Love Ends in Winter

Gloria Huerta was locked up in a mental hospital by the person she loved the most.

Manuel Norton's eyes were as cold as a knife as he said, “When you learn your lesson and stop hurting Sylvia, I will let you out.”

Later, Gloria did become wellbehaved and quiet, but she was sitting in the arms of another man.

The once high and mighty eldest son of the Norton Family humbled himself to the dust, just to ask her to look back at him again.

“Miss Gloria, we are having our wedding next month. I hope you can be there on time.”

“Sure.”

After the man left, Gloria looked at the red book in her hand in a daze.

If someone told her that one day she would marry a stranger whom she had only known for ten minutes, Gloria would definitely sneer and scold the other person for having such a ridiculous idea.

Since the one she loved and wanted to spend the rest of her life with must be Manuel.

But she was aware that her expectation would never be a reality anymore. So, Gloria suppressed her complicated emotions and slowly walked down the stairs.

That day was originally the day Manuel and her were going to get married. However, Manuel left her and ran away for another woman.

As a result, she became the biggest joke in the circle. What was more, the same thing had happened three times.

In that case, she would marry someone else.

Suddenly, she heard the excited chatter of the young couples waiting in line nearby.

“Look, this is Miss Huerta, is she going to get the marriage certificate?”

“Then the one who just left must be Mr. Norton? Wow, Mr. Norton waited for three years and finally got the beauty. Wow, what a beautiful love!”

“I'm so envious. Before marriage, she had her parents pampering her and after marriage, she has a husband who loves her dearly. Miss Huerta is really the happiest woman in the world.”

The happiest person?

Oh.

Gloria curled the corners of her lips, but her eyes were full of bitterness and selfmockery. It was indeed like that in the past.

She was the little princess in the palm of her parents' hands.

She was the baby that Manuel had protected since childhood and he said he would marry her when she grew up.

Three years ago, she was in a car accident and became a vegetable. Her father set up a special charity foundation just to accumulate good karma and hope that his daughter would wake up soon.

Her mother went to many places to pray for her, even though her legs were damaged.

Her fiancé, Manuel, even searched all over the world for brain experts for her.

However, these three people who were willing to give everything for her at that time gave all their love to another person.

A RollsRoyce stopped next to Gloria, the window rolled down, revealing Manuel's handsome face.

“Gloria, why are you here?”

Seeing the building behind her, Manuel's eyebrows jumped, “You went to the City Hall?”

Gloria hid the red envelope in her hand and looked at him and Slyvia sitting in the passenger seat without any expression. “I was just passing by,” she said.

Manuel's mind immediately wondered.

Right, she was alone, so what should she go to the City Hall then?

Thinking about leaving her at the wedding today, Manuel met Gloria's cold eyes and felt a little apologetic. “Gloria, I'm sorry…."

Just as he opened his mouth, a low cry of pain came from the passenger seat.

Manuel immediately forgot what he was going to say, turned his head to look inside and then quickly started the engine.

“Gloria, Slyvia is injured. I'll take her to the hospital first. Please be careful on your way home.”

After saying that, the car drove away.

Gloria watched coldly as the RollsRoyce with colorful ribbons disappeared at the end of her sight.

It was clearly their wedding car, but there was another woman sitting in it and the ceramic decoration of two people leaning against each other on the front of the car seemed a great irony.

She thought she had become numb, but the image engraved on her retina still hurt her eyes and made her breathing difficult.

Gloria could not help but bend down, tears suddenly rolled down her eyes and finally, under the surprised gazes of passersby, she fled back home in embarrassment.

But home was not a harbor, all that awaited her was violent storms.

As soon as she entered the door, my father slapped me hard.

Gloria felt a burning pain on her face and her head was buzzing. She saw her father's livid face and the deep disappointment in her mother's eyes.

“Sylvia cut her wrists because of you, are you satisfied now?!”

“You know Sylvia also likes Manuel, but you insist on marrying him. What do you want Sylvia to do in the future?”

“I'm so disappointed in you!”

“Gloria, you are too selfish. You were not like this before.”

As Gloria listened, she started to laugh, but her eyes were filled with tears.

She looked at her parents who had loved her for many years but then seemed like her enemies and wanted to ask, how did you become like that?

Were you still my parents?

