Chapter 89 The Bitter Price

That single word froze Cecilia's blood.

She went rigid, breath caught in her throat, as if the air itself had turned to stone around her.

The hand that gripped her wrist was one she knew too well. The same hand that had once tightened around her neck until she could not breathe. The same hand tha...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 The Human Trial

2. Chapter 2 Slander

3. Chapter 3 Organ Donation

4. Chapter 4 Another Act of Disguise

5. Chapter 5 Divorce

6. Chapter 6 I Hate You All

7. Chapter 7 Forgive Them

8. Chapter 8 Much Obliged

9. Chapter 9 Cecilia, This Is Beneath You

10. Chapter 10 Misunderstanding

11. Chapter 11 Failed Escape

12. Chapter 12 Threat

13. Chapter 13 I'll Die Before I Yield

14. Chapter 14 Bent on Death

15. Chapter 15 Nothing but a Tool

16. Chapter 16: Choosing a Gravesite

17. Chapter 17 At Death's Door

18. Chapter 18 Orders Concerning Her Medicine

19. Chapter 19 Questioning

20. Chapter 20 Anger

21. Chapter 21 Before She Could Change Her Mind

22. Chapter 22 Forgetting Is Not the End

23. Chapter 23 Life on a Leash

24. Chapter 24 No One Beside Her

25. Chapter 25 Affair of the Heart?

26. Chapter 26 Humiliation

27. Chapter 27 Cut the Act

28. Chapter 28 Truth in Every Gesture

29. Chapter 29 Accusation

30. Chapter 30 Nothing but Lies

31. Chapter 31 Bribed

32. Chapter 32 I'll Be the One to Take You to the End

33. Chapter 33 Jumping Off a Building

34. Chapter 34 Madness

35. Chapter 35 Reluctance

36. Chapter 36 Is Patrick Dead?

37. Chapter 37 Parting on Bad Terms

38. Chapter 38 The Only Way to Honor Him

39. Chapter 39 I'm Tired, Rufus

40. Chapter 40 Coma

41. Chapter 41 The Truth He Chose to Ignore

42. Chapter 42 Playing Dirty?

43. Chapter 43 Not Fit to Be Blair's Sister

44. Chapter 44 Malice Within

45. Chapter 45 Have You Learned Your Lesson?

46. Chapter 46 Submission

47. Chapter 47 Unwilling to Take Responsibility

48. Chapter 48 Never See Again

49. Chapter 49 Wronged Blair?

50. Chapter 50 Tainted Food

51. Chapter 51I Won't Kneel

52. Chapter 52 No One Cares

53. Chapter 53 Anxiety and Panic

54. Chapter 54 Rufus Holds Grudges

55. Chapter 55 Do Not Touch What's Mine

56. Chapter 56 Accusation

57. Chapter 57 Kind-hearted Orla

58. Chapter 58 Emaciated Cecilia

59. Chapter 59 The Return

60. Chapter 60 Blair's Sweet Little Victories

61. Chapter 61 Acceptance of Death

62. Chapter 62 Blinded by Lies

63. Chapter 63 The Edge of Cecilia's Time

64. Chapter 64 Standing Still While Time Runs Out

65. Chapter 65 No More Compromises

66. Chapter 66 Rufus Is Lying

67. Chapter 67 She Would Rather Die Here

68. Chapter 68 On the Edge of the Last Breath

69. Chapter 69 No Final Rest in White Walls

70. Chapter 70: The Last Time We Met

71. Chapter 71 Still Overestimating Yourself

72. Chapter 72 The Life Rufus Never Let Begin

73. Chapter 73 Don't Hate Me

74. Chapter 74 Disgust for Rufus

75. Chapter 75 Returning to the Old Place

76. Chapter 76 Liberated

77. Chapter 77 Grief in Bloom

78. Chapter 78: Suicide Incident

79. Chapter 79 The Love I Couldn't Confess

80. Chapter 80 Rufus, You Deserve to Die

81. Chapter 81 The One on the Cruise Ship is Cecilia

82. Chapter 82 Don't Leave Me Again

83. Chapter 83 She Stole It From Me

84. Chapter 84 Lock Her Up

85. Chapter 85 Surveillance Records Related to Cecilia

86. Chapter 86 Cecilia! Come Back!

87. Chapter 87 Revenge Achieved

88. Chapter 88 Cecilia's Rebirth

89. Chapter 89 The Bitter Price

90. Chapter 90 To Fulfill Her Last Wish

91. Chapter 91 No Way to Escape

92. Chapter 92 As Long As You Are Fine

93. Chapter 93 Consult a Psychiatrist

94. Chapter 94 Breaking Everything He Holds Dear

95. Chapter 95 You Killed Me

