Chapter 17 The Crime of Being Alive
Isabella lay burning with fever for three days, drifting in and out of consciousness inside the villa. William never came to see her.
The fever eventually broke, but her throat still felt like she'd swallowed broken glass. Every sip of water was agony.
Her phone screen lit up repeatedly with me...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4 You Should Have Died Long Ago
5. Chapter 5 Better Off Dead
6. Chapter 6 When the Devil Answered the Door
7. Chapter 7 Made to Suffer
8. Chapter 8 A Mirror of Her Sister
9. Chapter 9 A Thousand Deaths Wouldn't Be Enough
10. Chapter 10 What You Made Is Only Fit for Dogs
11. Chapter 11 You Have to Believe in Yourself
12. Chapter 12 Unfasten the Night
13. Chapter 13 This Is Her First Time
14. Chapter 14 Beatrice, the Swan They Adored
15. Chapter 15 Strings Without a Soul
16. Chapter 16 Beatrice's Diary
17. Chapter 17 The Crime of Being Alive
18. Chapter 18 She's Always Playing the Victim
19. Chapter 19 Her Life Caused Everyone Pain
20. Chapter 20 Leaked: Exotic Dance Video
21. Chapter 21 She Really Knows How to Seduce
22. Chapter 22 What Exactly Is Going On with You and Ambrose?
23. Chapter 23 Such a Good Girl
24. Chapter 24 She Was Never Meant to Live
25. Chapter 25 You're a Disgrace for Even Existing
26. Chapter 26 Do You Not Like Me
27. Chapter 27 Take Care of Her Instead of Beatrice?
28. Chapter 28 Swallowed by the Endless Night
29. Chapter 29 Who Beat Her Up Like This
30. Chapter 30 Who Do You Think You Are, Hitting Her?
31. Chapter 31 Swallow
32. Chapter 32 What a Waste
33. Chapter 33 She Still Knows Shame
34. Chapter 34 She Must Live in Pain Every Day
35. Chapter 35 The Me I Hate for Loving Him
36. Chapter 36 The Fierce Love That Wasn't Hers
37. Chapter 37 She Is Best at Pretending to Be Pitiful
38. Chapter 38 The Forgiveness I'll Never Earn
39. Chapter 39 Left Behind by Everyone
40. Chapter 39 She Is the Murderer
41. Chapter 41 She Wants to See Her Parents
42. Chapter 42 The Curse of Knowing You
43. Chapter 43 Thriving on Her Desperation
44. Chapter 44 He Developed a Desire to Kill Ambrose
45. Chapter 45 To Shatter Her Dreams
46. Chapter 46 Hit Him with the Car
47. Chapter 47 Wearing Beatrice's Skin
48. Chapter 48 Hit and Flung by a Car
49. Chapter 49 Amara's Past
50. Chapter 50 She Really Loves Her Parents
51. Chapter 51 If It Hadn't Been Saved
52. Chapter 52 Death Was Too Kind for Her
53. Chapter 53 Discovered Her True Colors
54. Chapter 54 None Who Approach Her Fare Well
55. Chapter 55 Cruelty Backed by All
56. Chapter 56 Sneaking Around
57. Chapter 57 Do Not Defy Him
58. Chapter 58 Why Hasn't He Given Up Yet?
59. Chapter 59 Why Didn't He Hate Her?
60. Chapter 60 Drive Away All the People Around Her
61. Chapter 61 There Would Be No Tomorrow
62. Chapter 62 Hallucinations
63. Chapter 63 Even William Can Be Foolish
64. Chapter 64 She Is Burning Her Own Room
65. Chapter 65 Death Is Too Easy for Her
66. Chapter 66 Her Eyes Began to Shine
67. Chapter 67 The First to Defy William
68. Chapter 68 Let Me Kill Him
69. Chapter 69 Unfulfilled Desires
70. Chapter 70 The Truth Behind Beatrice's Death
71. Chapter 71 Juniper, Go to Hell
72. Chapter 72 Thrown into Blackthorn Compound
73. Chapter 73 Lower Than the Dirt They Walk On
74. Chapter 74 Locked in a Pitch-black Room
75. Chapter 75 Do You Really Have to Be So Cruel to Her?
76. Chapter 76 No One Will Come to Save Her