It was Slyvia who stole her fiancé, so why should they blame her?

But she knew that once she asked, all she would get in return would be shocked and puzzled looks from her parents and deeper disappointment.

Gloria did not ask any more questions. She calmed down despite the extreme pain.

“What do you want me to do?” she asked instead.

“Give Manuel to Sylvia. It was Slyvia who accompanied us during the three years you were in a coma. She has done a great favor to our Huerta Family. You can't be so ungrateful!”

Just as her father finished speaking, Manuel and Slyvia walked in. Gloria looked at the two holding hands and her eyes turned cold.

Without her parents telling her, she no longer wanted Manuel.

As Slyvia came back, her parents stopped scolding her and immediately went to greet Sylvia, surrounding her and asking about her wellbeing.

“Are you okay, Sylvia? Silly child, why are you so desperate to do such a stupid thing? If anything happens to you, how will your parents live?”

The scene was dazzling. Gloria did not want to watch it, so she covered her painful face and turned to go outside, but Manuel held her hand.

“Gloria, what happened today…."

“I know what you're going to say.” Gloria turned around and interrupted him, “but I don't want to hear it.”

It was nothing more than a bland apology and a promise to prepare a more grand wedding for her next time.

However, Gloria did not see the grand wedding. Instead, she became the only bride in the city who was abandoned three times in a row.

“Manuel, people are all made of flesh and blood.”

She was not made of steel and that time the passionate love that filled her heart for Manuel had completely cooled down.

Manuel thought that Gloria would lose her temper and make a scene like before, but after hearing those sentences, he could not help but be stunned, trying to see the emotions in Gloria's eyes.

However, Gloria had already shaken off his hand and walked out.

“Gloria.” Manuel panicked and subconsciously wanted to chase after her.

Suddenly, a cry of surprise came from behind him, “Manuel, come quickly, Slyvia has fainted!”

The pursuer suddenly changed direction and ran towards Slyvia anxiously.

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Gloria's eyes.

She came to the garden alone.

A long time later, she received a message from Slyvia.

[Sister, look how pitiful you are. As long as I wave my hand, your parents and Manuel will come around me, but you are just a bunch of air at home that no one cares about.]

[But it's still a bit of an eyesore to have you at home. So, don't worry, sooner or later, I will make you get out of here like a dog!]

Then, Manuel fed Slyvia soup and her parents looked at the video of Slyvia with distressed eyes.

In the past, Gloria would have rushed back in a rage to tear Slyvia apart without caring about anything else.

That time she just put the name Slyvia into the blacklist with an expressionless face.

After Gloria woke up, she found out that after she became a vegetable, her parents fell into great grief. In order to cheer them up, Manuel found Slyvia, who looked like her, to comfort them.

Slyvia was sweettalking and good at coaxing people and soon won their favor.

Gloria was also very grateful to Slyvia. When she learned that her parents had adopted Slyvia as their daughter, she was very happy that she had a new sister.

But Gloria soon discovered that things were not as she had imagined and Slyvia replaced her as the center of attention.

Slyvia liked her room, so her parents asked Gloria to give the room to the other party.

When her parents bought her a necklace, she should give it to Sylvia since her adopted sister said it was beautiful.

In summary, she should have passed everything she had for Sylvia. Even her fiancé Manuel's gaze always lingered on Sylvia for a long time with doting.

He stood her up on her birthday for Slyvia, left her alone on the top of the mountain in the middle of the night for Slyvia and gave up the grand wedding he had promised her for Slyvia.

And Slyvia, that seemingly innocent sister, was actually very scheming.

Since she woke up, Slyvia had repeatedly tried to alienate the relationship between her and her parents' fiancé.

The other party was very skilled and Gloria was no match for her. After only two years, her parents became estranged from Gloria and Manuel repeatedly embarrassed her because of Slyvia.

Gloria had argued and quarreled before, but it only pushed them further and further away.

Later she realized that the reason why Slyvia was able to succeed again and again was that those people who were once closest to her no longer cared about her.

Love would not disappear, it would only shift. Gloria did not believe it before, but then she did.

Just like that moment, even if she showed these chat records in front of everyone, her parents and Manuel would still believe that she had fabricated them to frame Slyvia.

In the end, she was the only one who suffered.

