Chapter 1

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Late at night.

​​In a dark and damp alley, the wind was bone-piercingly cold and the weather was the kind where droplets of water instantly froze.

Madeline West was only wearing a thin nightdress which was stretched taut by her big belly, so much so that it rode up and her skirt swayed back and forth with her hurried footsteps.

“Quickly! She’s over here!” The entrance of the alley emitted sounds of tumultuous footsteps.

Madeline’s heart tightened and her footsteps became increasingly messy.

Wave after wave of sharp pain came from her stomach, but Madeline could not care less. Her face was deathly pale as she hugged her stomach and ran with all her might.

However, at the next corner, she suddenly stopped, her eyes filled with despair.

It was a dead end.

The people behind her had already caught up to her and a few burly men in black surrounded her.

Madeline leaned against the wall in fear, her voice trembling as she said, “Don’t… don’t come over!”

“Hahaha, missy, why are you running?”

A delicate sound of laughter came from behind the men. The men in black made way for a woman in luxurious clothes with exquisite makeup as she leisurely walked closer.

“Courtney West! Sure enough, it is you!” Madeline said through gritted teeth as her eyes flashed with intense hatred.

Eight months ago, she was knocked out at home and forced to have s*x with a stranger. She was then somehow imprisoned for another eight months!

It was only yesterday that she unintentionally heard from the nurse that the person monitoring her actually wanted the child in her stomach!

“What on earth are you trying to do!”

Madeline stared fixedly at Courtney. This was her younger sister from the same father but a different mother. She looked lovely and delicate on the outside, but her heart was extremely malicious.

She had long been chased out of the house by her scumbag father and his family, but she did not expect that Courtney was actually unwilling to let her go!

“Big sister, if you obediently give birth to the child, I can still leave your corpse intact.” Courtney examined her exquisite nails and smiled exceptionally smugly.

Madeline was disappointed to the bone. She could see the ruthlessness in Courtney’s eyes; she really wanted to kill her!

“Don’t you even think about it! I won’t let anyone hurt my child!”

Madeline clenched her teeth. She hugged her stomach and without thinking, rushed out.

But at the next moment, Courtney smiled sinisterly and reached out to give her a hard push!

Madeline fell heavily onto the ground and felt a sharp pain in her stomach. It felt as if liquid was flowing out from between her legs. Fear arose in her heart and her face instantly turned as pale as paper!

“It hurts… my child…”

Sensing that something was slowly disappearing from her stomach, Madeline’s hatred rapidly grew like a vine in her heart. She glared at Courtney with red eyes, almost screaming at the top of her voice she said, “Courtney! You will die a horrible death!”

“Tch, you’re still so stubborn even at death’s door,” Courtney mocked with disdain.

“Second Miss West, what do we do now?” a man in black standing at the side asked in a soft voice.

Courtney looked at him coldly and said in a menacing tone, “What did you just call me?”

The man in black hurriedly lowered his head. “Miss West!”

“Hmph, remember, the West Family can only have one Miss… me!” Courtney looked at Madeline, who was hugging her stomach and hissing in pain. A trace of killing intent flashed past her eyes. “I’m not waiting anymore. Cut the child out now!”

An hour later, Madeline, who had been injected with anesthesia, was lying in an operating theater with a pale face in a crude and dark clinic. She was unconscious.

“Waah—”

Following a loud sound of wailing, a nurse with a mask wrapped the two babies up and hurriedly carried them out of the delivery room.

Courtney was sitting right outside the operating theater. The nurse ran over and handed over the baby boy in her hand. She beamed with joy. “Congratulations, Miss West. You have a son.”

“Hmph, that b*tch sure is lucky to actually have a son!” Courtney received the baby, and her long and slender nails lightly scratched across the child’s tender cheeks.

The stinging pain made the baby cry loudly. Courtney dumped him onto the chair beside her in disdain. “You’re just like your mother. You don’t know what’s good for you!”

