Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Last Rope: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

A doctor from the next ambulance jumped down and saw me covered in blood, still crawling on the ground. Her voice cracked in alarm. "Are you all insane? There's a severely injured person right here. Why isn't anyone helping her?"My whole body went limp. My limbs gave out, and I collapsed heavily on the ground.Due to excessive blood loss, I could barely hear the sounds around me. My eyes were nearly closing.Peyton strode over with complete confidence and told the female doctor, "Doctor, don't bother with her. She's perfectly fine. This is just another one of her little tricks to get my attention."The doctor's eyes nearly bulged out of her head. She shrieked, "She's dying, and you're telling me not to bother? I'm a doctor. Don't you think I can't tell if someone's faking?"Her outburst drew others closer. Everyone at the company knew I was Peyton's wife.Peyton, the company's CEO, looked uncomfortable being watched like this. He landed a kick on me while I was still collapsed o

Peyton stared at my face for a long time before he finally pointed at me through gritted teeth."Officer, it's her! My employees have gathered sufficient evidence. The arsonist is Serena Snow! Please arrest her immediately. Sentence her, lock her up—whatever the law requires!"The investigating officers were shocked when they saw my half-dead state. "You're saying she's the arsonist? She looks like she's dying!"Peyton immediately shot back, "That's what she deserves!"The police quickly called over the doctor and nurses. "Hurry! We have a severely injured person here. Get her in the ambulance first. We'll escort her in our car. We need to get her to the hospital now!"Sophia perked up a bit and encouraged me. "Serena, hang in there. You'll be okay soon!"Yet unexpectedly, Peyton spread his arms wide and blocked the police."Didn't you hear me? I already told you she's the arsonist. She burned my company to the ground. Even if she pays for it with her worthless life, it still wo

Peyton and I were classmates. He fell for me at first sight and confessed not long after that.Back then, I was focused entirely on my studies and had no interest in dating, so I rejected him outright. However, Peyton persisted and pursued me for three years. Finally, in our junior year, I agreed to date him.In our senior year, he said he wanted to start his own business. I gave up a high-paying job offer to start from scratch with him and work hard together.In ten years, his company grew from a small studio with just the two of us into a large corporation with hundreds of employees in a spacious office.Yet, our relationship had completely fallen apart.Three years ago, the company reached a critical development phase.During that time, Peyton constantly attended business dinners and social events. More and more women began appearing around him.Others warned me to be careful, but I believed my bond with Peyton was solid and that there was nothing to worry about.Until one d

"What did you say?" Peyton was utterly shocked. He instinctively grabbed his sister's arm."Mom's not dead? How is that possible? What's going on?"Leah spilled everything. It turned out Samantha's car accident had not been an accident at all. It had been a targeted attack on Peyton.It was not just Samantha. I was nearly hit by a car too. The only difference was that I had the family's driver behind the wheel, and his driving skills saved my life at the critical moment.Since Samantha's situation was urgent, I never told anyone about what happened to me.After Samantha was hospitalized, Peyton's enemy even tried to pull her off life support.My father-in-law, Liam Shepherd, and Leah decided to publicly announce that Samantha had died so that they could investigate who was behind it all.They also made me keep it a secret. I could not let Peyton know. If we were going to put on an act, we had to commit to it completely.For three years, I shouldered all the blame and let Peyton