96. Chapter 96 Give Blair Every Last Drop

97. Chapter 97 I Want to Call the Police

98. Chapter 98 Leaving Harmony City

99. Chapter 99: Why Don't You Go Accompany Her?

100. Chapter 100 I Won't Use Your Dirty Money

101. Chapter 101: Swearing Not to Involve Others

102. Chapter 102: The Bank Card is Frozen

103. Chapter 103 Who Made Up the Money

104. Chapter 104: Only I Can Take Everything from You

105. Chapter 105 I Am Pursuing Amelia

106. Chapter 106 I Refuse

107. Chapter 107 Cutting Off All Her Hopes

108. Chapter 108 Indescribable Agitation

109. Chapter 109 No Other Choice

110. Chapter 110 The Same Desperate Situation

111. Chapter 111 Reaching an Agreement

112. Chapter 112 Possessiveness

113. Chapter 113 Cecilia's Humiliation

114. Chapter 114 Cecilia's Dream

115. Chapter 115 Openly Declaring War

116. Chapter 116 She Is Mine

117. Chapter 117 The Competition is About to Begin

118. Chapter 118 Hypocritical Concern

119. Chapter 119 Fractured

120. Chapter 120 Isadora's Slander

121. Chapter 121 Stop Bothering Me

122. Chapter 122 Cecilia's Hometown

123. Chapter 123 Impulsive Decision

124. Chapter 124 Amelia and Cecilia's Connection

125. Chapter 125 Her Anonymous Account, Echo

126. Chapter 126 Her Uniqueness

127. Chapter 127 Public-Funded Travel

128. Chapter 128 Stefan, Please, Don't Die

129. Chapter 129 It's Dangerous to Stay with Him

130. Chapter 130 Cecilia Takes Care of Stefan

131. Chapter 131 Pushing You to the Top

132. Chapter 132 Rufus's Questioning

133. Chapter 133 Please Move Aside

134. Chapter 134 The First Submission of the Design Draft

135. Chapter 135 This Is Just the Beginning

136. Chapter 136 Wishing You a Successful Performance

137. Chapter 137 Stunning Design

138. Chapter 138 Cecilia's Firm Attitude

139. Chapter 139 Isadora's Misdeeds

140. Chapter 140 Cecilia and Isadora's Quarrel

141. Chapter 141 The Players' Protest

142. Chapter 142 You Must Compensate

143. Chapter 143 Isadora Escapes

144. Chapter 144 Red Rose Flower

145. Chapter 145 Come with Me

146. Chapter 146 Harassed

147. Chapter 147 Shameless Efren

148. Chapter 148 Stefan's Methods

149. Chapter 149 Stefan's Danger

150. Chapter 150 I Don't Want to See You!

151. Chapter 151 Heart-Piercing Pain

152. Chapter 152 The Token He Gave Her

153. Chapter 153 It's Not Up to You to Define

154. Chapter 154 Ambiguous Atmosphere

155. Chapter 155 He Will Stay Here Today

156. Chapter 156 Stirring Up Public Opinion

157. Chapter 157 Brazen Tactics

158. Chapter 158 One Million Votes!

159. Chapter 159 Eliminated?

160. Chapter 160 The Late Work

161. Chapter 161 Forcing with Collective Withdrawal

162. Chapter 162 I Disagree

163. Chapter 163 Humiliating Oneself

164. Chapter 164 Teaching Isadora a Lesson

165. Chapter 165 The Mysterious Guest at the Celebration Banquet

166. Chapter 166 Honey Water

167. Chapter 167 Forced Abduction in Public?

168. Chapter 168 Stefan and Rufus's Dispute

169. Chapter 169 The Perfect Substitute

170. Chapter 170 New Home

171. Chapter 171 Mabel's Tears

172. Chapter 172 An Old Friend at the Street Corner

173. Chapter 173 Cecilia?

174. Chapter 174 Transferring Obsession

175. Chapter 175 Confrontation Before the Final

176. Chapter 176 Slandering Her Again

177. Chapter 177 The Account That Has Been Silent for Three Years

178. Chapter 178 I Am Echo

179. Chapter 179 Teach Her Design?

180. Chapter 180 Clumsy Self-Directed Performance

181. Chapter 181 I Hit, I Apologize

182. Chapter 182 Does It Hurt

183. Chapter 183 Elodie's Greed

184. Chapter 184 Being a Lover?

185. Chapter 185 Eyes, Like Hers

186. Chapter 186 Two Fools

187. Chapter 187 Unwilling to Ride in His Car

188. Chapter 188 Showing Off

189. Chapter 189 What Does It Have to Do with Me?

