Chapter 1

The moment I stepped through the door, I heard vicious cursing echoing from the living room.

"Eat! Hurry up and eat! This dog food costs more than anything you've eaten in your entire life. Don't be ungrateful!"

My heart tightened. I rushed into the living room and the scene before me made my blood boil.

My father-in-law, who had just undergone heart bypass surgery, was curled up on the cold floor, his face deathly pale.

The butler my wife Isabelle had hired at great expense, Marcus Snow, was wearing my clothes, one foot pressing down on my father-in-law's shoulder, holding a reeking dog bowl and forcefully shoving it at the old man's mouth.

"Marcus! Are you insane!"

I immediately rushed over and knocked the dog bowl out of his hands. The foul-smelling dog food splattered all over him.

Marcus jumped up in rage, pointing at my nose and cursing.

"What's your problem? How dare you splash me?"

He brushed at the stains on his clothes with disgust, then glanced contemptuously at my father-in-law collapsed on the floor.

"I was just teaching this old country bumpkin some manners! Your wife said I'm in charge of this house! These crude country folk are full of bad habits. Letting him eat dog food is already doing him a huge favor!"

His face was full of contempt, without a shred of guilt. In fact, he seemed to think his actions were perfectly justified.

I trembled with rage, my nails digging into my palms.

My father-in-law was Victor Sterling, one of the top financial powers in the capital, and Isabelle's biological father!

Normally, Isabelle didn't even dare breathe loudly in front of him. Now he was being stepped on and force-fed dog food by a butler!