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Kimberly was puzzled when the car arrived at the Slater residence. 

She wondered why there wasn’t anyone coming to open the car door 

for her that day. 

Helplessly, she freed the hand that was clutching her purse and 

pushed the car door open herself. 

Suddenly, a forceful grip yanked her out of the car. Then, a thick black 

cloth was immediately tied around her eyes to obscure her vision. 

A wave of terror surged in her chest. 

Kimberly instinctively screamed at the top of her lungs. “Who are 

you? Let me go! I’m Vincent Slater’s wife! How dare you lay a hand on 

me!” 

Her voice was shrill and piercing. 

One of the men restraining her kicked her in the leg and growled 

viciously, “Shut up. If you want to live, stay quiet!” 

Only then did Kimberly stop screaming, too afraid to utter another 

sound. 

She had no idea how much time had passed. All she could tell was that she had been taken into a suffocatingly sealed-off space. The air 

itself felt thin in there. 

Vincent approached and tore the blindfold off her eyes, 

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Kimberly recoiled reflexively in fear. 

“What? Are you scared of me now? Or is it because you’ve done something that you’re scared of facing me now?” Vincent asked while gripping her chin tightly, his eyes fixed on hers. 

A sense of dread and uncertainty enveloped Kimberly. 

“Vincent? Why did you have me tied up?” she asked, trying to sound 

pitiful. 

“Are you really sure you don’t know why? Do you not have a clue?” he 

asked coldly, his grip tightening. 

Pain shot through her jaw, but she couldn’t say a single word. Only a 

few muffled sobs escaped her lips. 

Finally, Vincent loosened his grip. “Are you still going to continue your 

act in front of me? Did you forget all the things you’ve done? Where is 

Keira? Do you know where she is?” 

The mention of Keira made Kimberly visibly falter. Her mouth opened 

and closed. She stammered but couldn’t form coherent words. 

She coughed nervously and said, “My parents arranged her travel 

plans. How would I know?” 

Vincent’s expression remained unreadable. “You don’t know? Fine. Then look at these and tell me if they look familiar.” 

He threw a phone onto her lap. 

Panicking, Kimberly looked down at the screen. As she looked at the 

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taunting texts she had sent in the past, her blood ran cold. 

Flustered, she tried to explain and justify her actions. “I was just trying to stop her from pursuing you. That was why I sent those messages. I love you! Even if you mistook me for someone else, you’ve already married me!” 

“So you’re admitting that you drove her away, right?” Vincent 

countered. 

Kimberly’s eyes widened when she realized what she had just 

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confessed to. She quickly covered her mouth with sheer panic written 

all over her face. 

Vincent couldn’t hold back any longer. He signaled to his bodyguard, 

who understood his cue and delivered a harsh slap across Kimberly’s 

face. 

Half her face swelled instantly, and blood trickled from the corner of 

her mouth. 

“You’re a disgusting bitch. You and your parents lied to me and drove Keira away! All of my misunderstandings about Keira were your doing, weren’t they? How can you be this heartless? Keira is your 

sister!” Vincent bellowed. 

He grew more furious as he vented his anger, so much so that he began throwing everything around him at Kimberly in a fit of rage. 

With her hand and feet tightly bound to the chair, she could not dodge the moving objects. 

Seeing Vincent’s drastic change in attitude, Kimberly no longer felt 

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the need to put on an act anymore. 

Instead, she began to lash out in return. “You say I’m heartless? Don’t 

forget that you implicitly allowed me to do all that! Are you truly 

innocent in all this? Haven’t you wronged Keira too? 

“She’s not just my sister but also the woman you love. Why couldn’t you tell she was Kiki? Did you recognize her? No! You even made her 

watch as we paraded our loving relationship day in and day out. You 

were the one who allowed all this to happen! 

“Now that she’s gone, you’re pinning all the blame on me. You’re 

nothing but a bastard!” 

Her words sent Vincent into a full-blown rage. He lunged forward and 

grabbed her by the throat. “You vile bitch! How dare you talk to me 

like that! I’ll kill you!” 

The overwhelming pressure on Kimberly’s neck caused her to 

struggle desperately as her survival instincts kicked in. But he didn’t let go, no matter how hard she flailed her limbs. D 

On the contrary, his grip only grew tighter. 

As time went on, Kimberly gradually stopped moving. Her face went 

pale, and she collapsed onto the floor in a heap, lying there 

motionless. 

She wasn’t showing any signs of life. So, Vincent kicked her to check 

if she was still alive. 

Upon discovering that she was still breathing, he stopped his physical assault. He grabbed a scarf from nearby and calmly wiped the blood 

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Then, turning to his men, he ordered, “Keep an eye on her. Make sure 

she doesn’t die.”