what did you say?"

A big tear fell on the back of my hand and Frank Gretchen held my hand distressedly. "I know you are in pain, but Serena, I will always be with you, please don't give up on yourself."

His eyes fell on the wounds all over my body, those ugly and hideous scars and kisses. The pain in his eyes almost destroyed him and he said he wished he could suffer these pains for me.

But I pulled the corners of my mouth stiffly and smiled, "Frank, I said I've figured it out, I'll marry you."

He was stunned in disbelief and looked at me deeply. But he didn't say anything.

I wanted to raise my hand to touch his face and the wound on my arm split again and a lot of blood gushed out.

"Frank... Do you think I'm dirty?"

Frank shook his head frantically. He helped me stop the bleeding distressedly and held my hand tightly against his face.

"No, I will never dislike Serena! If you are willing to marry, I will marry you. I will marry you when you are discharged from the hospital, okay?"

I finally breathed a sigh of relief and closed my eyes with relief. But tears fell from the corners of my eyes.

In the past three years, Frank proposed to me nine times, but I rejected them all. Just because I had been waiting for that impossible person to come back. I had waited for Louis for three years.

On the day I learned that he was returning to Rockbottom, I gave up the most important game and ran to the airport to meet him. But I saw him holding Sharon's hand, like a couple, talking and laughing, appearing at the airport exit.

Noticing my pale face, Louis had no expression, but walked towards me with Sharon.

"Serena, this is Miss Sharon, your future sister-in-law."

He asked me to call Sharon sister-in-law, but I opened my lips and felt extremely bitter in my mouth and I couldn't say those two words.

Sharon smiled brightly, "Is this Serena?"

"Your brother has been abroad for three years and often told me about you. Serena is the little princess that Prince Louis holds in his palm!"

Their laughter echoed in the airport. My heart was broken into pieces. Three years of waiting finally came to nothing. The reality in front of me told me that this was just a foolish dream. I gave up at that time. But unexpectedly, I still couldn't escape the disaster later.

Soon after Sharon returned to Rockbottom, Riverdale news was searched. Perhaps it was too high-profile and attracted the attention of the kidnappers.

The headline was #Riverdale Prince Louis's mysterious girlfriend#

A few days later, Sharon and I were kidnapped together.

After receiving the call, Louis immediately mobilized all his connections to find Sharon and stayed up for several days and nights.

The kidnapper asked him to transfer 10 million dollars and he did not hesitate to transfer the money. The kidnapper turned on the video and aimed at Sharon and me. In the video, veins on his forehead bulged.

But there was only one request: "Don't touch Sharon!"

The kidnapper looked at me with a mocking and playful look. The sharp and cold blade patted my face.

"It seems that you, the little princess of the Riverdale circle, are not very favored!"

Those kidnappers were Louis's enemies.

Every time there was a major event or banquet, Louis took me to attend. The marketing account hyped me up as the "little princess of the Riverdale circle", saying that I was the flesh and blood of Louis's heart and the jewel in the palm. But now, the so-called "little princess of the Riverdale circle" was not as important as a "mysterious girlfriend" who had appeared not long ago.

I looked at the furious Louis in the video bitterly. He had always been gentle and never showed his emotions. But now, for Sharon, he did not hesitate to expose his weaknesses and let the kidnappers take advantage of him.

The kidnappers asked him to transfer 100 million dollars again before he would let him go. Half an hour later, 100 million dollars arrived. But the kidnappers did not intend to let him go easily. They injected a syringe of strong aphrodisiac into me and Sharon.

"This stuff is a good thing from abroad! If you don't make love with a man within two hours, your whole body will explode and you will die. But Louis can only take one away."

The drug was very effective. Not long after the injection, I felt hot all over. Sharon, who was tied up beside me, couldn't help but moan softly.

Louis arrived ten minutes earlier than the agreed time. When he came in a black windbreaker, a layer of cold mist condensed around him.

"Let them go!"

The kidnapper chuckled and said, "Two little beauties, you can only save one."

