A Love with No Way Back Chapter 1

The fourth time it happened, my mom floored the gas and exploded the car. My dad and my childhood sweetheart's mom were locked in a passionate embrace inside. When the rescue team pulled their bodies out, they were charred, but still fused together.

After that day, Finn and I, once inseparable lovers, became bitter enemies. He brought people to trash my dad's wake and desecrate his grave. Not to be outdone, I dumped his mom's ashes down the toilet. He shattered my head with a liquor bottle; I nearly blinded him with a knife.

Just when I thought we were destined to be lifelong foes, he threatened my mother’s life and forced me to marry him.

He said, “Scarlett, the debt your parents owe, I want you to pay it.”

“The Nicholas family is ruined because of me. Your mom’s pathetic life is in my hands now.”

“If you don't want her to die, you’ll quietly endure my revenge for them.”

Three years into our marriage, he used every means to torment me, including in bed. Yet, he despised those who kept mistresses and shamed their wives. He always said he hated infidelity more than anything.

Until his adopted sister showed up, claiming she was pregnant with his child.

…

“Serena, that night was really an accident. Both Finn and I were drunk, that’s why…”

Hope’s eyes were teary, one hand gently cradling her slightly protruding belly. Even at five months pregnant, she exuded an innocent, pitiful aura. If this were before, I might have mercilessly exposed her pretense. But now, I no longer cared. The people he sent had already arrived at the sanatorium, ready to take Mom and me away.

“You don’t need to explain to me. What Finn does is none of my business, and I have no interest in making it so.”

“I have things to do. Please leave.”

I picked up my bag, slipped on my shoes, and tried to walk around her to open the door. The next second, she grabbed my arm, her nails digging into my flesh, making me wince.

“No, it is your business.”

Her gaze suddenly turned obsessive and wild. She whispered in my ear:

“Because only you can make him keep this baby.”

“What?” I turned to look at her.

The next second, the door opened from the outside. Hope suddenly let go of me and dramatically fell backward.

“Ah!”

Her head hit the wooden edge of the sunken entryway with a thud, and blood immediately gushed out. I froze, instinctively reaching out to help her. A figure suddenly burst in, slamming into me. I was thrown uncontrollably into the sharp corner of the shoe cabinet behind me, a searing pain shooting through my lower back. It made my knees buckle, and I involuntarily collapsed to the floor.

Finn, however, didn’t even glance at me, only cradling Hope tenderly. Hope, curled in his arms, sobbed, struggling to breathe, blood dripping from her pale neck onto his arm.

“Brother, please don’t blame Scarlett. She was just angry, that’s why she treated me this way.”

“My stomach hurts so much. Please save our baby, please…”

Finn hooked his foot under my chin, his eyes blazing with fury, yet containing a hint of undetectable scrutiny.

“Scarlett, why are you so wicked? How dare you touch my child?”

I suppressed the pain, repeatedly slamming my head against the floor.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

Again and again, until warm blood seeped from my forehead.

I couldn’t be bothered to explain. I only remembered that six months ago, Hope jumped into the heated pool and accused me of pushing her. My explanation resulted in him ordering his men to strip me and throw me into a winter lake.

Looking at my blood-streaked face, he spoke coldly:

“Alright, you better pray this child is fine. Otherwise, I’ll make sure both you and your mom are buried with it.”

With that, he carried Hope away, striding quickly. I struggled to my feet, grabbing my bag, intending to rush to the sanatorium. However, as soon as I stepped out of the villa’s main gate, two bodyguards suddenly appeared, forcibly pushing me into a car.