Chapter 2
“You are just a friend I grew up with. I only have Priscilla in my heart. Be good and take the medicine. And don’t make me do it myself.” I remember when I was a kid, we watched TV together. The male lead in the show slept with the female lead but didn’t want to be responsible. He forced the female lead to take the birth control pill in the same way. Our teacher in the physiology class taught that emergency contraceptive pills were very harmful to a girl’s body. At that time, George said to me with an angry face, “Caroline, you have to protect yourself when you grow up. If there’s any scum that forces you to take this stuff, just tell me. I’ll beat him to death.” But he became the one who forced me to take the medicine now. George knew that I was the most afraid of bitterness, but he was bent on thinking that I had drugged him. And no matter how much I explained, he felt that I was the one who was lying to him. In order to punish me, he forced me to eat an entire pack of medicine, without water. The bitterness of the pills spread in my mouth and even my heart crumpled into a ball of bitterness. It wasn’t until I swallowed the last pill, so bitter that tears flowed out of my eyes. Only then did George slowly put on his clothes and coldly say, “Don’t act so pathetic. You brought this on yourself.” Fate always loves to play tricks on people. Even after taking birth control pills, I still got pregnant. But I did not expect Priscilla to commit suicide because of this sadness. Before she died, she sent a video to George. Her clothes were messy and she was in tears. “Caroline did it on purpose. She threw up the birth control pills and got pregnant with your child. You should marry her, but I just wanted to stay by your side. Even if there is a title for me, I am also willing. Why can’t she accept me? She even sent men to ruin me!” “If that’s the case, I’ll just disappear completely to put her mind at ease. George, I love you. Goodbye, wish you guys happiness.” George searched the whole night but only found her cold body. Also from that day on, he decided I should die with her. George had the power to investigate, so as long as he carefully interrogated or asked the coroner. He would have realised that Priscilla hadn’t been assaulted at all before she died. And I hadn’t done anything like that at all. But he didn’t even ask, didn’t check and didn’t believe me. He just condemned me. Just as everyone was silent, Rosalie called for her private doctor and looked at Priscilla. She said in a deep voice, “Didn’t you say you’re pregnant? Then take another test!” If another test were done, it would be discovered that Priscilla wasn’t pregnant at all. And of the other eleven concubines, George hadn’t touched anyone else besides me. My pregnancy would definitely be exposed. When I thought of my last life, at the moment George fed my family’s ashes to the dogs in front of Priscilla’s tombstone and slashed open my flesh with a knife. He only watched me bleed out. I couldn’t stop myself from trembling. I instinctively held my belly. The existence of this child must not be known to him. I didn’t expect that before I even opened my mouth, Priscilla’s eyes turned red. She walked towards me. She softly said, “Caroline, I know you like George. Grandma also wants you to get married, but I already have his child. Please help us. Don’t force grandma to break us anymore.” With a single sentence, I was turned into a villain who was jealous and egged on the elders. Priscilla made a move to kneel down towards me and George hurriedly held her back, looking at me in disgust. “You didn’t do anything wrong and you’re pregnant. Why should you kneel to her? She’s not worth it” “Caroline, how many times do I have to say it? I just treat you as my childhood friend. I let you live in the Swallowell Family only for the sake of grandma and your family’s elders. Can’t you have some dignity and stop clinging to me?”