Gloria put down her phone and sat on the swing. There was no place for her in this house anymore. Even if Slyvia did not drive her away, she would leave.

Suddenly, a bloody thing was thrown at her from the side. Gloria was startled and realized that it was the ragdoll cat that Slyvia usually kept at home.

However, the cat was at that moment covered in blood and was obviously dead.

Gloria could not help but cover her mouth.

Manuel, who happened to come over, was also stunned.

“What happened?” he asked.

“It, it..."

Before she finished her words, she heard a scream. Slyvia ran over and picked up the cat on the ground, asking in a crying voice, “Sister, why did you hurt Kitty?”

Gloria was stunned. “What did you say?”

“Sister, I know you resent me for ruining your wedding. But you should not take it out on Kitty.”

Slyvia's tears fell and Gloria realized that that was another frameup. Since that had happened countless times.

But Gloria did not expect Slyvia to frame her by abusing and killing her own pet.

If she remembered correctly, that cat was left by her mother.

Gloria could not help but shudder. In the past, everyone would stand on Slyvia's side, but she still defended herself, “It wasn't me. Someone just threw it here.”

“But the cuts on Kitty's body were obviously made by a professional,” Slyvia said with tears in her eyes. “You are the only one in our family who studies medicine. Apart from you, I don't know who else I can suspect.”

Manuel frowned when he heard that, waved to the servant and gave him a few instructions.

Soon a doctor in a white coat came over, took the cat's body and began to examine it.

“It was indeed cut out with a knife and the technique was very professional. The cat was slowly bled to death in pain.”

Then another security guard came running to report, “We just checked the surveillance and only Miss Gloria came to the garden in the afternoon.”

Manuel's expression suddenly darkened and he looked down at Gloria, “Do you have anything else to say?”

Gloria moved her lips but said nothing. She knew that that kind of thing would be the result.

Finally, she whispered, “What can I say? You never believed me. What else can I say?”

Manuel hesitated when he heard that.

“Sister, are you saying that I deliberately framed you?” Slyvia shook her head and cried even more sadly, “Kitty is the only thing my mother left. Even if it's a false accusation, how could I bear to use its life to frame you?”

As Slyvia said that, she could not bear the shock and fainted.

Manuel quickly supported her, his expression becoming cold and hard again, “Gloria, I didn't expect you to be so vicious now.

“I was the one who abandoned you at the wedding. If you want to blame someone, you should blame me. Why are you taking it out on Slyvia's cat?”

His eyes were full of disappointment as he continued, “We in the Norton Family don't want a young lady who is so mean and cruel. So, why not cancel the engagement?”

“Okay,” Gloria said calmly.

Manuel's anger suddenly froze and then his face became even gloomier. “I'm not kidding you, don't regret it.”

Just as he opened his mouth, Gloria’s parents hurried over.

Without further ado, Gloria’s father slapped Gloria in the face, “How could I raise such a vicious daughter like you?!”

Gloria's face was already swollen from the previous beating and that time blood was oozing out.

Gloria’s father was still furious and raised his hand again when he yelled, “If you can kill a cat today, I think you can kill a person tomorrow. So, I won’t let you free from now on.

“I don’t know why since you woke up, you have always disturbed the whole family. If I had known you would become like this, I would rather you died in that car accident!

“Someone, lock her up for me. No one is allowed to bring her food. We'll talk about it when she's done reflecting on her actions.”

There was a needlelike pain on her face and her head was aching and she felt nauseous. Gloria could not help but dry heave a few times, but the pain in her body could not compare to the pain in her heart.

What had happened that year was that she was the one who dragged her parents and Manuel out of the car that was about to explode one by one.

Because she was saving them, she was hit by the explosion and suffered a head injury, becoming a vegetable and lying there for three years.

But then she was blamed for not dying in that car accident.

Gloria could not tell whether the red fluid on her face was blood or tears. She raised her head and looked at those people who were originally closest to her.

At that moment, their faces looked more unfamiliar than ever before.

Gloria smiled, but her eyes gradually became dead silent and at that moment something completely left her.

Manuel and Gloria’s mother panicked and felt like they had lost something forever. They could not help but plead for Gloria at the same time.

Slyvia stopped them, “Manuel, although I don't want my sister to be locked up, my father's approach is not unreasonable. It's better for my sister to learn a lesson now than for her to get into bigger trouble outside in the future and not be able to deal with it.