77. Chapter 77 The Knife is Too Short
78. Chapter 78 Throw Her Back to Blackthorn Compound
79. Chapter 79 Beatrice, You Finally Came for Me
80. Chapter 80 She Wants to Die
81. Chapter 81 What Exactly Has She Gone Through?
82. Chapter 82 Are You Crazy?
83. Chapter 83 Why Apologize to the Murderer
84. Chapter 84 Are You Having Hallucinations Again?
85. Chapter 85 You Deserve a Better Life
86. Chapter 87 Forcing Him to Make a Decision
87. Chapter 86 William's Heart Will Never Be Hers
88. Chapter 88 William Ruined Everything She Dreamed Of
89. Chapter 89 Drugged
90. Chapter 91 She Is Too Dirty
91. Chapter 90 Broadcasting Desire
92. Chapter 92 Are You So Desperate for Men?
93. Chapter 93 Why Did He Fall in Love with Isabella?
94. Chapter 94 Admiring Her Nude
95. Chapter 95 Too Late Again
96. Chapter 96 Another Pick Between Two
97. Chapter 98 Juniper's Moment Is Here
98. Chapter 97 The Moment William's Heart Shook
99. Chapter 99 Her Target Is Hooked
100. Chapter 100 She'd Rather Die Than Divorce
101. Chapter 101 He Wants to Wed Someone Else
102. Chapter 102 The Plan Is in Motion
103. Chapter 103 Something Is Wrong
104. Chapter 104 The Reason She Cannot Leave
105. Chapter 105 With Their Lives, They Cleared Her Path
106. Chapter 106 Humiliate Her in a Cruel Way
107. Chapter 107 Try Hard to Please Him
108. Chapter 108 Memory Lost: Ambrose Forgot Her
109. Chapter 110 The Hollow in His Heart
110. Chapter 109 See Him One Last Time
111. Chapter 111 Isabella Had an Accident
112. Chapter 112 The Person Who Saved Her
113. Chapter 114 Until She Broke
114. Chapter 113 After All: He Found Her
115. Chapter 115 No Joy for the Guilty
116. Chapter 116 You Think You Can Move Me
117. Chapter 117 Her Body is Too Weak
118. Chapter 118 Feels Like She's Crazy
119. Chapter 120 Isla Discovers the Truth
120. Chapter 119 A Kidney for Mom
121. Chapter 121 Turning the Blame on Her
122. Chapter 122 The Breaking Point
123. Chapter 123 This Time, He Breaks Her from Within
124. Chapter 124 She Is Just a Good-for-Nothing
125. Chapter 125 Mad Pursuit
126. Chapter 126 Isabella Flatlines
127. Chapter 127 Die Somewhere Else
128. Chapter 128 At Death's Door
129. Chapter 129 You're the Best
130. Chapter 130 Impossible to Love Her
131. Chapter 131 Shatter Her Mind
132. Chapter 132 The Guilty Can't Hide
133. Chapter 133 The Toy That Never Grew
134. Chapter 134 The Kind Deserve What's Coming
135. Chapter 135 The Friend Heaven Chose for Her
136. Chapter 136 I Fulfilled Your Dream
137. Chapter 137 A Long-Lost Warmth
138. Chapter 138 The Day Beatrice Changed Everything
139. Chapter 139 All Night in Each Other's Arms
140. Chapter 140 One Day, Her Mother Will Forgive Her
141. Chapter 141 In the Shape of Beatrice
142. Chapter 142 Slipping Beyond His Reach
143. Chapter 143 The Unwanted Meeting
144. Chapter 144 I'm Sure She's Happy for You
145. Chapter 145 As If She's Fresh Out of the Madhouse
146. Chapter 146 He Walks Away After Intimacy
147. Chapter 147 Determining the Construction Period
148. Chapter 148 Married in Her Sister's Place
149. Chapter 149 Let Him Burn It Out
150. Chapter 150 Bulimia
151. Chapter 151 Discovering Her Secret
152. Chapter 152 She Can Have Her Uterus Removed
153. Chapter 153 Stains That Never Fade
154. Chapter 154 Utterly Absurd
155. Chapter 155 If Fate Were Kind
156. Chapter 156 She Will Never Have Children
157. Chapter 157 She Knows What's Good for Her
