My body, soaked by the icy seawater, felt a touch of warmth.

I was about to speak when Sophia slapped me hard.

"You think making yourself look like this pathetic mess will make me spare you a glance? Don't make me laugh!"

"You're causing trouble at my wedding, and I absolutely won't let this slide!"

With that, she grabbed my throat and suspended my upper body over the railing.

The suffocating pressure came, but I didn't struggle at all.

I thought it would be good to die like this.

So I closed my eyes, ready to accept death peacefully, but Sophia panicked.

Realizing my abnormal reaction, she stumbled backward, looking at me in shock.

"Why aren't you struggling? Why aren't you explaining? Do you really want to die!"

Would she believe me if I explained?

I'd explained many times before, but she always thought I was making excuses.

Instead, it gradually pushed her toward Sebastian's side.

I smiled coldly, my voice carrying a hint of death.

"I've lost everything anyway. Might as well die."

Hearing this, Sophia's face went pale. She grabbed my collar, tears seeming to glisten in her eyes.

"Your life belongs to me. You're not allowed to die!"

When Sophia and I first got engaged, her family looked down on my status and insisted she cancel the engagement.

To be with me, she endured countless family punishments, beaten black and blue but never giving in.

Learning about this, I went to the Sullivan family to take the punishment for her.

When I was beaten nearly to death, she held me in her arms in panic, promising that I could never die without her permission.

I looked up at Sophia, but before I could speak, a petite, cute girl rushed in front of me.

Scarlett Quinn, my second target.

Also my best friend in this world.

She stepped on my face and threw a stack of photos at me.

"Connor, since you dare to ruin Sebastian's wedding, I don't need to save face for you anymore!"

The photos showed me chained and beaten like a dog, people riding on top of me, stripped naked with "waste" carved all over my body...

These photos were all taken by Scarlett herself. She carefully chose angles to capture my face clearly.

She did all this just because I exposed Sebastian's cheating at a photography contest, making him lose face in front of everyone.

Amid waves of mocking laughter, Scarlett coldly raised her camera to capture my miserable state.

In an inconspicuous corner of the camera, there was an engraving.

【Scarlett & Connor】

This was a gift I once gave her.

Scarlett lost her mother young, and her father would bring different women home who enjoyed tormenting her.

By chance, we became friends. To protect her from being violated by the old men her father brought home, I was beaten to temporary blindness.

To comfort Scarlett, I gave her a camera, asking her to capture the beautiful scenery I couldn't see.

After my eyes healed, she kept up the habit of taking photos.

But later, I discovered more and more pictures of Sebastian appearing in her camera.

"If you don't kneel and apologize to Sebastian, I'll post these photos online and see what face you have left to show anyone."

Seeing my silence, Scarlett's voice grew colder.

She roughly grabbed my collar and lifted me up. My weak body collapsed to my knees as I cried out in pain.

Seeing this, Sophia frowned and wanted to help me, but Scarlett stopped her.

"Miss Sullivan, don't be fooled by his pitiful act. I trusted him too much back then, which is why Sebastian can never take photos again."

"Connor, to compete with Sebastian for the photography contest championship, you not only brought those thugs to force Sebastian into taking those inappropriate photos, but also accused Sebastian of cheating. If I hadn't arrived in time, Sebastian might have done something desperate!"

Hearing this, Sophia's eyes turned ice-cold.

"Get lost! If you continue to disrupt the wedding, I'll make you pay for everything Sebastian suffered..."

I staggered to my feet and rushed toward the nearby road before Sophia could finish.

A large truck was speeding toward me. Just as I closed my eyes waiting for death, someone pushed me away forcefully.