Chapter 2
To avoid meeting my family, I should have come to visit Arabella late at night.
However, maybe because I was sick, my desire to see Arabella had grown stronger. So, I ran to the door of her ward as fast as I
could.
Just as I was panting heavily with my hands on my hips, the door in front of me. suddenly opened.
The next second…
A merciless slap landed on my face, and I uncontrollably fell backward.
With a bang, my head hit the ground.
In an instant, my sight turned pitch black.
felt it hurt very much.
Cold sweat covered my forehead, and my lips turned pale.
I was no longer as healthy as I was before. Now, when my emaciated body hit the ground, I felt as if it was about to fall apart at any moment.
After a short while, I regained my sight and saw the scene in front of me.
Helga looked at me with disgust. She raised her hand, wanting to slap me again. But Aleck stopped her.
“Mom…” I stammered, trying to evoke her pity.
But that was something that would never happen again in my life.
“Don’t call me Mom. I’m not your mom.
“You jinx! A troublemaker! Why did you come here? Why was it not you who became a vegetable…”
Aleck interrupted, “Enough. Stop it. Calm down.”
He tried to calm down Helga, who was on the verge of rage. Meanwhile, he asked me
I was no longer as healthy as I was before. Now, when my emaciated body hit the ground, I felt as if it was about to fall apart at any moment.
After a short while, I regained my sight and saw the scene in front of me.
Helga looked at me with disgust. She raised her hand, wanting to slap me again. But Aleck stopped her.
“Mom…” I stammered, trying to evoke her pity.
But that was something that would never happen again in my life.
“Don’t call me Mom. I’m not your mom.
“You jinx! A troublemaker! Why did you come here? Why was it not you who became a vegetable…”
Aleck interrupted, “Enough. Stop it. Calm down.”
He tried to calm down Helga, who was on the verge of rage. Meanwhile, he asked me
to leave.
“Lena, you should leave and never come back. No one wants to see you.”
At this time, Helga shouted, “Why should I stop? I shouldn’t have given birth to her. Arabella has suffered so much because of this jinx. She ruined Arabella’s future.”
Aleck pulled Helga into the ward, and the door was closed again.
In the past five years, I would come here every night.
Occasionally, I would run into Helga, and scenes like this were very common to see.
At first, I would argue with Helga, but all I would get in return were countless cold stares, insults, and even physical abuse.
Over time, I gave up.
I didn’t expect their trust, nor did I expect their love.
I had always understood that I wasn’t
welcome in this family.
If I could, I wouldn’t want to be born into this world.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, Arabella was the only one who had been good to me.
Helga didn’t appreciate my abilities and couldn’t stand my rebellious personality.
She even treated Johnny, the adopted child, better than me.
But Arabella often said to me, “Lena.
“Being yourself is more important than anything else. No matter what you are like, I like you.”
It was Arabella’s love that supported me to move forward in this desperate world.
I wanted to wait for Arabella to wake up.
“Are you crying? I thought you were a heartless person. Pretending to be pitiful in front of me is useless.
“No one wants to watch your lame show. Do you think you can wash away your sins by crying in front of your sister’s ward every
day? Every second I spend with you makes me sick.”
Johnny’s angry shouts kept entering my
ears.
Only then did I come back from my thoughts.
“I cried?”
I reached out and touched my face. Then, I realized that I was already in tears.
I also noticed Johnny’s existence. He was now standing in front of me in a suit.
Aleck was getting old. Since Arabella had an accident, he had turned grey overnight and was unable to manage the business alone. So, he directly handed the Byrne Group over to Johnny.
Somehow, I couldn’t remember what Johnny looked like when he first came to
my family.
I only vaguely remember that he used to be a timid and cowardly child, always hiding behind my kind–hearted sister because of my teasing.
Now, Johnny looked imposing, and his previous timid look was nowhere to be
found.
Now, whenever outsiders mentioned the Byrne family, they always praised Johnny’s abilities, lamented the sudden accident
that happened to Arabella, and ridiculed my wickedness.
When Arabella and Johnny were famous for their outstanding achievements, somet peers secretly mocked me for not being like my parent’s child.
They said I was spoiled and mediocre, just a useless eye candy.
But at that time, Johnny, who had never had a good impression of me, would join forces with me to teach those people a
lesson.
Gradually, they knew about my retaliatory personality.
And after that, no one dared to speak ill of
me anymore.
At the same time, Johnny’s tall figure had been engraved in my mind. I began to realize that I had fallen for him.
Since then, I had often tried to get close to Johnny and be nice to him.
Although Johnny was annoyed by my behavior, our relationship had improved a
lot.
But after the accident, everyone changed.
No one would stand up for me anymore.
I didn’t want to argue with Johnny, so I turned around and wanted to leave.
But Johnny stopped me.
“What’s that attitude? I’m talking to you. So, speak to me!”
Johnny was angered by my attitude, and his
grip tightened unconsciously.
“Ah!”
Even though my pain tolerance had increased over the past five years, Johnny used full force this time.
And I couldn’t help but cry out in pain.
Hearing my cry, Johnny immediately released his grip and instinctively lowered his head to check on my wrist.
My wrist was swollen and looked like it had been severely injured. Johnny
subconsciously wanted to take me to see at
doctor.
But I didn’t believe he really wanted to help me, so I immediately pulled my wrist out of his hand and ran away in panic.
