Chapter 177 He Knelt Before His God

Maybe it started that night in the storm, when he'd been slumped in that alley waiting to die and saw a blurred figure through the rain, the one he'd mistaken for Edith. Maybe dependence had taken root in him right then.

Maybe it was seeing her covered in bruises, old and new, yet still silently e...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 It Was You Who Killed Your Sister

2. Chapter 2 She Moved into Edith's Room

3. Chapter 3 Why Frame Me?

4. Chapter 4 This Is His New Punishment

5. Chapter 5 You Dare to Steal from the Dead

6. Chapter 6 Your Ties to the Neville Family Are Severed

7. Chapter 7 No Right to Breathe

8. Chapter 8 The Taste of What You Owe Her

9. Chapter 9 Intruder in the House of Love

10. Chapter 10 Desire in the Glass

11. Chapter 11 Confessing to Her with These Marks

12. Chapter 12 You Pushed Me Down

13. Chapter 13 The Cake Won't Save You

14. Chapter 14 Whispers of a Push

15. Chapter 15 A Radiant Smile for an Old Flame

16. Chapter 16 My Mercy Fueled Your Performance

17. Chapter 17 Are You Going to Commit Suicide?

18. Chapter 18 Death Would Be Mercy

19. Chapter 19 Edith's Diary

20. Chapter 20 She's Not Allowed to Die

21. Chapter 21 Sudden Inferno

22. Chapter 22 Into the Fire for the Relics

23. Chapter 23 Drowning in Obsession

24. Chapter 24 Let's Have a Child

25. Chapter 25 Playing Edith

26. Chapter 26 I Am Just Here to Comfort Caroline

27. Chapter 27 Know Your Place

28. Chapter 28 Caroline, Stay Alive

29. Chapter 29 Go Bring Her Back

30. Chapter 30 You Are Not Allowed to Die

31. Chapter 31 How Did You Become Like This

32. Chapter 32 Seducing Men in a Place Like That

33. Chapter 33 Not Here, I'm Begging You

34. Chapter 34 Lucky It Was Daniel

35. Chapter 35 Let's See You Try

36. Chapter 36 Kneel Down

37. Chapter 37 An Eye for an Eye

38. Chapter 38 She Became a Murderer

39. Chapter 39 Silent Prey

40. Chapter 40 The Useless One

41. Chapter 41 He Must Be Hiding

42. Chapter 42 What's His Play?

43. Chapter 43 Could You Afford It?

44. Chapter 44 Your Sin

45. Chapter 45 A Choice Was Given

46. Chapter 46 Visions in a Dream

47. Chapter 47 Her Death Is Not Your Fault

48. Chapter 48 He Actually Stayed for Dinner

49. Chapter 49 Come to the Company to Be My Assistant

50. Chapter 50 Will He Humiliate Her?

51. Chapter 51 Ephemeral Decency

52. Chapter 52 When the Last Sin Is Paid, I'll End It

53. Chapter 53 Twice by One Shadow

54. Chapter 54 What If You Have Done Him a Favor?

55. Chapter 55 Ugly in Every Light

56. Chapter 56 Don't Embarrass Yourself Here

57. Chapter 57 We Have Met Before

58. Chapter 58 You Are My Savior

59. Chapter 59 Just a Piece of Furniture

60. Chapter 60 Do You Have a Twin Sister?

61. Chapter 61 In the Mirror of Edith

62. Chapter 62 Caroline, Come Keep Me Company

63. Chapter 63 Caroline Is Nowhere to Be Found

64. Chapter 63 Caroline Is Nowhere to Be Found

65. Chapter 64 Abandoned for That Vile Woman

66. Chapter 65 A Fate Worse Than Death

67. Chapter 66 Please, Help Me

68. Chapter 67 Absurd Illusion

69. Chapter 68 The Particular Medication for Her

70. Chapter 69 Were They Here to Experiment on Her?

71. Chapter 70 The Place You're Free Again

72. Chapter 71 I Am Here to Help You

73. Chapter 72 Caroline is Missing

74. Chapter 73 The Cruel Way

75. Chapter 74 The Hand Behind Her Disappearance: Celeste