Louis frowned and looked at me.

Sharon's eyes were blurred and her cheeks were flushed as she cried for help.

"Louis, save me..."

I clenched my fists and my nails were embedded in the flesh and bleeding, so I could barely stay awake. I looked at Louis and saw him slowly walking towards Sharon and I felt something was wrong.

"Louis!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, calling out to Louis who was holding the woman by the waist.

He paused. He frowned and turned back, leaving only four words. "Just bear with it for a while now."

I looked at Louis in disbelief. He didn't hesitate and really only took Sharon away, then got in the car and left.

"No! Don't leave me here! Louis! Save me..." I shouted at the top of my lungs, my voice was hoarse.

But soon the sound of a car starting was heard. Louis took Sharon away quickly. I was the only one drowned by the shadow behind me.

The beasts behind me laughed wildly, "Little beauty, your brother doesn't love you that much, he actually left you for that woman!"

They rolled up their sleeves and walked towards me with ill intentions. "In that case, you will be our brothers' snack tonight!"

I screamed, struggled and asked for help. But no one found this abandoned warehouse. Until they got up one by one with satisfaction. I was in tatters, staring at the ceiling with lifeless eyes, only despair remained.

Later. I picked up the dagger next to me, ready to chop them to death and then die.

Suddenly, a sharp alarm sounded. They were all arrested.

When I raised the knife to my chest with a wry smile, someone suddenly grabbed my wrist with a trembling hand.

"Serena!"

Frank's eyes were red. "I'm sorry, I'm late, I'm late..."

He threw away the knife and held me in his arms.

"Ambulance! Quick, ambulance!"

Until I was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

I saw the advertising screen in the city center. It was broadcasting the scene captured by the paparazzi. Louis hugged the woman in his arms intimately, buttoned his shirt and walked out of the hotel.

Meanwhile I stayed in the hospital for three days and three nights.

Louis never showed up from beginning to end. And I had long since given up any hope.

Frank had been staying by my side for three days without sleep. He asked someone to cook my favorite light dishes and helped me apply medicine on time. He also propped up his head and stayed by my bed when I fell asleep at night.

Once I fell asleep deeply, I had endless nightmares. I dreamed of cold blades, abandoned warehouses and men's grins. And the back of Louis leaving without hesitation.

Every time I woke up screaming, Frank would wake up instantly, hug me in his arms reflexively and comfort me softly.

"Serena, don't be afraid! I'm here, I'm here!"

Until the doctor said I was recovered and could be discharged.

***

Frank drove to take me to Crystale Villa.

Crystale Villa and the castle behind it were birthday gifts given to me by Louis when I was 18 years old.

When I arrived, I huddled in the car and refused to get out.

"When I was living alone in it, they rushed in and kidnapped me. I don't want to go back!"

Frank's eyes flashed with heartache. "Then come home with me, okay?"

I nodded.

***

After living in Frank's house for two weeks, Louis called me for the first time after the accident.

He opened his mouth with an extremely calm voice.

"Serena, tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, my mother wants you to go back to the old house for dinner."

"Hello? Can you hear me, Serena?"

I didn't say anything and hung up the phone with tears.

It turned out that it was Mid-Autumn Festival.

I remembered that last month, when I went to the old house to visit Marianne, Loui’s mom. She smiled and held my hand and said.

"Next month, my son Louis will come back. If nothing goes wrong, you will get engaged on Mid-Autumn Festival!"

But now, things had changed. I just curled up in Frank's house and became a turtle.

The phone rang several times again. All of them were missed calls from Louis, so I turned it off directly.

The next day, Louis actually found Frank's house. He was standing downstairs in a black windbreaker, with one hand in his trouser pocket and called me.

"Come down. Come back to the old house with me."

Louis was about to ask his bodyguard to kick down the door of Gretchen's house. I couldn't hide anymore, so I put on a turtleneck sweater, covered my whole body and went downstairs.

"Frank, you come with me."

I grabbed Frank's sleeve and didn't let go.

Under the sunglasses, Louis's eyes fell on my hand.

