Reclaiming My Stolen Life

4

The four of them looked closer than ever, a happy family, as if they were putting on a show just to spite me. I only gave a cold little smile. This kind of family feeling meant nothing to me.

“Sister, the Sullivans' elder heir is coming over today to discuss the marriage. I'll have to trouble you to receive him. I don't want you getting the wrong idea, so I'll marry myself off as quickly as I can.”

“Gayle, no. There's no need to make yourself suffer like this. Mama won't allow you to sacrifice yourself.”

How sweet it all sounded. If I remembered right, she'd already messaged Dennis long ago, saying I'd driven her out and stolen the marriage from her.

“Mama, it's no hardship for me. The Sullivans' younger heir and I truly love each other. What matters most is that Sister is happy.”

The moment they heard "the Sullivans' younger heir," they lit up, praising her for being so sensible.

With Dennis crippled, the Sullivan company would basically pass into the younger heir's hands. She had this all worked out down to the last cent.

“So it really was you who snatched Gayle's marriage. A country woman like you, thinking you could marry into the Sullivan family? Pure delusion.”

“Funny thing is, I don't want to marry you either. Wasn't it your precious dream goddess who climbed into your brother's bed? So they sent me in as the sacrificial pawn. Ngh!"”

Pain shot through my body.

【He is the child of fortune. Your job is to make him hate you, not to make him hate the female lead】

“You unnatural girl. Spouting nonsense again just to frame Gayle. That poor child has such a bitter fate.”

“I'm warning you, don't you dare slander Gayle. She has a kind heart. She only did this so the Hensons wouldn't be put in a hard spot.”

“Lying to yourself. All three of your legs are useless, so who would marry you now? She's off in your brother's bed, enjoying his affection. Pfft!”

A mouthful of fresh blood came pouring out.

【Deviation from the plot. Backlash incurred】

My mother shouted.

“The second daughter has lost her mind. Lock her up at once. Yes, lock her in the psychiatric hospital.”

“Ha, so now you're humiliated and furious? Let me tell you, she's slept with more men than you've got fingers on both hands. What is it you love about her? That she's fast, or just that shameless?”

“Gayle isn't that kind of person. Stop slandering her here. She broke up with me for your sake.”

“Dennis, if I were you, I'd go and die right now. A useless thing wastes air while it's alive and hogs land once it's dead.”

“Shut your mouth. Pfft!”

Dennis dropped straight to the floor, and the men he'd brought rushed to crowd around him.

“Sir, I'll get you to the hospital.”

【Thousand-arrows torment on standby】

“Aah……”

The savage look on my face startled all of them.

“Your brother can make her happy. Can you? You useless thing. If I were Gayle Henson, I wouldn't want you either. You're not even fit for a village girl like me. Spineless waste.”

【The child of fortune is about to be enraged to death. You undercover System, let's see how you force me to do your tasks now】

【Doubled】

“Pfft!”

They were all frightened. None of them had laid a finger on him, so how had he coughed up blood?

“Gayle isn't that kind of person.”

“Ha, don't believe me? Go to the hospital and check how many reconstructive surgeries she's had. Oh, and the abortions too. You have no idea how many men have had her, you fool.”

“Cover her mouth. No, no, I'm going to kill this unnatural girl. Nonsense, slander, framing people. I should have strangled you to death.”

She couldn't let me ruin Gayle Henson, the girl she'd raised with her own hands. Still shouting, she reached for me.

The tenfold punishment left me with no strength to fight back, and I could only let her clamp her hands around my throat.

Dennis was frozen where he sat, in no state to bother with me, and the other two Henson men wanted to devour me alive. There was no chance they'd save me.

“I'll kill you. What did the Hensons ever do to you, that you'd harm us like this?”

My face had already turned purple, and I struggled to draw breath.

【Host, be a good spineless female lead and I'll spare your life】

【In your dreams. Let me tell you, I won't die, because my backing, your nemesis, is on his way】

At the very last moment, the doors were pushed open.

“I'm here. No one lays a hand on Deborah Henson.”