Chapter 10

Chapter 10

The messages my parents had sent me were all about asking for money and belittling me.

Later, I didn't know where Ryan Bennett had found out about how I had gotten into a top 985 university, but my parents had torn up my admission letter and locked me up at home. He posted all of that online too.

The tide of public opinion online immediately turned. Everyone felt sorry for me and cursed my family. Ryan Bennett also pressed charges against my parents and brother for extortion and malicious defamation.

This time, things weren't as easy as before.

Extorting three million yuan was no small matter. My brother was immediately arrested, but since the extortion had been unsuccessful, he was only sentenced to four years in prison.

In addition, the three of them were also convicted of malicious defamation, which had damaged Ryan Bennett's reputation and caused him psychological harm. They were each sentenced to less than three years in prison.

In court, the three of them first cursed Ryan Bennett, saying he deserved to die. But when the judge struck the gavel and announced the verdict, they finally began to fear.

My mom knelt down on the ground first: Ryan Chen! No—Mr. Chen! You're such a generous person. Please don't argue with us ordinary people.

Yes! Yes! My brother echoed from the side.

After all, you're still married to my sister—you're my brother-in-law! We're family. Let's not make this so ugly.

Ryan Bennett looked at them with disdain and ignored them as he walked away.

Seeing that begging was useless, the three of them started yelling and swearing again.

After dealing with this matter, Ryan Bennett returned to my ward: Ella, I've sent them all to prison.

That's where they belong. If only I had met you earlier, you wouldn't have suffered so much, and you wouldn't have had such a hard life.

Looking at Ryan Bennett's affectionate expression, I felt a little confused. It seemed like he had really fallen in love with me.

Over the past few days, whenever Ryan Bennett finished his work, he would come to accompany me.

He would comb my hair, trim my nails, and buy me beautiful fresh flowers. He even said he had adopted a cat named Potato.

I had talked about wanting to adopt a little orange cat before, but Ryan Bennett had said he didn't like cats—he was a bit of a clean freak and hated shedding animals.

I never thought he would actually...

I was starting to waver. Suddenly, I thought: if I went back to my body now, maybe in the future, I could live a life like the ones in those sweet romance novels.

Just as I was hesitating, Ryan Bennett received a message. I leaned over to look—it was from that private detective.

He said he had found the four men who had harmed me that night, and he had also found out that those men had been paid to do it.

Their original plan had just been to violate my innocence, but they hadn't expected me to try to kill myself.

And the person who had hired them was actually Sophia Wilson!

Now that I thought about it, that night, Sophia Wilson had deliberately provoked me, making me lose my temper and slap her. Then Ryan Bennett had misunderstood me and kicked me out. In the end, I had been attacked by those men.

Ryan Bennett didn't say a word—he just got in his car and drove to Sophia Wilson's house.

When Sophia Wilson saw Ryan Bennett standing at her door, she happily took his arm and tried to pull him into the house:

Ryan, you finally came to see me! You have no idea how much I've missed you.

Ryan Bennett pushed her hand away and said in a cold voice: Why did you hire someone to ruin Ella's innocence?

Ella? Sophia Wilson looked at Ryan Bennett in confusion. Who is Ella?

Ella Carter. Why did you hire someone to ruin Ella Carter's innocence?

Ryan Bennett's tone was still calm, but his eyes were dark and terrifying.

Sophia Wilson stammered: What? Ryan, what are you talking about? Why would I do something like that?

Ryan Bennett looked at Sophia Wilson, who was still trying to deny it: I've already asked a private detective to investigate. Do you want to go to the police station and explain it there?

When Sophia Wilson realized that Ryan Bennett already knew everything, she stopped trying to lie. Instead, she put on a pitiful expression and said: I didn't want to hurt her! I just wanted to scare her a little, to make her leave you alone. It was those men who got greedy when they saw her.

Ryan, everything I did was for you—because I love you.

Ryan Bennett let out a cold laugh: Was sleeping with someone else also for me? Because you loved me?

Sophia Wilson burst into tears: I already told you—I was drunk! I didn't know what I was doing. Why do you still keep bringing that up?

Sophia Wilson, when my mother passed away, you were the one who stayed by my side.