Then he stopped Frank, "Sorry, today is a family dinner, it's not convenient for outsiders."

Frank smiled and gently squeezed my arm. "Don't be afraid, I'll wait for you outside."

He picked up the key and walked towards his car.

I subconsciously found Louis's Rolls-Royce and just as I was about to open the passenger door, the window suddenly rolled down.

Sharon's bright smile bloomed. "Serena, long time no see."

My hand froze in mid-air.

Louis frowned and helped me open the back seat. "You sit in the back."

I sat in the back seat obediently without saying a word.

Along the way, Sharon seemed particularly excited and kept talking. Louis simply echoed a few words.

Suddenly, through the rearview mirror, Louis's scrutinizing eyes fell on my face.

"Serena, why are you so quiet today?"

In his memory, I chirped like a bird and I talked endlessly when I saw him. People always expressed themselves unconcealedly in front of the people they love. Cuteness disappeared. Others will disappear soon after.

I shook my head, "I feel a little uncomfortable."

Louis didn't say much. He just stepped on the accelerator and soon arrived at the old house.

When Marianne heard that I was coming, she stood at the door to greet me early in the morning.

"Serena!"

She held my hand enthusiastically and looked me up and down with heartache.

"Oh, I heard that you were kidnapped a few days ago. It's all Louis's fault! He provoked enemies and wronged you."

Marianne's eyes were shining with tears and I couldn't help but redden my eyes.

That year, when the mountain torrent broke out, my parents died trying to save Marianne.

I became an orphan and when Marianne, the old lady of the Featherington Family came back, she went through the adoption procedures and told me that the Featherington Family would be my home in the future.

They raised me as their own daughter and asked Louis to treat me as his own sister. Louis did take care of me as his own sister for eight years. He created a luxurious dream for me. And pushed me into the abyss with his own hands.

Sharon smiled and tried to please Marianne, handing over a luxurious gift box. "Aunt, this is a gift I brought you from abroad!"

Marianne's smile froze on her face.

She looked at Louis with dissatisfaction, "It was said to be a family dinner, why are outsiders here?"

Marianne didn't like Sharon.

She felt that she had been two-timing and went abroad out of anger, causing Louis to pursue her for three years. Marianne had always wanted to bring me and Louis together, but was always ruined by Sharon's sudden appearance.

Especially when she heard that Louis had thrown me in an abandoned warehouse to save Sharon a few days ago, Marianne was even more dissatisfied with her.

At the dinner table, the atmosphere was awkward for a while.

Sharon's tears of grievance rolled in her eyes. Louis's eyes stayed for a moment with heartache and he picked up her favorite dishes and put them in the bowl.

"Serena. The reason why Miss Sharon was rescued first that day was because she had a congenital heart disease and could not be frightened. You are strong, so it's okay to wait a little longer."

"And when I left the scene that day, I immediately asked someone to call the police, knowing that you would not be hurt."

As he said that, he also picked up a piece of braised pork that I didn't like and put it in my bowl.

"I knew that the police would definitely rescue you."

Louis's firm voice made me laugh. I really wanted to ask him. Knowing that I would not be hurt... then what were these injuries on my body?

But I didn't ask.

Seeing that everyone was unhappy, Marianne casually changed the subject and asked me when I planned to get married.

I chuckled and put down my bowl and chopsticks, "Auntie, I'm getting married next week. I was planning to tell you this good news at this family dinner."

Everyone was stunned. Louis looked up in astonishment.

Marianne looked at me in surprise, "Serena, are you kidding? You don't even have a boyfriend, who are you going to marry?"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Louis intentionally or unintentionally.

I had a crush on Louis and confessed to him. This matter had been no longer a secret since three years ago. Some people used this to make fun of my wishful thinking. Some people said that I had Marianne as my backer and Louis and I were a perfect match.

But three years later, Louis came back with Sharon and no one associated me with him anymore.

Just as I was about to speak, Louis suddenly asked coldly.

"Serena, is it Frank you’re talking about just now?"