“After all, people could only protect her as long as she is at home.”

Hearing Sylvia’s words, Gloria’s mother withdrew her hand.

Manuel also nodded, “I was inconsiderate, it would be good for her to learn a lesson from this.”

Gloria was locked up in an abandoned garage.

Slyvia leaned on Manuel's shoulder with a hidden smile of triumph and said caringly, “Don't worry, I will bring food to my sister and she won't really starve.”

Manuel nodded, “Thank you.”

After Slyvia left, Manuel felt a little sorry for Gloria, so he took a step back and said, “I just said it in anger.

“When Sylvia's depression stabilizes, we will hold the wedding again. Gloria, there is no need for you to be so extreme.”

He looked at the date and continued. “The third day of next month is a good date.”

Gloria felt no emotion at all. She no longer had any expectations for her fiancé.

Her wedding would indeed be on the third day of next month, but the groom would no longer be Manuel.

When Slyvia, who was hiding outside the door, heard Manuel's words, she could not help but grit her teeth and a vicious light suddenly burst out in her eyes.

Slyvia did not expect that after three years of hard work, Manuel still refused to give up on Gloria.

Her nails dug deep into her palms. When she returned to her room, she dialed a number, “Create an accident and kill Gloria!”

At midnight that night, a fire quietly spread.

Gloria did not know that the god of death's scythe was hanging over her head.

In the first twenty years of her life, she was constantly filled with the shadows of her parents and Manuel.

That tie that they had all been dug out from the bottom of her heart, it felt like there was a hole as big as a bowl in her chest.

She could not help but curl up. Her tears had dried up, but the pain was long and intense and even breathing was heartwrenchingly painful.

At that moment, she felt disheartened and suddenly felt that there was nothing in the world worth lingering on.

So much so that when she saw the sudden fire, Gloria did not move.

However, the shrill alarm outside woke up everyone in the Huerta Family villa.

“What happened?”

“The garage where Miss Gloria is imprisoned has caught fire!”

Manuel's expression suddenly changed and he quickly rushed towards the garage, but someone was faster than him and kicked open the garage door first, “Sister!”

Seeing Slyvia, Manuel's pupils shrank. “Sylvia, don’t!”

Slyvia rushed into the fire regardless.

Manuel had no choice but to follow her closely.

Seeing Manuel, Gloria, who was staring at the fire with a numb expression, finally had a glimmer of light in her eyes.

But then Slyvia, who was running in front, suddenly smiled and said to Gloria silently, “Sister, do you think he will save you or me?”

After saying that, she let out a scream and fell down.

Manuel subconsciously caught Slyvia, then looked at Gloria with a somewhat conflicted expression.

Finally, he picked up Slyvia and said to Gloria who was in the depths of the sea of fire, “Gloria, I will send Sylvia out first and then come back to save you.”

However, the fire was too big and there was no possibility of entering.

The last glimmer of light in Gloria's eyes was completely extinguished.

She stared blankly at Manuel as he strode away, his back getting farther and farther away.

Seeing his parents running over and anxiously surrounding the unconscious Slyvia, her heart hurt more.

No one remembered her anymore.

In only three years, she became a complete outsider.

Gloria sat down again and watched the burnt beam fall before her eyes with an expressionless face.

“Fine, death may not be a kind of relief,” she muttered.

At the end of my consciousness, the shadows of those people became blurred across the sea of fire.

Gloria raised her head and forced back the tears that were about to fall from her eyes. She hoped that she would never have to see Manuel and that couple again in her next life.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Gloria opened her eyes and saw the white roof of the hospital.

She realized that she seemed to be lucky enough not to die.

A sneer suddenly came from the side.

Gloria turned around and meet Slyvia's undisguised vicious gaze, “You are really lucky. Even such a big fire didn't burn you to death.”

She laughed again, took out the mirror she had prepared and gloated, “But when you see yourself clearly, I'm afraid you won't want to live anymore.”

Only when she looked at herself in the mirror did Gloria understand what Slyvia meant.

Her face from the left forehead to the corner of her eye that was burned.

Gloria's pupils could not help but shrink.

Tears in Gloria's eyes were about to overflow.

For a woman, having her face ruined was probably more painful than death.

