Everyone knew that Adrian, the wealthy heir to the Sterling empire, had a late fiancée he couldn't forget. After she died, Adrian went mad, collecting women who looked like her. He changed girlfriends every month. And every time he brought one home, I would use every means possible to drive them out. I became known in our circle as the jealous shrew. They mocked me for not knowing my place. I wasn't the first, but I wanted to be the last. Because I was just like them, only luckier. With eyes uncanny similar to his lost love, I was the one Adrian married. When Adrian brought his late fiancée's twin sister home, I didn't stop him. Instead, I silently packed my things and gave up the master bedroom. He leaned against the doorframe, lighting a cigarette, his face full of mockery: "Mia, are you finally done making a scene? Do you know your place now?" I nodded and smiled gently: "Yes, after all this time, I'm tired of it too." Because the person he brought back wasn't a stranger. She was my own twin sister. Chapter 1 My things were packed. Looking at the empty room, I felt my past obsession was a joke. Just as I was about to move to the guest room, Adrian lifted his foot and blocked my path. A set of keys landed at my feet. "Since you're moving, you might as well move out completely." "Selena is shy. She's uncomfortable with you here." These weren't ordinary keys. They were proof of his discard. Those women Adrian had abandoned, the ones who clung to him for various reasons and refused to leave, would be gifted a key by him and arranged to live in the same high-rise building owned by him. I had watched countless women move in. Now, it was finally my turn. In a daze, my left hand was accidentally scratched by the ten-carat wedding ring, leaving a trail of blood. I thought for a moment, took off the ring, and placed it in Adrian's hand. So what if we were married? In his heart, I was no different from the other women. Adrian was stunned for a moment, then put the ring back on my hand. "Don't overthink it. As long as you know your place and act accordingly, you will always be Mrs. Sterling." He tilted his chin up slightly, as if granting a favor. "You can move to the penthouse. The other women won't dare to trouble you." In that building, the higher you lived, the better the treatment. The penthouse had never been occupied until now. I stared at the keys on the floor for a few seconds, then crouched down and picked them up. I gave a faint "Okay." The living room was still filled with our couple's mugs and other items. When we bought them, Adrian had scoffed, saying they were meaningless formalities. It was only under my persistent pestering that they were added to the house bit by bit. Now, I threw them all into the trash can. As I did this, Adrian frowned slightly. A hint of astonishment appeared in his eyes. Before leaving, I didn't look at him again. Instead, I looked straight at Selena behind him and asked softly: "Selena, do you genuinely want to be with Adrian?" Selena was slightly stunned, not expecting me to address her. This was normal. After all, the current me was completely different from before. In her heart, the sister she always followed and called out to was long dead. "I'm advising you. If you insist on being with him, your future will just be another version of mine." "She's different from you all." Adrian sneered and kissed Selena on the cheek right in front of me. "Selena is Serena's own twin sister. No matter what, I will treat her well." "Alright then, I wish you happiness." I got into the departing taxi without looking back, drifting further and further away. I finally arrived at my destination. It was the building he built for the me of the past, named "Serenity Heights." Ironically, it now housed a bunch of my replacements. From a distance, I could see a group of women waiting outside the door. Seeing me get out of the car, their faces showed looks of schadenfreude. "Yo, I never thought the high-and-mighty Mrs. Sterling would be kicked out to live with us." "What goes around comes around. When you bullied us, did you ever think this day would come?" I dragged my suitcase through them without a word. I took the elevator straight to the penthouse. The door was blocked by several locks. Just as I was about to call a locksmith, my phone and keys were snatched away. Another key was thrown over. "You think you deserve the penthouse? From today on, you live in the basement." I was driven into the basement. All my valuables were taken, leaving only a few clothes. My daily meals were their leftovers. Waves of women came to mock and humiliate me. This kind of life ended after Selena came. Seeing my situation, she immediately had someone smash all the locks on the penthouse door. For a moment, her figure overlapped with the one that had protected me behind her back ten years ago. But in her eyes, there was no longer the warmth of the past. It was all strangeness. "Mia, Adrian treated you like this. You must hate him, right?" "He killed my sister and mother. Help me. Let's take revenge on him together." Chapter 2 As I expected. My feelings were complicated, and I sighed silently in my heart. Adrian and I were deeply in love, but because of my family background, his mother, Mrs. Sterling, always disliked me. A week before the wedding, Mrs. Sterling asked my mother and me to meet at a hotel. The hotel caught fire, and my mother was swallowed by the flames. It was three hours before the Sterling family finally arrived. I was in a coma in the hospital for a whole week. When I woke up, I learned that because of severe burns, I needed full-body plastic surgery. And my mother became a vegetable because of this and was arranged by Mrs. Sterling to stay in a private hospital. Adrian knew nothing about all this. He thought I was dead. After the plastic surgery, I wanted to find him. But I was stopped by Mrs. Sterling, who threatened me with my mother's treatment. I knelt in front of her and begged bitterly before she relented. She made a bet with me. If within three years, Adrian could