in public, which was why Livia had
disappeared.
But I knew that she had been confined to the
Landis family’s old mansion.
She was locked in a separate attic in the
backyard, and her closet was filled with the latest seasonal collections from luxury brands
that she had always dreamed of.
But behind this luxury were welded windows
and guards watching the door twenty-four
hours a day.
After the initial breakdown and fear, the
ruthlessness in Livia’s bones resurfaced.
She used a hidden hairpin to pry open the
latch of a small window in the bathroom, and
under the cover of a rainstorm, she
desperately climbed out.
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Thorns tore at her legs and hands, leaving
them bloody and scarred, but the desire to
survive supported her, and she ran down the
mountain without regard for anything.
However, she hadn’t run a hundred yards
before two blinding headlights pinned her to
the spot.
Several black-suited bodyguards got out of
the car and expressionlessly dragged her
back in.
Livia was thrown roughly onto the carpet by
the bodyguards, and she looked at Prescott
Landis, trembling, her eyes full of fear.
Prescott spoke, his voice calm. “It seems you
still don’t understand your position.”
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He stood up, walked over to Livia, pinched
her chin, and forced her to look up.
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“Do you think you’re still Livia Bell?”
He sneered and held up a jade pendant in
front of her. “From the moment you stepped
into the Landis family, you were no longer
yourself.”
He released her hand and put the jade
pendant’s red cord around Livia’s neck.
The moment the jade pendant touched her
skin, Livia screamed as if she had been
burned by a branding iron.
A black aura, invisible to the naked eye,
surged from the jade pendant and instantly
entered her body.
“This is a soul-locking pendant.” Prescott
explained. “It allows Prescott’s soul to attach
itself to your body.”
“From today on, you must live well and live
happily, so that he can rest in peace in the
underworld.”
Livia’s pupils shrank suddenly, and she finally
understood that what she had desperately
snatched was not a ticket to a wealthy family!
She would no longer be an independent
person, but a vessel parasitized by the soul of
a dead man, a walking corpse!
Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind.
Г
“Prescott Landis!”
She grabbed Prescott’s pant leg and shouted in a distorted voice, “You made a mistake! The person you originally chose was Luria Monroe! She was also there that day of the
car accident! She’s the one the master was
talking about!”
“She’s smarter than me, she’s been number
one since she was a child, her fate is a
thousand times better than mine! Her body is
the best vessel for your brother! Believe me!”
She paused. “Someone like me is vain and
opportunistic, full of dirty thoughts, how am I
worthy of your brother’s pure soul? Only Luna
is worthy!”
“As long as you let me go…’
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A malicious light flashed in her eyes. “I’ll
catch her for you! I promise, I can trick her
into coming!”
Prescott’s originally cold eyes flickered
slightly.
Two days later, I was in the office, processing
information for an overseas merger and