158. Chapter 158 Those Who Killed Beatrice Deserve to Die
159. Chapter 159 She Does Not Deserve Freedom
160. Chapter 160 Where Desire Knows No Limits
161. Chapter 161 The Hurt That Stays Inside
162. Chapter 162 Seducing Men Again
163. Chapter 163 You Really Disgust Me
164. Chapter 164 Deadly Memories
165. Chapter 165 She Is Not Isabella
166. Chapter 166 The Price of Coveting William
167. Chapter 167 Tragic Past
168. Chapter 168 This Is What He Hungers For
169. Chapter 169 Terrifying Dream
170. Chapter 170 The Truth Behind the Bruises
171. Chapter 171 Crushing Her Pride
172. Chapter 172 This World Is Too Cruel to Her
173. Chapter 173 She Hates That She Can't Hide Her Secrets
174. Chapter 174 Abrupt Decline of the Mind
175. Chapter 175 The Lowest You Can Sink
176. Chapter 176 A Tremor in William's Heart
177. Chapter 177 A Heart Full of Needles
178. Chapter 178 What Do You Think You Are?
179. Chapter 179 She Is the One Who Lost It All
180. Chapter 180 Drag Her Back to Hell
181. Chapter 181 Rodolfo and Hermione Died
182. Chapter 182 She Is Pregnant
183. Chapter 183 He Actually Fell for Her
184. Chapter 184 What the Hell Are You Doing?
185. Chapter 185 Those Days Are Gone Forever
186. Chapter 186 Isabella, You Make Men Lose Their Minds
187. Chapter 187 You Are Just a Madman
188. Chapter 188 You Will Take His Punishment
189. Chapter 189 Amara Jumped
190. Chapter 190 The Truth Slowly Emerges
191. Chapter 191 William, You Got What You Deserved Today
192. Chapter 192 She Had Long Since Lost the Will to Live
193. Chapter 193 He Hated It So Much He Wanted to End Himself
194. Chapter 194 Even If I Go Crazy, I Want to Stay by His Side
195. Chapter 195 Dad Is in Trouble
196. Chapter 196 William’s Chest Aches Violently
197. Chapter 197 No Need To Do This Anymore From Now On
198. Chapter 198 It’s Too Late to Think About Protecting Now
199. Chapter 199 Stop Kneeling!
200. Chapter 200 Advance or Retreat, Both Mean Death
201. Chapter 201 A Newly Imagined Character
202. Chapter 202 The Illness Is Getting Worse and Worse
203. Chapter 203 Prelude to Death
204. Chapter 204 Isabella, She Is Finally Free
205. Chapter 205 Lifelong Regret
206. Chapter 206 She Is Only Asleep
207. Chapter 207 The Final Dance
208. Chapter 208 Family Banquet
209. Chapter 209: Undercurrent
210. Chapter 210 Prey
211. Chapter 211 New Tenant
212. Chapter 212 A Step Away
213. Chapter 213 Mirror Image
214. Chapter 214: The Untouchable Dream
215. Chapter 215: Door
216. Chapter 216 He Lost
217. Chapter 217 I Look Better Than Her
218. Chapter 218 The Murderer
219. Chapter 219 A Group of Lunatics
220. Chapter 220 William’s Gift
221. Chapter 221: The Boundary Between Humans and Dogs
222. Chapter 222 Desolation
223. Chapter 223 Sin and Evil Miasma
224. Chapter 224 The Soul That Fell into the Abyss
225. Chapter 225 The Truth Hurts More Than Lies
226. Chapter 226 Cunning and Crafty
227. Chapter 227 Judgment
228. Chapter 228 Exorcism
229. Chapter 229 Unfair Debt
230. Chapter 230 Selfish People Are Afraid of Death
231. Chapter 231 How Can I Be at Ease with You
232. Chapter 232 Can’t Go Back Anymore
233. Chapter 233 I Should Have Died Long Ago
234. Chapter 234 I Live Just to Repay Debts
235. Chapter 235 Puppet of Replicated Memories
236. Chapter 236 Sharp-Tongued Lester
237. Chapter 237 Make Him No Longer a Man
238. Chapter 238 William’s Atonement
239. Chapter 239 Powerless to Stop It
240. Chapter 240 You Should Be Happy