recognize me, she would agree to let us be together. If not, I had to leave completely and never see him again. I agreed with full confidence, but I didn't expect that when I saw Adrian again... I saw one woman after another who looked like me appearing beside him. Even after we got married, this behavior didn't stop. And now, I was tired. The three-year period was coming to an end. The current me just wanted to spend this time peacefully. And then leave. But my sister shouldn't be dragged into this. "Selena, does Nathan know you're doing this?" Nathan was my sister's boyfriend. They had been together for eight years. If nothing had happened, they would have been married by now. Selena was stunned for a moment, and a look of realization quickly flashed across her eyes. "Mia, I didn't expect you to know me so well. They say you'll do anything to deal with love rivals. Now I believe it." She smiled indifferently: "Nathan and I broke up long ago. Eight years. I got tired of looking at that face." "Don't worry, we're not enemies. If you join hands with me, we can definitely make Adrian taste pain." My heart couldn't help but ache. Sisters for many years, she could fool others, but she couldn't fool me. I knew better than anyone how much she loved Nathan. "Sorry, I can't help you." Adrian was a smart man. She, a weak woman, couldn't fight him. Selena looked surprised. Her eyes were also mixed with some disdain: "Mia, you don't really still love him, do you? Are you that willing to debase yourself?" Running out of options, I was forced to reveal the truth I had hidden for a long time. "Selena, actually you don't need revenge. Your sister isn't dead. I am your sister, Serena." "The reason I haven't come to find you all this time is because..." "Enough!" She interrupted me loudly with a dark face, her lower lip bitten to the point of bleeding from excitement. "If you don't want to join, you can just say so. You don't need to come up with such a ridiculous excuse to tease me!" I couldn't explain myself and could only helplessly watch her slam the door and leave. After waiting anxiously for a few days, the women in the building came to mock me again. "So what if you have the title? Aren't you still thrown away after he got tired of playing with you?" "Adrian is afraid of heights, but he's willing to go bungee jumping with Selena. But when you want to go shopping with him, you have to beg him to make an appointment." "It seems Mr. Sterling has really found true love this time..." My heart skipped a beat. I knew my sister was about to make a move. She was timid by nature, but when she was nervous, she liked to do some thrilling things out of the ordinary. Only I knew this habit of hers. I didn't know what method she planned to use, I just wanted to stop her quickly. Thinking this, I pushed away the woman in front of me. Amidst her curses, I stepped on the gas and sped away. I had Adrian's location on my phone. This was tied to my phone by him personally when we got married. "Since you are Mrs. Sterling now, you are naturally different from other women." Relying on this, I had interrupted Adrian's intimacy with other women countless times. Although he was displeased, he never mentioned untying it. When I found Adrian, he was shopping with my sister. From a distance, a truck was heading straight for him. Watching as it was about to hit. My heart rate accelerated, and I rushed over powerfully to push him away. The next second, right in front of Adrian, I was knocked flying. "Mia!" Adrian's eyes widened, calling my name, his face instantly turning pale by half. I lay in a pool of blood, breathing with difficulty. My vision slowly moved to him. And my sister beside him. A trace of panic quickly flashed through Selena's eyes, and she soon calmed down again. Adrian was already walking quickly towards me. "Adrian, don't go over. She's pulling a stunt!" Selena hurriedly called out to stop him. Adrian's footsteps paused, and he looked puzzled. Selena explained: "A few days ago, Mia came to me and asked me to leave you. She said she had already arranged it and would move back soon." As soon as the voice fell, the driver who caused the accident was dragged out of the car by the bodyguards. His face was pale, and he glanced covertly at my sister. Then he pointed at me and shouted loudly: "It has nothing to do with me! It was all arranged by this woman. I just took money to do a job!" The worry in Adrian's eyes faded, replaced by disgust as he looked at me: "Mia, I thought you were just willful. I didn't expect you to be unscrupulous to this extent." "Have you ever thought that I could have been killed by that car just now?!" Chapter 3 My consciousness became blurrier and blurrier. I looked at the furious Adrian and my sister with evasive eyes. Suddenly, I lost all strength to defend myself. Closing my eyes, I let myself sink into the darkness. The sweet times before the fire, the reunion with Adrian. Flashed back in my dreams from time to time. Finally, it froze on the last glance before the coma, his disgusted expression. "Mia, even though you don't look like her, I always feel that you are the one most like her." "The handwriting is similar, the living habits are similar, the happy and angry expressions are also similar." "Similar enough that I sometimes can't help but fantasize if she has really come back." My fingers moved slightly, and my consciousness gradually returned. Adrian's voice also became clearer. This was not a dream. Right at this moment, he was speaking beside me. Opening my eyes with difficulty, I saw him standing by the window with his back to me, talking to himself. As he spoke, his tone changed: "But now I know, no matter how similar you are, you are not her after all." "Because the real Serena wouldn't be as unscrupulous as you to achieve her goals." "The more you resemble her, the more you make me sick." I curled my lips in self-mockery. The heart that had just lifted sunk again. Maybe I was only one last step away from success. But this step was a chasm between us that could never be