Chapter 98 Dangerous Place

• Nicole sat on the cold floor, hugging her knees tightly against her chest. Tears welled up in her eyes until they finally spilled down her cheeks, one by one. Her mind replayed the horrifying video her stepmother had shown her. She had always despised Erica, but never—not once—did she imagine the woman was capable of such evil.
• That her stepmother had murdered her real mother… and not only that, but had also hired gangsters to kidnap her back when they were in Switzerland. The memory of that past kidnapping still haunted her, leaving scars so deep they had blossomed into trauma.
• Nicole wiped her tears roughly, forcing herself to stay strong even as her chest tightened unbearably. The deepest wound she carried wasn’t her own suffering, but the bitter regret that she hadn’t been able to save her mother. Back then, she was too weak, too naïve, too blind to danger. If only she could turn back time—she would fight with every drop of strength she had to protect her.