Chapter 1The Stepbrother's Sin

I chased Ethan until my life fell apart.

The whole internet called me a desperate stalker.

But what he gave me in return was always a cold face, harsh words, and disgust.

Until I finally wanted to give up.

Then I heard he was going to marry the girl who bullied me in high school.

I drugged him.

But he choked me, pinning me against the wall, looking at me like I was dirt.

"Lily, what's the difference between you and a bitch in heat?"

Later, I went to a Swiss sanitarium for my depression and died from an overdose of sedatives given by an unethical doctor.

When the news of my death came, Ethan was standing at the altar.

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Ethan was drugged. His face was unnaturally flushed, breathing rapid, eyes hazy.

He looked up at me.

For a second, I saw a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

Like the wind crossing the wilderness, finally willing to stop for me.

I was possessed. My heart burned.

My feet moved forward uncontrollably.

I wanted to kiss him.

Just once, and I'd be satisfied.

But just as my lips were about to touch his...

He seemed to wake up suddenly and shoved me away.

Hard. I crashed into the corner of the table.

Pain shot through my lower back.

He stumbled backward, step by step towards the door.

Behind that door was another woman's embrace.

If he walked out, I would never have a chance again.

The thought hooked me.

I rushed over and hugged his waist from behind tightly.

"Don't go..." My voice trembled.

"Brother, don't you know how much I love you?"

I hugged tighter, like a drowning person clutching the last piece of driftwood.

"How can you marry someone else? If you leave me, I will really die! I will die!"

Ethan stiffened.

The next second, he broke free ruthlessly.

His movement was sharp, without a shred of attachment.

He looked at me with fatal pity.

As if I had committed an unforgivable sin.

"Lily, we are siblings."

"So what?" My voice broke.

"We aren't blood-related!"

I looked at him, hoping to find a tiny bit of softness in his eyes.

"Brother, I don't believe... you feel nothing for me."

The air was terrifyingly quiet.