crossed. And I was no longer willing to waste my energy on this. Adrian turned around and his eyes met mine. He spoke calmly: "I've heard about what happened in the building. When you're discharged this time, move back." "Save me from having to worry about what crazy thing you'll do next." I stared at the ceiling overhead, my voice flat. "I'm not moving." Adrian thought I was throwing a tantrum, and his face immediately darkened. He clicked his tongue and continued impatiently: "Enough is enough, Mia. This is the last time I'm indulging your willfulness." "Adrian, the doctor said Mia needs quiet recuperation. Let's talk about anything else after she's discharged." Selena appeared at the door, interrupting our conversation. After watching Adrian leave, she came in and tucked the corners of my quilt. "Mia, sorry, but I had no choice. Who told you to appear suddenly and disrupt my plans." "I was clearly so close to succeeding..." I read the unwillingness in her eyes and held her hand. "Stop it, Selena. Your sister wouldn't be happy if you did this." Her eyes turned red, and she screamed hysterically: "What do you, an outsider, know?! The person who loved me best in this world was my sister!" The hatred in my sister's eyes was immense; she had lost her reason. I subconsciously let go of my hand, a trace of fear actually arising in my heart. The cute sister who always liked to cling to me had become so twisted now. I couldn't delay any longer. After Selena left, I took out my phone. Dray the number that I knew by heart. A few seconds later, an indifferent female voice sounded: "What is it? I'm busy." I couldn't help but grip the blanket under me tightly: "Mrs. Sterling, I concede that bet. I will leave and won't pester Adrian anymore." "Could you please not cut off my mother's treatment?" Chapter 4 The person on the other end of the phone was stunned, and her voice became much lighter. "Okay, but before you leave, you can't let Adrian know your identity either." "Don't worry, I won't shortchange you." The next second, a transfer message popped up on the phone. I couldn't even count the long string of zeros. There was no joy in my heart, just an inexplicable emptiness in a large piece of it. The part that belonged to Adrian was completely gone. After my body could move, I went to handle the discharge procedures. The doctor tried hard to persuade me: "Mia, your treatment plan hasn't been completed yet. Are you sure you want to be discharged now?" "Why don't you wait for your family to come over and discuss it?" I stared at the diamond ring on my hand and shook my head gently: "No need. It's fine for me to decide this kind of thing alone. He's very busy and won't come." The doctor sighed, seeing my determination, and let me sign. After everything was done, I went back to the building to pack my luggage. But I found the whole house empty, and all my things were gone. I stared blankly at everything in front of me. Until a sour remark broke the silence in the air. "Haven't you already gotten your wish and moved back to the Sterling mansion? What are you doing back here? To show off?" "Moved back to the Sterling mansion?" I turned my head abruptly and confirmed in disbelief: "Are you saying Adrian sent people to move all my things away?" "Stop pretending. We all know you staged that stunt yourself. I really don't know why Adrian would let you back." I was upset and couldn't listen to the rest of the words. In there, were hidden photos of my family. Hidden was the past of Adrian and me. If Adrian found them, what would Mrs. Sterling do... I didn't dare to think deeper and hurried to Adrian's residence. Facts proved that I thought too much. All my things were thrown outside the door, scattered all over the ground. Seeing me appear, Adrian was first stunned. Then he questioned angrily: "Just in time you're back. Tell me what this is about?!" A few pieces of paper were thrown in front of me. Looking down, I found it was my plastic surgery report. "If Selena hadn't accidentally found this in your room, I really wouldn't have known that everything about you is fake." Saying that, he took out my bank records again. "And this. Why did you suddenly receive such a large transfer?" "Mia, you deliberately got close to me. What exactly do you want to do?" "No, is your name really Mia?" Adrian's gaze at me was almost the same as looking at a fierce beast. The place that was hit by the car still felt a dull pain, spreading all the way to my heart. I gave a bitter smile and offered no defense. "In that case, let's get a divorce." Adrian snorted coldly and threw out a divorce agreement. Obviously prepared long ago. I signed it calmly, endured the pain to tidy up the things on the ground, and left unsteadily. Before leaving, I thought about it. Still decided to tell my sister. "Selena, your mother isn't dead. She's currently receiving treatment at Grace Hospital." "When you have time, go and see her." Selena didn't understand, staring at my back in a daze. Adrian put his arm around her shoulder. "Alright, don't think about her. That's a crazy woman." "Just right, today is my mother's birthday. I want to take you to see her." Unlike those other women, only the wife he acknowledged would be taken back by him to meet his family. Selena came back to her senses, read the meaning in his words, and smiled faintly. When the two arrived at the Sterling old mansion, Mrs. Sterling was triumphant. Seeing Selena, her expression changed dramatically. The usually composed noblewoman suddenly lost her dignity and screamed: "Serena? No, she doesn't look like this anymore. Who are you?" Halfway through speaking, her voice stopped abruptly. But it was already too late. Adrian keenly sensed the loophole in her words. He let go of Selena's hand and asked in a deep voice: "Mom, what do you mean by what you just said? What do you mean by 'doesn't look like this anymore'?" "Could it be that Serena, she isn't dead?"
? Continue the story here ?? ? Download the "MotoNovel" app ? search for "388745", and watch the full series ✨! #MotoNovel