76. Chapter 75 Even the Broken Are Sold

77. Chapter 76 Know When to Back Down

78. Chapter 77 She Is Someone I Know

79. Chapter 78 A Favor on the Current

80. Chapter 79 Caroline Has Been Missing for Six Hours

81. Chapter 80 This Fool

82. Chapter 81 She Is in Another Man's Arms

83. Chapter 82 Silent Hatred

84. Chapter 83 The Calm Before the Payback

85. Chapter 84 Dirty After Me?

86. Chapter 85 The Gift Only She Can Open

87. Chapter 86 Go for Revenge

88. Chapter 87 She Pulled Every String

89. Chapter 88 Dear, You Finally Came

90. Chapter 89 Stay in Love with Me

91. Chapter 90 You'll Regret Killing Her

92. Chapter 91 You Must Atone in the Way I Like

93. Chapter 92 Why Treat Her This Way?

94. Chapter 93 Go Back for Caroline

95. Chapter 94 Stop Her from Revealing the Truth

96. Chapter 95 Can You Come Home More Often?

97. Chapter 96 It Tastes Just Like She Made It

98. Chapter 97 The Woman He Dreamed Of

99. Chapter 98 You're Filthy

100. Chapter 99 At Least They Still Touch Her

101. Chapter 100 Whispering Her Sister's Name

102. Chapter 101 A Promising Step Forward

103. Chapter 102 He Doesn't Want to See Me

104. Chapter 103 I Promise I Won't Cross the Line

105. Chapter 104 He Kicked Me Out, Right?

106. Chapter 105 Why Are You Keeping Me Here?

107. Chapter 106 There's Still Someone Who Can Help

108. Chapter 107 Chaotic Memories

109. Chapter 108 Clumsy at Intimacy

110. Chapter 109 I Want to Go Home

111. Chapter 110 Would a Child Make You Happy?

112. Chapter 111 Mom, Why Are You Here?

113. Chapter 112 They Really Have an Adopted Daughter

114. Chapter 113 This Is Where Edith Passed Away

115. Chapter 114 The Torture Her Mother Chose

116. Chapter 115 Miss, You Must Escape

117. Chapter 116 She Cannot Lie

118. Chapter 117 She Is My Wife

119. Chapter 118 Don't Cross the Hamiltons

120. Chapter 119 You Said You'd Treat Me Like Your Own Daughter

121. Chapter 120 Why on Earth Are You Going Crazy?

122. Chapter 121 Don't You Hate Me?

123. Chapter 122 Edith's Love Letter

124. Chapter 123 His Uncle

125. Chapter 124 Don't Let Her Know

126. Chapter 125 Is There Really a Hidden Truth?

127. Chapter 126 Is He Going to Kick Me Out?

128. Chapter 127 He Doesn't Even Understand Her

129. Chapter 128 Just a Wife's Concern

130. Chapter 129 Driven to the Extreme

131. Chapter 130 It's Better to Forget This Way

132. Chapter 131 Can You Guarantee Nothing Will Go Wrong?

133. Chapter 132 I Want to Bear His Child

134. Chapter 133 He Might Be in Trouble

135. Chapter 134 I Am Edith

136. Chapter 135 Shift in the Brain

137. Chapter 136 I Am Actually Her Attending Physician

138. Chapter 137 Edith in the Painting

139. Chapter 138 Into the Cage by Choice

140. Chapter 139 She Has Completely Lost Her Mind

141. Chapter 140 A Father-to-Be

142. Chapter 141 The Permission to Create Life

143. Chapter 142 A Dilemma

144. Chapter 143 He Never Wanted Her Dead

145. Chapter 144 Caroline Forgot About Alexander

146. Chapter 145 To Love Is Not Always to Hold

147. Chapter 146 The Death Before Death

148. Chapter 147 Make Her Believe She's Edith

149. Chapter 148 I Have Never Resented You

150. Chapter 149 They Are So Close

151. Chapter 150 She Looks Too Much Like Edith

152. Chapter 151 Caroline is Gone

153. Chapter 152 She Learns to Imitate Edith

154. Chapter 153 Who Is Bullying Her

155. Chapter 154 This Timing Is Not Right

156. Chapter 155 I Am Really Useless