Sylvia then leaned closer to Gloria with some sympathy, “Do you think Manuel will still marry you now?”

But the scenes of collapse and madness that Slyvia had imagined did not occur. She narrowed her eyes, forcefully stuffed a scalpel into Gloria's hand and then cut her own face.

By the time Gloria reacted, Slyvia had already shouted, “Ah, sister, don't!”

Just then Manuel came in from outside.

The next second Slyvia cried and threw herself into his arms. “Manuel!”

Manuel was slightly stunned and asked, “What happened?”

Slyvia could not stop shaking in his arms as she accused Gloria, “Gloria, she... she's going to ruin my face.”

Seeing half of her face covered in blood, Manuel's expression suddenly turned cold. His sharp eyes suddenly shot towards Gloria.

Their eyes met and Gloria picked up the scalpel that had fallen on the bed with an expressionless face, then raised her hand and threw it towards Slyvia.

When the scalpel cut through the air like an arrow and stabbed straight at her, Slyvia's pupils suddenly contracted and she could not help but scream in fear.

Manuel did not expect that Gloria would dare to hurt people in front of him. In a hurry, he quickly raised his arm to block the flying knife that was still coming at him.

There was an inchlong wound on his arm.

“Manuel!” Slyvia grabbed his hand distressedly.

An unspeakable disappointment in Manuel's eyes.

“Before you always said that we wronged you and sided with Sylvia,” he said in a deep voice, “Then, how do you explain it now?”

Gloria did not want to explain at all. After having walked the line between life and death, she had become more openminded about many things. She looked at the two people hugging each other with a cold look in her eyes.

“Didn’t you want to blame me for her ruined face? That’s why I did it. Besides, no matter how I defend myself, I’ll still be the one to blame for her false accusations against me.”

“Gloria!” Manuel's expression became even more gloomy and he felt that Gloria was simply unreasonable at that moment.

Gloria’s father and mother, who followed closely, also felt as if they had never known their daughter.

Slyvia also said in a weak voice, “Sister, I know you are so angry because Manuel saved me but not you last night.

“I should be the one who got disfigured. Don't even mention you cutting me. As long as you don't hate him, I'll do anything you ask me to do.”

Manuel frowned upon hearing that and said, “You are not wrong, Sylvia. You broke into the garage to save her, so if I want to save someone, I'll save you first. And I can save whoever I want to save and it's not up to others to interfere.”

At the end of his speech, his voice sounded like it had been chilled by ice and there was no trace of warmth on his face.

Gloria remained calm from beginning to end.

No matter how many reasons there were, no matter how good the excuses were, if they did not care anymore, they would always find reasons.

After thinking that through, Gloria suddenly felt extremely bored. When she heard Slyvia's words, she even smiled goodnaturedly as she muttered, “I don't blame you. On the contrary, I want to thank you.”

‘Thank you for making me realize that people’s hearts are fickle,’ she continued in her heart.

Everyone present was a little surprised to hear that.

“I think she still hasn't admitted her fault,” Gloria’s father also said, “From today on, you must reflect on your mistakes in this ward and don't leave!”

After saying that, several people escorted Slyvia away.

Gloria’s father left two bodyguards to watch over Gloria. After the door of the ward was closed, Gloria contacted another hospital again.

At that time, she was currently working under the Norton Group and she did not want to have anything to do with Manuel and those biased parents anymore.

After contacting the hospital, Gloria changed out of her hospital gown and quietly left while the bodyguard at the door went to eat.

However, at the corner of the hospital corridor, an argument between her father and Slyvia was heard.

Gloria paused.

“Sylvia, you are too impatient. It is easy to find someone to set the fire. Fortunately, I stopped Manuel and did not let him pursue the matter.

“Otherwise, I can’t protect you anymore once he knows the person behind the scenes is you. Don't be so reckless next time,” Gloria’s father advised in an angry tone.

“Humph, it's because you are too incompetent! You promised my mother that you would give me everything in the Huerta Family, but what happened? Are you reluctant to part with your daughter? You should know that not only Gloria is your biological daughter, but me too!” Sylvia sneered.

“How can I be reluctant? If I was really reluctant, why would I have personally designed that car accident three years ago? Sylvia, you have to know that I will always love you and your mother.”

A satisfied chuckle finally rang out from the corner, “And Manuel, I want his people and I also want the Norton Family behind him.”

