#This story is set in a fictitious era, please do not cross-reference with history#

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"Emily, my dear little sister, please open the door, let your big brother in to take good care of you..."

"Are you feeling terrible right now? Brother knows how to make you comfortable~~ Just open the door."

Emily felt a terrible headache. The door was being forcefully knocked from outside, and that familiar voice that terrifies her kept ringing in her ears.

She looked at the trembling door in horror.

She's dead. Why won't they leave her alone?

The person outside was Gage, the nephew of her stepmother Lindsey. Yet, this man was a scoundrel who indulged in every vice, not interested in learning anything.

In a little while, that door was going to be broken open by Gage. Then her fiancé's family would see her lying disorderly in bed with Gage.

All this was arranged in advance by the stepmother who pretended to love her so much. It was just to help her daughter, Quinn, fight for the marriage that originally belonged to Emily.

Regardless of the journey of life before death or something else, Emily now only had one thought in her mind—

Escape!

But Gage was at the door. She was trapped with nowhere to run.

Looking up, she saw a pair of scissors on a cabinet. Holding on to the bed for support, Emily slowly stood up, inching towards the cabinet.

As her hand brushed against the cool metal of the scissors, Emily felt a resurgence of determination.

This is not a dream!

She was reborn, after death, she returned to when she was 20 years old, the day that led her to hell...

Outside the door, Gage's nasty voice echoed once again, "Little Emily, bro will be gentle! Open the door obediently, or don't blame me if I hurt you!"

Emily's face turned dark. She would never allow such a thing to happen again. She gritted her teeth and warned, "No need, you'd better scram!"

However, as her words fell, the door was forcefully kicked open. Gage’s greasy face wore a lewd grin.

The moment he saw Emily with a blushing face, he howled with laughter and pounced on her, his hand immediately grabbing onto Emily.

As his hand touched her clothes, Emily gripped the scissors tightly in her hand, plunging it forcefully into the back of his hand.

"Ah...” Gage let out a scream of pain.

Emily had already picked up a small stool from the ground and ruthlessly smashed it towards Gage's head.

Her body felt weak, this hit was barely enough to confuse Gage, once he regains his senses, Emily would be in deep trouble.

She did not dare to breathe a sigh of relief and staggered towards the door, attempting to flee.

This was the factory's family building, as long as she could run downstairs, she would be saved.

"Bitch! I will kill you!" Gage touched his head only to feel a handful of blood. His face twisted in an instant, appearing significantly more horrifying than before.

"Lil' bitch, how dare you hit me, I will kill you today!" Seeing Emily at the door, Gage struggled to his feet and wobbly chased after her, his head slightly dizzy.

Emily had just reached the staircase when Gage, with his face covered in blood, also chased after her. His hand was about to grab her.

Emily's heart seized in panic, her entire body promptly lunging forward.

Terrified, she shut her eyes tight. Even if it meant a severe fall, she could not let Gage succeed.

However, the expected pain did not come. Instead, she found herself landing in a strong and sturdy embrace.

Chasing her out, Gage, upon seeing the man at the bottom of the stairs, paused momentarily before barking, "Who the hell are you?! That's my wife, let her go now!"

On hearing Gage's voice, Emily's body trembled fiercely with fear, and her spoken words came out fragmented, "I...I'm not his wife. Please save me, he wants to...he wants to assault me."

"You son of a b##ch, can't you understand what I'm telling you?" Gage, seeing the man still holding Emily, immediately lunged in their direction.

The man's face turned ice cold. Just as Gage was about to reach them, he kicked out, sending Gage flying backward.

Before Gage could touch Emily, he was hurled into the stairs, landing there in agony, howling painfully.

"Boss, are you okay?"

When Andy ran over, he saw the boss holding a girl in his arms. He curiously glanced at the girl but didn't recognize her.

"Call the police!" The man said calmly and resonantly.

The familiar voice made Emily lift her head abruptly. The sight greeting her was a handsome face she knew very well, her gaze meeting his deep inscrutable eyes.

Emily's heart ached, her eyes immediately turning red. An overwhelming sense of grievance welled up within her, her voice choked with tears, with a hint of uncertainty, "Hawk, is it you who has come?"

"Boss, you guys know each other, huh?" Andy, who had just seized Gage, asked excitedly.

With one cold glance from Hawk, Andy hastily ducked his head, striking Gage on the head as he remarked, "Bold little man, to even think of sexually harassing a girl in broad daylight!"

Gage was grabbed by the arm intensively, causing him great pain and making his veins pop out, "Let go, you're the real hooligan! She's my wife!"

Andy was taken aback for a moment, he glanced at Hawk. Interfering in the affairs of a couple really wasn't something they should do.

"I'm not his wife! I'm Hawk's fiancee.” Shaw Emily called out urgently.

Upon saying this, Shaw Emily was almost overwhelmed by a sudden wave of heat rising within her, and she visibly weakened.

Almost instinctively, Hawk reached out to support her.

Shaw Emily looked up at him, her face flushed red. Her already beautifully enchanting face coupled with her current state was absolutely captivating.

"Hawk, I…I feel unwell!”

Andy looked at the scene in shock. Could this be their boss's wife?

"Medicine!" Hawk's body was tightly strung, his face dark, and the look he gave Gage was filled with bone-piercing chill.

"Ah? Oh, right..." Once Andy realized what was going on, he pushed Gage down onto the ground with his leg. He then began to rummage through the olive-green cloth bag that Gage carried on his back. He quickly found a small bottle of medicine amongst a pile of drugs and handed a pill to Hawk.

Taking the pill, Hawk immediately put it into Shaw Emily’s mouth.

"Bitter!" Shaw Emily, faced with the bitterness, furrowed her brows.

"Swallow it, it's the antidote!" Hawk ordered in a deep voice.

Frightened by his cold voice, Shaw Emily was jolted, and a hint of clear-headedness returned to her.

In her previous life, Hawk didn't even appear in this place at all.

Yet, in this lifetime, he has appeared.

And he saved her.

Could it be, he also reincarnated?

However, the medicine in her mouth was simply too bitter. She frowned and gave Hawk a pitiful look as if she was reproaching him for the bitter medicine.

"Water!"

Andy quickly passed Hawk's water bottle over.

Emily didn't care about anything else, she hastily grabbed it and took a sip, finally washing away the bitter taste in her mouth.

But...

"Bethany!" A sharp female voice rang out, she glaring at Andy and Hawk, demanded, "Who are you two? How could you hit someone?"