190. Chapter 190 Next Door

191. Chapter 191 Don't Dirty My Eyes

192. Chapter 192 This Is the Dish She Made

193. Chapter 193 Falling

194. Chapter 194 Anna

195. Chapter 195 My Life, My Decision

196. Chapter 196 Falling into the Sea

197. Chapter 197 The Killing Plot Reappears

198. Chapter 198 Who Wants to Kill Her?

199. Chapter 199 Clue Interrupted

200. Chapter 200 The Hensley Family's Invitation

201. Chapter 201 Is the Killer Anna?

202. Chapter 202 No Resignation Allowed

203. Chapter 203 Family Banquet

204. Chapter 204 Slander Her

205. Chapter 205 Dione

206. Chapter 206 Refutation

207. Chapter 207 She Ran Away?

208. Chapter 208 Let Him Help

209. Chapter 209 Why Are You Clinging to Me?

210. Chapter 210 Breaking Off the Engagement

211. Chapter 211 Identity Exposed!

212. Chapter 212 I am Cecilia

213. Chapter 213 Take Her Away

214. Chapter 214 I Will Bear It Together With You

215. Chapter 215 Cemetery Secrets Revealed

216. Chapter 216 Finding Myself

217. Chapter 217 We Are the Same Kind

218. Chapter 218 Mutual Exploitation

219. Chapter 219 Wish

220. Chapter 220 The Final Begins

221. Chapter 221 Character Assassination

222. Chapter 222 Vote Fraud?

223. Chapter 223 Disqualification

224. Chapter 224 Let Them Go Home

225. Chapter 225 Ruined and Disgraced?

226. Chapter 226 Winner and Loser

227. Chapter 227 Retribution

228. Chapter 228 Do You Like Me?

229. Chapter 229 A Lifetime Commitment

230. Chapter 230 Echo's Prestige

231. Chapter 231 Meeting the Parents?

232. Chapter 232 Agree to Date

233. Chapter 233 Their Changes

234. Chapter 234 Gathering to Cause Trouble?

235. Chapter 235 She is the Focus of the Whole Scene!

236. Chapter 236 Insights on Fashion

237. Chapter 237 The Rules of the Hensley Family

238. Chapter 238 Heart-to-Heart

239. Chapter 239 Completely Tearing Off the Mask

240. Chapter 240 Rising Turbulence Again

241. Chapter 241 Vincent Wants to Eat Noodles?

242. Chapter 242 He Is a Plagiarist

243. Chapter 243 Culinary Competition

244. Chapter 244 Food That Touches the Heart

245. Chapter 245 Talking Business at a Time Like This?

246. Chapter 246: Martinez's Diner

247. Chapter 247 New Store Opening, Unfriendly Visitors

248. Chapter 248 The Most Correct Decision Made in This Life

249. Chapter 249 Losing Rationality

250. Chapter 250 Repentance

251. Chapter 251 The Belated Reconciliation

252. Chapter 252 Narrow Escape

253. Chapter 253: Dione's Formal Apology

254. Chapter 254 Rufus's Morbid Affection

255. Chapter 255 The Calm Before the Storm

256. Chapter 256 Bizarre Prison Break

257. Chapter 257 The Wedding Date Set

258. Chapter 258 Provocation in the Bridal Shop

259. Chapter 259 She is Cecilia!

260. Chapter 260 Do You Have a Choice?

261. Chapter 261 The Secret About Her

262. Chapter 262 Your Safety Always Comes First

263. Chapter 263 Red Wine Glass

264. Chapter 264 Trap Within a Trap

265. Chapter 265 Prisoner

266. Chapter 266 I Disagree!

267. Chapter 267 Registering for Marriage

268. Chapter 268: Now, the Hensley Group Listens to Me!

269. Chapter 269 Two Choices

270. Chapter 270 Official Announcement

271. Chapter 271 The Fool Who Kidnapped the Wrong Person

272. Chapter 272: Return to the Past

273. Chapter 273 Your Weakness Is in My Hands

274. Chapter 274: The Devil's Deal

275. Chapter 275 Let Me Conceive His Child

276. Chapter 276 Forcing Him to Compromise

277. Chapter 277 The Secret Map in the Wedding Dress

278. Chapter 278 Who Is the Real Hunter?

279. Chapter 279 The Truth Comes to Light

280. Chapter 280 The Wedding Is the Best Bait

281. Chapter 281 The Outlaw’s Final Strike

282. Chapter 282 The End of Sin

283. Chapter 283 Final Chapter [Grand Finale]

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