The conversation between the two was like thunder exploding in Gloria's ears.

For a moment, she felt the blood in her body stagnate.

The truth was too shocking.

Gloria could not help but take a step back, her nails digging into her palms.

She seemed like a frozen sculpture with only her pupils trembling and expanding and contracting.

Her biological father actually wanted to kill her for Silvya, her father’s illegitimate daughter.

Gloria suddenly found that she seemed to have never known her sanctimonious father.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew through the hall. Gloria could not help but shiver and suddenly realized she should leave the hospital quickly.

The next second, she rushed towards home.

Gloria’s mother and Manuel at home were both stunned when they saw her.

Then Gloria’s mother's expression quickly turned cold as she asked, “Why did you come back?”

Manuel also frowned.

Gloria tightly grasped her mother's hand and said in a trembling voice, “Mom, Manuel, I just heard the conversation between Dad and Slyvia. It turns out that Dad planned our car accident three years ago and Slyvia is his illegitimate daughter!”

The expressions of Gloria’s mother and Manuel both changed.

“Are you telling the truth?”

Gloria nodded. Even though she was disheartened, when she knew the truth, she subconsciously wanted to remind them not to be fooled.

But behind him came Slyvia's collapsed voice, “Sister?”

Gloria's heart tightened and she turned around to meet the gaze of her father and Slyvia.

Slyvia shook her head in disbelief, as if she was finally completely disappointed in her. She looked at Gloria with tears of pain in her eyes.

“I didn't expect you could make up such a lie. Isn't your father's love for you enough? Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone your father!

“And me, I know that I was accepted into the Huerta Family as your substitute because I look like you. If it weren't for this face, I would never have the chance to have a father, mother and brother who loves me so much.

“But you can't slander me just because I look like you, sister!”

Hearing her words, Gloria’s mother, who was originally in doubt, immediately threw away her doubts and quickly told Slyvia, “No, I never doubt you and my husband. So, please don’t worry, okay?”

Manuel also looked at Gloria and said, “You can even come up with such a childish way of alienating us, Gloria.”

It was like a bucket of ice water was poured over her head.

Gloria moved her lips. After calming down, she felt that it was a mistake for her to run back.

She should not mind her own business.

Finally, she curled her lips, laughed at herself and walked out.

“Where are you going?” Gloria’s father, who had a gloomy face and remained silent, stopped her.

Gloria took a deep breath and said the decision she had made a long time ago, “I want to sever ties with the Huerta Family and move out.”

Everyone's expression changed again.

“Don't even think about it. Even if I beat you to death today, I won't let you embarrass the Huerta Family in public. Come on, bring the whip!”

The servant quickly brought up a whip.

Gloria was pressed to the ground and the whip was whipped hard, leaving a bloody whip mark on her back.

But the pain was nothing compared to the humiliation she was suffering at that moment.

And no one tried to stop that outrageous and absurd scene and everyone just watched coldly.

In the end, Gloria's entire back was torn apart and she fainted from the pain.

After unknown amount of time, she was awakened by a chill.

Gloria opened her eyes and saw Manuel sitting beside the bed and applying medicine to her.

Under the light, the man's eyebrows and eyes were as gentle as water, but Gloria avoided his touch.

Manuel raised his eyes to look at her, “Does it hurt?”

Gloria ignored him.

Manuel reached out and pushed aside Gloria's hair that was blocking her ears before he said, “Gloria, everything has to have a limit. If you go too far, you will be the only one who will be embarrassed, right?”

Gloria remained silent.

She used to argue and make a fuss because she still had expectations for those people, but at that moment she did not want to even look at them again.

Manuel originally wanted to have a hearttoheart talk with Gloria. He felt that if Gloria continued like that, she would only become more and more extreme and unreasonable.

So, he wanted to tell her that he would not despise her even if she was disfigured and he just hoped that she could return to being the lively and kind person she was three years ago.

He also wanted to tell her that although Slyvia liked him and suffered from depression because she did not get his response, he always treated Slyvia as his sister and he would definitely marry her when Slyvia recovered from her illness.

However, Gloria remained unmoved.

Manuel's voice became deeper as he continued, “Gloria!”

