Chapter 1

Ariana White was jostled awake. The loud moans pulled her out of her slumber. As she slowly opened her eyes, the harsh white light stung her eyes. Subconsciously, she tried to block it with her hands, but she found that her hands were pulled over her head and tied in a tight knot to the bedpost. Everything in the room was decorated beautifully. A glance around her environment made Ariana realize that she was in a wedding room. This was supposed to be her wedding night with her childhood love, Vincent Thomas. Unexpectedly, when she went to the dressing room to change, someone suddenly attacked her from behind. Then, everything went black, and she lost consciousness. "Enough noise, you woke up that woman." While she was trying to figure out what was happening, a clear and pleasant female voice suddenly spoke. When she looked in the direction of that voice, the scene before her made Ariana's heart drop. "You!" The confusion, the heartache, and the shock left Ariana speechless. Right there, merely a meter away from her, Vincent, the man she loved so much, was shamelessly holding another woman in an intimate embrace. Her heart dropped further when she saw that there was not a flicker of remorse in his eyes. "So what if she saw us? Do you think I'm afraid of her?" Vincent was undeniably handsome, his roguish smile hinted at a boyish charm. But to Ariana, he just seemed disgusting in that moment, stirring up a wave of revulsion in her gut. She couldn't help but confront him: "Vincent, tonight is our wedding night!" "Our wedding night?.." Before Vincent could complete his reply, the woman beside him sneered. Covering her red lips with her ruby stiletto nails, her eyes feigned innocence as they gazed at Ariana, who was now reduced to a helpless captive. With a coy, bedazzling smile, she said: "I'm really sorry, but I've already spent your wedding night with Vincent on your behalf, sister." The word "sister" sounded extremely ironic in Ariana's ears. The woman sprawled beneath Vincent was her distant younger cousin. When she was little with no one to look after her, her family kindly took her in. But little did they know that she was having an illicit affair with her fiancé behind her back, committing such filthy deeds right in front of her. "I want a divorce!" She yelled, "Both of you, get out of the White family's house!" "Oh no, sister is angry and wants to chase us away, doesn't she, Vincent?" Jane White feigned panic as she covered her lips, but her eyes were filled with arrogance. She changed the topic and said coldly, "However, sister, there is no White family anymore. You forgot that from the moment you married Vincent, half of the properties under your name naturally belonged to him. And now, if you die, we can legitimately take over the White family's industries." "You...” Ariana snapped back to her senses, her eyes widened in shock, "Vincent, you married me for the White family's properties!" "Hah," Vincent laughed coldly. His eyes darkened and he said, "I want the White family's properties, and I also want the chip production technology of the White family!" With a sneer, he reached out his hand to grab Ariana’s chin, forcing her to look him in the eye, "Ariana, if you had told me about the chip technology earlier, I might have spared the White family once. Too bad." Both the White family and the Thomas family have manufacturing companies. However, since the White family successfully introduced the advanced chip production technology from France, their business has reached new heights. "Disgusting! You guys make me sick!" Ariana, with crimson eyes, said through gritted teeth. "Hehe..." Vincent looked down and laughed, as a cold light appeared in his eyes. "This will not end well for you!" They will have a retribution. Sooner or later, they will pay for their evil deeds! But Vincent seemed to catch the hidden message in Ariana's words. He stood up and walked unhurriedly towards the television, the corner of his lips curling up in a sinister grin. "I almost forgot, I prepared a wedding gift for you." The screen lit up, and the bright red light hurt Ariana's eyes. "NOO! You are not a human, you beast!" Ariana couldn't believe her eyes.