157. Chapter 156 Savor the Hurt

158. Chapter 157 The Weight of Hurt

159. Chapter 158 Beyond Edith's Love

160. Chapter 159 Elixir of Oblivion

161. Chapter 160 Love Letter to Linus

162. Chapter 161 How Could It Feel Familiar to Her?

163. Chapter 162 The Fragile Hold

164. Chapter 163 With It Came a Love Letter

165. Chapter 164 We'll Have Our Child Right Here

166. Chapter 165 She Saved My Life

167. Chapter 166 The Relic Was Burned

168. Chapter 167 The Rot Between Isabella and Celeste

169. Chapter 168 They Are Biological Mother and Daughter

170. Chapter 166 I Will Handle the Group's Losses

171. Chapter 170 I'm Going to Be a Grandpa

172. Chapter 171 The Rose Is Always a Rose

173. Chapter 172 Where Did You Go That Night?

174. Chapter 173 This Is the Last Dose of Medicine

175. Chapter 174 Pain Resurfaces

176. Chapter 175 Perhaps Death Is the Only Release

177. Chapter 176 Caroline, I Love You

178. Chapter 177 He Knelt Before His God

179. Chapter 178 The Neville Group Changes Its Name

180. Chapter 179 He No Longer Loves Edith

181. Chapter 180 All That Matters Is the Birth of My Child

182. Chapter 181 Who Allowed You to Curse My Wife

183. Chapter 182 Not a Penny Shall Be Yours

184. Chapter 183 He Has Been Missing for Twelve Days

185. Chapter 184 This Wasn't Done by Me

186. Chapter 185 As Long as You Give Birth to His Child

187. Chapter 186 He Can't Afford to Wait Any Longer

188. Chapter 187 Are You Taking Me for an Idiot?

189. Chapter 188 Please, Let Me See Him

190. Chapter 189 It Turned Out to Be Linus

191. Chapter 190 This Is a Precipitous Birth

192. Chapter 191 Is He Back?

193. Chapter 192 This Is My Child

194. Chapter 193 Someone Will Pay the Price for This

195. Chapter 194 At Least Then, She Was Alive Inside

196. Chapter 195 Never Learn How to Say Goodbye

197. Chapter 196 It Really Has Been a Long Time

198. Chapter 197 Leave Here Quickly

199. Chapter 198 Caroline, I Am Edith

200. Chapter 199 That Day You Wanted to Kill Me, Didn't You?

201. Chapter 200 Escaping to a World Without Edith

202. Chapter 201 She's Just Hurt, Nothing More

203. Chapter 202 When You Get Better, We'll Hold the Wedding

204. Chapter 203 We Found Him

205. Chapter 204 Caroline Is Still Waiting for Me at Home

206. Chapter 205 A Light for the Lost Souls

207. Chapter 206 If Only

208. Chapter 207 Stop Putting on the Young Lady's Airs

209. Chapter 208 Edith, You've Changed So Much

210. Chapter 209 He Is Using You as a Tool

211. Chapter 210 Relish the Moment

212. Chapter 211 She Was Hypnotized Long Ago

213. Chapter 212 Do You Also Not Want to See Me Anymore?

214. Chapter 213 Great Danger, Slim Hope

215. Chapter 214 Crushed by Gold

216. Chapter 215 Please Hypnotize Me

217. Chapter 216 Caroline, I'm Hungry

218. Chapter 217 Can You Have a Cup of Tea With Me?

219. Chapter 218 How Did You Climb Over the Wall Again?

220. Chapter 219 Cookies Are Delicious, I Want More Next Time

221. Chapter 220: Don't You Think They're Being Biased?

222. Chapter 221 Run in the Rain

223. Chapter 222 Do You Deserve to Love Me

224. Chapter 223 He Went to Seek Death

225. Chapter 224 In This Moment, Fate's Circle Closes

226. Chapter 225 You're Her Leftover—Do Try Not to Fall Apart

227. Chapter 226 Remember, You Are Alexander

228. Chapter 227 Can't See Her Even in My Dreams Anymore

229. Chapter 228 Please, I've Changed My Mind