Just when his patience was about to run out, Slyvia came in from outside and interrupted, “Manuel, let me persuade my sister. The conflict between you and my sister is mainly because of me. If we talk it out, everything will be much easier to solve.”

Manuel thought about it and felt that what Slyvia said made sense, but he was afraid that Gloria would hurt someone again.

“It's okay. My sister has been beaten like this now,” Slyvia said distressedly, “how can she still have the energy to hit me?”

After Manuel left, Slyvia wiped away her crocodile tears and looked at Gloria with a cruel smile, “I didn't expect that you could eavesdrop on what I said to my father. You never thought that your biological father would want to kill you, right?

“At that time, I was worrying about how to replace you and Manuel came to me. Now, for my sake, he has abandoned you many times.

“Your mother is even more bizarre. She loves her mistress's daughter more than her own daughter.”

Then, she touched Gloria's burned face and sighed, “I feel sorry for you, so I'll help you get rid of it!”

Gloria's heart suddenly started to ring with alarm bells. “What are you doing?”

“I heard that you have blood clots in your brain. You can't get hit, otherwise you will become a vegetable again,” Slyvia said as he dragged her to the stairs outside.

Gloria realized something, but there was no way to stop it. She could only watch Slyvia forcibly drag her down the stairs.

There was an earthshattering noise at the staircase.

Gloria's head hit the floor hard and for a few minutes, she did seem to have returned to her unconscious vegetative state.

Slowly, a sharp pain exploded from the back of her head. Gloria immediately curled up in pain and uttered a weak, “Save me.”

But in the blurred vision, everyone ran anxiously towards Slyvia who fell on the other side.

She watched Manuel pick up Slyvia and rushed to the hospital with her parents.

Just like last time, she was abandoned where she was and no one cared about her.

The pain in her body became more and more intense. Gloria's eyes went dark.

Gathering her last bit of strength, she crawled a few meters, picked up the phone that had fallen to the ground and called the emergency number for herself.

Gloria woke up after a narrow escape, she unexpectedly found Manuel and her parents there. However, Gloria did not receive a word of concern, only harsh rebukes.

“Sylvia's leg and wrist were broken. Did you know that she was a dancer? What are you going to use to compensate her now?

“If I had known you were such a nuisance, I would never have let you be born. I no longer have a daughter like you!”

Gloria knew that Slyvia must be throwing all the dirty water on her again.

She closed her eyes, then looked at her parents who were shouting at her at the top of their lungs and Manuel who was silent and had unpredictable emotions beside her and exhaled a breath of hot air.

‘I don't want relatives like you either,’ she muttered in her mind.

If possible, Gloria really wanted to shout out that sentence, but she was wearing an oxygen mask and was so weak that she could not utter a single word.

In the end, it was Manuel who persuaded Gloria’s father and mother to leave, while he himself stayed.

When their eyes met, he reached out and touched Gloria's pale face. Suddenly, he changed his usual indifference and spoke in a gentle voice, “Sylvia said that you wanted to take her down with you. I know this is not your intention.”

Gloria was surprised. Could it be that Manuel finally saw through Slyvia's true face?

But the next second, the man said, “I just consulted a psychiatrist. When a vegetative patient wakes up, his personality may change drastically due to brain damage. I'm sorry, I never thought of this possibility.”

Manuel's eyes flashed with pity and annoyance, “My Gloria used to be generous, kind and lovely. You are so different from her, but I only realized it now.”

“Fortunately, it's not too late now,” Manuel took a deep breath, “I will help you contact the best mental hospital. Don't worry, Gloria, I will cure you.”

He leaned over and kissed Gloria's forehead, “I hope that by then, you can return to your old self.”

The young lady of the Norton Family must be generous and steady. He could not marry a crazy person who was extreme and hurtful to others.

Manuel's words were gentle, but Gloria felt creepy. She tried her best to refuse, but her voice was too low and only a layer of white mist appeared on her oxygen mask.

Manuel did not ask for her opinion. After that, he told Gloria's parents about his plan.

Wealthy families were very averse to having any direct descendant with a mental illness, as they would be laughed at if it got out.

But that time Gloria had hurt people repeatedly, even to the point of wanting to kill people. If she continued like that, she would become a complete demon.

Gloria’s mother hesitated for a moment, but then nodded and agreed.

Gloria’s father and Slyvia, who had ulterior motives, of course fully agreed.