The nurse heard the jealousy and ruthlessness in her voice and her eyelids twitched. “Miss West, you promised…”

“Relax. With this child, I’ll be the most respected woman in Washington DC. Would there be anything I can’t give you that you want?” Courtney smiled smugly, her face full of arrogance.

“Indeed, indeed… What about the other one?”

“Is it a boy or girl?”

“It’s a girl.”

“Then it’s useless.” A trace of ruthlessness flashed past Courtney’s eyes. She looked around the dirty and dilapidated clinic and waved her hand casually. “This clinic is too annoying. Burn it.”

“But… Yes!”

Kicking up a cloud of dust, the sports car disappeared in a few seconds.

A moment later, the clinic burst into raging flames.

The sirens of the fire trucks from afar approached, but by the time they had arrived, the place had burned to the ground.

…

Five years later, in Washington’s Astor Family Estate.

In the huge mansion, the atmosphere was so quiet that even the air seemed to have frozen.

Several computers were working at the same time. All kinds of complicated images flashed across the screens, finally leaving only a small red dot that was rapidly moving.

“Mr Astor, we’ve found the Young Sir, He’s on the State Route 14 Highway!” the bodyguard shouted excitedly when he saw the location.

On the sofa, an unrivaled handsome man was leaning against the backrest. His face was very attractive, and his sculpted cheekbones made his face sharp and defined. His deep gaze and high nose bridge; every part of him was like a work of art by God.

His features were compatible with the man’s cold and dangerous aura. His thin lips that were slightly pursed, and his inky black eyes which were filled with a chilly aura, made people not dare to look at him directly.

Upon hearing his bodyguard’s words, the man’s sharp gaze landed on the screen. He stood up, his slender and tall figure exuding an aura that kept people away. The moment he opened his mouth, his command made people’s hearts turn cold. “Chase after him!”

On the State Route 14 Highway, a fiery red Ferrari was chasing after the van in front of it at full speed. The two vehicles were chasing after each other, and from time to time, they would collide with each other and produce soul-stirring sparks.

“Mom, can you do it or not? You can’t even catch up to a van!”

A little girl’s mocking voice came through from the earpiece, and Madeline rolled her eyes. “Aurora West, if you dare to be disrespectful again, I’ll make Lucifer stop teaching you computer skills!” She warned her.

“Teeheehee, it doesn’t matter if he stops teaching me. My skills have already surpassed Mr. Lucifer’s!”

Madeline’s lips twitched. She had completely lost her temper at this precocious daughter of hers.

Madeline was angered by her daughter and so she vented her anger on the van and its driver that had scratched her car and scolded her with all kinds of names.

She resolutely stepped on the accelerator, and the Ferrari let out a loud growl. With a beautiful swerve, she directly forced the van to stop.

“F*ck, are you f*cking crazy? B*tch…” A middle-aged man who was full of vulgarities got out of the van and walked towards the Ferrari with a fierce expression.

Madeline put on some special glasses, and the man’s information appeared before her eyes.

“Woah! Mom, run! This person is an escaped prisoner on death row!” Aurora’s voice immediately became nervous.

Madeline also had the thought to run, but the man had already opened the car door. She touched the pepper spray in her bag and could only walk out.

“Mister, it’s all a misunderstanding! How much does your car cost? How about I pay for it?”

Madeline raised her hands and smiled extremely innocently. Her charming peach blossom eyes did not look threatening at all.

The man was about to say something when the back window of the van slowly rolled down. A brawny man’s voice urgently rang out. “Don’t delay things! Let’s leave quickly!”

Madeline looked over, only to meet a pair of limpid and beautiful eyes through the open crack of the car’s window.

It was a pretty and cute little boy. His clothes were messy and his hands and feet were tied very tightly.

Upon seeing Madeline, the little boy’s eyes lit up, and his soft and pitiful voice sounded out. “Mommy, save me!”