Chapter 1

On a night of torrential rain, I fled barefoot from the hell of Southeast Asia back to my home, my soles streaming with blood all the way.

I endured three years in a water dungeon, with blood drawn and medicines tested on me every single day. All ten of my fingernails were pulled out completely. I’d thought that what awaited me would be the heartfelt compassion of my loved ones.

My husband handed me the organ-donation agreement, and my older brother coldly accused me of bringing this on myself.

“Lily has kidney failure, and your tissue match is perfect.”

“It was I who sold you to the human trafficker—you should have repaid her.”

It turns out that the man I’d loved for ten years—and the brother I’d trusted for twenty—was the one who had pushed me into the abyss.

They’re going to harvest my kidneys and extract my bone marrow to nourish a foster daughter who has usurped the rightful heir’s place.

On the operating table, restraints are fastened around my limbs, and the anesthetic needle is about to pierce my skin.

I grabbed the scalpel and plunged it fiercely into my own kidney.

Six months later, I transformed into Roxana Vance, the president of a multinational corporation, and made a powerful comeback alongside Valerius City’s top-tier tycoon.

However, the once-arrogant scumbag and my so-called “brother” have gone completely crazy.