Slyvia suggested softly, “I know a sanatorium with good confidentiality and treatment results. It will definitely cure my sister.”

Then, from an angle where no one could see, she met Gloria's fearful and rejecting gaze, smiled faintly and said silently, “Fall into my hands, I'll see how you can escape this time.”

Heartwrenching screams rang out in the electric shock room and the person tied to the treatment bed kept twitching, convulsing and twisting all over.

Finally, the long torture ended and Gloria fell to the ground in a mess.

Then someone roughly pulled her hair, dragged her into the ward like a dead dog and threw her away.

It was not until the sun was setting that Gloria finally gathered enough strength to get up and curled up in the corner.

As she first came here, she tried to resist, escape and even commit suicide, but at that time there was only fear in her heart.

A laugh suddenly sounded in the ward. Gloria shuddered all over and met Slyvia's smiling gaze.

“Tsk, tsk, how pitiful.” Slyvia reached out and stroked Gloria's pale cheek, “I had said it would be great if you could just stay as a vegetable, right? But unfortunately, you had to wake up and fight with me for Manuel.”

As she said that, she fiercely thrust the needle in her hand into Gloria's arm.

Gloria suddenly let out a scream.

Slyvia curled her lips in pleasure. Just as she was about to continue, someone outside came to report, “Mr. Norton is here.”

Slyvia paused, then stood up and said, “Then help my sister get dressed up.”

Apart from the electric shock injuries on Gloria's body, the things she used to torture people would not leave obvious marks.

Slyvia was not afraid at all that Manuel would discover anything.

But when she saw Manuel, Gloria no longer cared about anything else and held his hand tightly as if trying to grab the last straw.

“Manuel, I was wrong, take me away from here. I will listen to you from now on,” Gloria cried, begging, “Please.”

If she stayed there any longer, she would really be driven crazy.

Seeing Gloria's tears of despair and her cheeks that had become thinner in just half a month, Manuel felt a pain in his heart.

Just as he was about to speak, Slyvia spoke first, “The early stage of treatment is somewhat painful. After all, I have experienced it myself.

“But my sister's treatment has reached a critical moment. If we give up at this time, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

“Besides, Manuel, you see, my sister is much more obedient and docile now and she won't hurt people at every turn. The treatment and correction is effective.”

Manuel lowered his eyes and looked at Gloria, feeling that it was true.

So, he just could say his promise, “Gloria, I'll pick you up before the wedding, be good.”

Then he pulled his hand away and turned away.

Gloria shouted loudly from behind, “Manuel!”

Manuel paused, but did not look back.

Hatred suddenly burst out in Gloria's eyes.

She had always been disappointed with that person and until that moment, the disappointment turned into deep hatred.

Slyvia also hated Manuel for loving and protecting her but refusing to marry her.

She really wanted to take this opportunity to kill Gloria, but it was she who suggested sending her there. If she died there, Manuel would definitely vent his anger on her.

But if Gloria died outside, it would have nothing to do with her.

Slyvia smiled, with a calculating gleam in her eyes.

Someone quietly opened the door at night. Gloria, who was curled up in the corner, immediately raised her head and stared at the door vigilantly.

But after waiting for a long time, no one came in. Only the halfopen door seemed to become a ray of hope attracting her.

Gloria could not help but stand up. Even though she knew that there might be a trap set by Slyvia outside, she could not help but go outside.

It was quiet outside.

The next moment, she rushed into the night without a care in the world.

The security system sounded a shrill alarm and then the lights in the compound came on, followed by the security guard's stern shout.

Gloria did not stop, but chose a direction and rushed forward.

Slyvia sat in front of the surveillance camera, leisurely enjoying the catandmouse chase game, but soon she frowned.

Gloria did not run out of the main gate of the sanatorium as she expected, but escaped out of the back door and went up the mountain.

Would her plan of arranging for someone to hit Gloria to death on the road be ruined?

Slyvia cursed inwardly and went to catch the man himself.

But human potential was unlimited when faced with danger.

Gloria had been on the run and no one caught her for a while.

Until the two sides came to the edge of a cliff, Slyvia laughed with gritted teeth, “Sister, there is an undeveloped primitive jungle below and all kinds of wild animals roam in it. If you run in, you will die.”

However, Gloria jumped without hesitation.