230. Chapter 229 He Is Back

231. Chapter 230 Do You Like Alex?

232. Chapter 231 He Knows Her No Less Than Edith Does

233. Chapter 232 He Is Not Her God

234. Chapter 233 For the Sake of Her Dream, Be Strong

235. Chapter 234 Whatever It Costs, I'm Begging You

236. Chapter 235 They Are Very Obedient

237. Chapter 236 This Is Not Caroline

238. Chapter 237 He Wants to Turn Himself into Caroline

239. Chapter 238 I Heard He Went Crazy

240. Chapter 239 We Have Always Been Missing Each Other

241. Chapter 240 You Like Her, Don't You?

242. Chapter 241 Do You Still Want to Be a Mathematician or What?

243. Chapter 242 Is This the Education the Hamiltons Are So Proud Of?

244. Chapter 243 You Did It All For a Woman

245. Chapter 244: You Are My Comfort

246. Chapter 245 I Want to Get Engaged to Caroline

247. Chapter 246 Caroline, Marry Me

248. Chapter 247 I Do Not Agree to This Marriage

249. Chapter 248 Let Edith Marry You

250. Chapter 249 I Will Take Good Care of Her

251. Chapter 250 He Wants to Protect Caroline

252. Chapter 251 I Proposed to Her in a Dream

253. Chapter 252 Please, Give Me the Medicine

254. Chapter 253 You're Not Like Caroline Anymore

255. Chapter 254 Alan in Reality

256. Chapter 255 Caroline, You Came Back to Life

257. Chapter 256 His Home Became a Ruin

258. Chapter 257 A Reveal He Can't Survive

259. Chapter 258 Who Are You

260. Chapter 259 Why I Came to This Place?

261. Chapter 260 Her Last Few Belongings

262. Chapter 261 Demand to Release Carl

263. Chapter 262 Officially at Odds

264. Chapter 263 Hope for Mark

265. Chapter 264 Madness After His Wife's Death

266. Chapter 265 Where Is Mark

267. Chapter 266 I Can't Lose Anyone Else

268. Chapter 267 You Told Mr. Hamilton?

269. Chapter 268 I Can No Longer Tolerate You

270. Chapter 269 Caroline Still Has a Child

271. Chapter 270 He Wants to Reap the Benefits Without Lifting a Finger

272. Chapter 271 You Really Are an Ugly Monster

273. Chapter 272 You Should Just Go Die

274. Chapter 273 It Is Her Room

275. Chapter 274 The Unbroken Storm

276. Chapter 275 You Stay and Be My Assistant

277. Chapter 276 You Ruined More Than Just Caroline

278. Chapter 277 Do You Still Remember Caroline?

279. Chapter 278 I Do Willingly

280. Chapter 279 He Has Never Been Like This Before

281. Chapter 280 Beyond the Pain of the Flesh

282. Chapter 281 Was It Not a Memory to Me?

283. Chapter 282 She Even Has a Maid

284. Chapter 283 You Think You Deserve to Be Here?

285. Chapter 284 Conscious on the Path of Sorrow

286. Chapter 285 Her Room

287. Chapter 286 The Time He Forgot

288. Chapter 287 The Way Caroline Cooked

289. Chapter 288 Do You Still Remember What Happened Back Then?

290. Chapter 289 Forget and Begin Again

291. Chapter 290 I Can't Do It

292. Chapter 291 You Shouldn't Have Interfered with Him

293. Chapter 292 Alexander, You Did Great

294. Chapter 293 I Remember Now

295. Chapter 294 The Bruise Within His Skull

296. Chapter 295 I Must Remember Those Things

297. Chapter 296 I'll Stay Here With You

298. Chapter 297 Did I Scare You?

299. Chapter 298 Caroline, I Like You

300. Chapter 299 Finally Got Him at Last

301. Chapter 300 Please Don't Try to Persuade Her

302. Chapter 301 That Was Not the Life I Wanted

303. Chapter 302 He Forgot His Lover

304. Chapter 303 Her Name Is Aurora

305. Chapter 304 Goodbye, Caroline

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