241. Chapter 241 The Naive Are Always Naive
242. Chapter 242 Losing All Meaning
243. Chapter 243 My Only One
244. Chapter 244: A Brand-New Lester
245. Chapter 245 Who Is in Disguise
246. Chapter 246 The Plan Won’t Stop Until It Succeeds
247. Chapter 247 Heart Lock
248. Chapter 248 Drowned to Death
249. Chapter 249 The Outcome of Pregnancy
250. Chapter 250 Capture Donny and Bring Him Back
251. Chapter 251 Entering the Game Personally
252. Chapter 252 William Is Very Seriously Ill
253. Chapter 253 Donny’s Naivety
254. Chapter 254 Redemption or Punishment
255. Chapter 255 I Won’t Hit You
256. Chapter 256 Another Condition of William
257. Chapter 257 Sudden Awakening of the Thunder
258. Chapter 258 Just for Her
259. Chapter 259 The Patient Is William
260. Chapter 260 I Will Definitely See You Buried
261. Chapter 261 Becoming William’s Stand-In
262. Chapter 262 Ovulation Medication
263. Chapter 263 Increasingly Crazy
264. Chapter 264 Why Is It Like This
265. Chapter 265 A Guilty Conscience
266. Chapter 266 Your Favorite Daughter
267. Chapter 267 Prisoner
268. Chapter 268 Call an Ambulance Quickly
269. Chapter 269 The One Who Is Hurt Is Her, Not Me
270. Chapter 270 He Became a Murderer Again
271. Chapter 271 Live Well
272. Chapter 272 Could His Illness Be Cured?
273. Chapter 273 That Stick Is Too Small
274. Chapter 274 Too Long
275. Chapter 275 Enjoy It Properly
276. Chapter 276 Your World No Longer Has Me
277. Chapter 277 Ambrose’s Resolve
278. Chapter 278 You Act Too Impulsively
279. Chapter 279 Let Him Be
280. Chapter 280 Enough
281. Chapter 281 Have You Ever Seen a Doctor
282. Chapter 282 The Hillside Filled with Sunflowers
283. Chapter 283 Ambrose Who No Longer Gets Beaten
284. Chapter 284 I Came to Find You
285. Chapter 285 Ambrose Has Come to See You
286. Chapter 286 Please, Be Gentler
287. Chapter 287 Let Me Be Your Rusty
288. Chapter 288 A Blanket
289. Chapter 289 I Order You to Fight Back
290. Chapter 290 Shameless
291. Chapter 291 The Empty Seat
292. Chapter 292 Signs of Awakening
293. Chapter 293 Benjamin’s Gift
294. Chapter 294 I Want to Go for a Walk
295. Chapter 295 Come and Avenge Her
296. Chapter 296 An Apology
297. Chapter 297 Is There Any Way to Save Him?
298. Chapter 298 Not Human
299. Chapter 299 Haven’t You Done Anything Wrong?
300. Chapter 300 Obediently Listen
301. Chapter 301 At Least He’s Still Alive
302. Chapter 302 One More Like Him Won’t Make a Difference
303. Chapter 303 I Really Look Forward to It
304. Chapter 304 Best Leading Actress
305. Chapter 305 She Died Wrong
306. Chapter 306 Unfair
307. Chapter 307 Desserts
308. Chapter 308 The Drowning Person
309. Chapter 309 Sleepless Long Night
310. Chapter 310 Desire
311. Chapter 311 Benjamin Woke Up
312. Chapter 312 The Good Son-in-law’s Script
313. Chapter 313 Do You Think He Believes It?
314. Chapter 314 The Number You Dialed Is Not in Service
315. Chapter 315 Three Phone Calls
316. Chapter 316 I Have Never Regretted It
317. Chapter 317 Did You Hear It?
318. Chapter 318 The Secret That Cannot Be Told
319. Chapter 319 One Hundred Beggars
320. Chapter 320 All of It Is Fake
321. Chapter 321 Insomnia Is Contagious
322. Chapter 322 Benjamin Was Beaten
323. Chapter 323 Futility
324. Chapter 324 Reunion
325. Chapter 325 Father’s Request
326. Chapter 326 Where Did They All Go
327. Chapter 327 Family Reunion
328. Chapter 328 Final Chapter
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