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When Ethan saw the coat, he felt a twinge of emotion and told the housekeeper to take it for dry cleaning.
But I threw the coat directly into the trash bin, along with all the photos of Ethan and me from over the years.
I didn’t want to have any connection with him in the future.
Ethan stared at me and slowly said, “Olivia has a kind heart and adopted Little Darling. If you dare to make her unhappy, I definitely won’t let you off.”
People really do laugh when they’re at their wit’s end. It seems Ethan had completely forgotten that I’m afraid of dogs.
Probably on Ethan’s orders, not a single servant helped me.
Ignoring the pain in my wrist, I packed until evening, finally clearing out everything related to Ethan.
This was the first time I had stayed at home in three years. After Ethan became a vegetable, I had practically lived in the hospital.
At first, there were visitors, but later everyone in the Jiang family gave up on him. Most of the time, it was just him and me in the hospital
room.
Just as I was falling into a light sleep at dawn, I was awakened by a bucket of cold water.
Ethan looked down at me condescendingly, “Rachel, you’ve really become lazy.”
“You’re no longer the mistress of the Jiang family. How dare you sleep in?”
My head was a bit fuzzy, and I nodded lightly to show I understood.
I wiped the water off my face and got up to change my clothes.
The servants in the villa were bustling about. The housekeeper glanced at me and told me to go polish the piano.
Only then did I realize today was Olivia’s birthday.
My fingers glided over the piano keys, and beautiful music flowed from my fingertips.
Ethan once said my hands were born to play the piano, but now these hands were used to polish the piano.
I couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the irony. Sweet words are only sincere in the moment they’re spoken.
Halfway through polishing, I received a message from Dr. Song, [Tomorrow morning at 10 AM.]
I quickly replied “okay” and forwarded the message to Jason.
Thinking about being able to speak again, my mood improved considerably.
I thought this party had nothing to do with me, but unexpectedly, Ethan pulled me to the dressing room. I was flattered to receive a dress.
But he was full of impatience, “Hurry up and put it on. How will people talk about Olivia if you don’t attend?”
So it was only to avoid gossip about Olivia. I felt the large stains on the dress, my heart already numb.
I remembered Olivia’s social media post an hour ago: [It doesn’t matter if I stained the dress, Ethan will prepare two for me.]
Olivia stood by the cake like an elegant princess, while I was like a clown for people’s amusement.
I tried to minimize my presence, sitting in a corner.
But the gossip still reached my ears.
1:01 PM
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“I heard she’s a mute.”
The mocking voices were incessant. I clenched my dress tightly.
Olivia sat down at the piano, the spotlight focused on her, attracting everyone’s attention.
The music suddenly stopped, and she cried out, “Ouch! How are there razor blades in the piano!”
The housekeeper pointed at me in the corner, “Only Miss Rachel touched the piano!”
Ethan glared at me angrily, roughly pulling me to the piano and pressing my hands onto the keys. The pain in my fingers was so intense I could barely breathe.
“Rachel, this is the price you pay for doing wrong.”
After saying this, he carried Olivia out, ignoring my bloodied hands.
I clearly saw Olivia flash a smug smile at me.
Later, an ambulance took me to the hospital, but all the doctors in the hospital had been called to examine Olivia.
Before I fainted from blood loss, I heard a nurse shout angrily, “If her hands don’t get immediate treatment, she’ll be permanently disabled!”
Tears slid from the corners of my eyes. I really wished I had never met Ethan.
Meanwhile, the doctor looking at Ethan seemed familiar and greeted him.
“How’s your wife? She took care of you for three years. It’s finally her time to be happy.”
