public opinion against him. They all attacked the Devine Group.
The Devine Group’s share price plummeted. Every day, Lucas faced all sorts of bad news and was tormented by it.
At the same time, I started my own company.
Thanks to the exposure Shevonne brought me and everyone’s sympathy toward me after the truth came out, the company made a
lot of money from the start.
As I threw myself into work, my assistant came to me with news of Shevonne.
She had wanted to marry Lucas after causing my and Josie’s deaths. When her plan failed, she tried to use public opinion to make
me divorce Lucas.
In the end, Josie and I both survived, while her schemes were exposed to Lucas.
On the one hand, Lucas despised me. On the other hand, he hated Shevonne deeply. Under all that stress, his psyche was strained.
He locked Shevonne in the basement.
Whenever the Devine Group’s share price dropped by even a cent, he went down and tortured Shevonne.
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It was said that, when Shevonne was rescued, she had chunks of flesh missing. Some of her bones were also shattered.
She was alive, but crippled.
As for her child, Shevonne had miscarried at the start of Lucas’s torment. It was said that Lucas had crushed the fetus before
Shevonne’s eyes.
Not only was Shevonne crippled, she had been driven mad.
After the incident came to light, Lucas was immediately arrested.
Once the Devine Group lost its leader, I brought Josie to my home.
“Josie, this will be your home from now on. I’ll be your daughter.”
Josie held me and cried pitifully. Lucas had completely lost his mind. She had never imagined when adopting me that I would have to fulfill my promise. It was something I had said when I was a little girl, which was that I would take care of Josie when she got older.
I looked out the window at the bright sunshine beyond and slowly leaned my head against Josie’s shoulder.
I also had never imagined back then that I would survive the earthquake.
But I did survive, so I had to work hard to live my best life.
As for Lucas and what he did, it was all in the past and not important anymore.
From that day on, I would live for myself and my family.
