Chapter 2

"Where is Liam Stone's body?"

I looked at Noah Stone and demanded.

Noah quickly replied, "Eleanor, I've already taken care of Liam's body. You know he died a terrible death!

"After he died, he was completely disfigured. No one could recognize him!

"If you saw him, you'd only be heartbroken!

"It's better if you don't see him!"

He watched me nervously, constantly urging me to reconsider.

"Besides, you're still so weak. You just fainted, remember?

"You should really leave these matters to me. After all, Liam was my brother; I'll give it my all!"

Noah's face was a mask of panic as he babbled on.

In my previous life, I had listened to Noah, entrusting everything to him.

And he, using Liam's funeral as an excuse, siphoned a staggering million dollars from the company accounts.

At the time, I'd even asked Noah about it, but he claimed he wanted only the best for Liam.

Back then, the mere thought of Liam left me heartbroken, and I didn't think twice.

Now, I understood. Noah had taken that huge sum of money just so Liam could run away with Daisy.

Afterward, Noah played a significant role in the company. Every year, he'd take large sums of money from me under the guise of commemorating Liam. Coupled with the generous salary and dividends I paid him, that's how he and Liam managed to live so well.

But what about him?

Recalling Noah and Liam's words just before I died in my previous life, I felt nothing but utter disgust for both brothers.

They forgot that years ago, when my father was doing charity work at the orphanage, they were the ones who pleaded on their knees for him to take them in.

And back then, my father's initial interest wasn't even in them.

Yet now, they considered being rescued by my father a disgrace and detested me to the extreme.

If that's how it was... then I would naturally take back everything they had.

"Noah Stone, no need. Just take me to see Liam Stone."

I rose, speaking to Noah.

Hearing my words, Noah frowned slightly, then bluntly said, "Eleanor, why are you being so disobedient?

"You need rest in your current condition, don't you know that?

"Now, lie down immediately! Leave those things to me!"

Without another word, he tried to pull me back to the bed.

But the next moment, I pulled my hand away from Noah, my gaze icy. "Noah Stone, you seem to have forgotten something!

"I am the heir to the Vance family, the next head of the family!

"As for you, you're nothing but a dependent we took in!

"It's not your place to dictate what I, the head of the household, should do!

"Now, you will follow my instructions, understood?"

My words hung in the air, and Noah's face immediately darkened. His eyes held a mix of disgust and humiliation as he looked at me.

"Eleanor, I..."

He tried to argue, but the next second, I slapped him directly.

Noah was utterly stunned.

He couldn't even believe I had hit him.