Seacity

Hotel

Savannah stares at the man lying by her side, momentarily dumbstruck.

Ethan?

Why would she be lying in the same bed as her future brother-in-law?

She remembers now. She was originally waitressing at a restaurant with her best friend, but for some reason, she fainted. Upon waking up, she finds herself here, with Ethan next to her.

Savannah glances at the ultra-short strap dress she's wearing, a sinking feeling emerging from within. Her phone is also nowhere to be found.

Not daring to delay, Savannah puts on her shoes and leaves. As she is about to open the door, the journalists who had been staking out at her doorstep rush in, catching her completely off guard.

"Miss Savannah, did you call us to reveal your secret affair with your future brother-in-law?"

"I didn't call you."

A journalist pulls out a phone from his pocket, showing the most recent call history. The number at the very top is unmistakably Savannah's.

Savannah shakes her head. No, she didn't call the journalist. Her phone was missing, too.

At this moment, the still reclining Ethan stirs awake. "How did I end up here?"

Seeing the situation, a journalist seizes the opportunity and approaches him. "Young Master Ethan, this is a hotel room where you're alone with Miss Savannah. What exactly were you two doing?"

Ethan sits up, disgust filling his eyes. "Why would I ever do anything with that shameless woman?"

"Shameless?"

These words stabbed into Savannah like sharp knives. She could still recall when Ethan used to intimately call her 'little Savi', treating her with the utmost gentleness. But ever since she lost the title of the Miss Savannah family, she had been labeled as a shameless woman.

Ethan stared at his empty self under the blanket, recalling something, he furiously pointed at Savannah and scolded her, "Savannah, you texted me saying Rose was drunk at the hotel and wanted me to pick her up. I had no idea I would be knocked out as soon as I arrived here. Tell me, what did you do to me?"

Upon hearing these groundless accusations, Savannah instinctively retorted, "I didn't send you any text."

Ethan took out his phone, found the text message, and ruthlessly smashed the phone onto Savannah's forehead.

"Take a good look at this."

"Ah—"

A sharp pain hit her forehead. A warm stream trickled down.

The vibrant, seductive red liquid blurred Savannah's vision.

Looking at the heartless man, the pain in her heart was a hundred times worse than the pain in her forehead.

She should have understood that the moment her identity was exposed, the Ethan she adored was dead in her heart.

The reporter picked up the phone from the ground and compared the phone number in the address book, confirming that both the text and the phone call were from Savannah. His expression became even more intriguing.

"Miss Savannah, what are you trying to accomplish by plotting this scenario today?"

"Is it because your sister has returned to the Miles family, and you hate her for returning you to the ordinary, that you're trying to steal her man out of revenge?"

"I didn't expect that you would be such an ungrateful person."

"You know, it just occurred to me, four years ago your false heiress identity was revealed. Is it true that you, in order to stay in the Miles family, even expelled your biological parents from Avalon city?"

Savannah responded seriously, "No."

"If not, then why did you continue to stay in the Miles family and not return to your biological family?"

The truth about the events of that year are hidden, but she had promised Rose that she wouldn't tell a second person.

As they were speaking, Rose arrived.

Savannah's eyes lit up, "Rose, you..."

Slap—

A crisp slap landed on Savannah's beautiful face. Her delicate body heavily crashed onto the bed, her fair face quickly swelling up, a trace of fresh blood trickling from her lips.

She looked at Rose in disbelief, "Rose, don't you trust me?"

Rose spoke heartachingly, "Sister, I want to trust you too, but all the evidence points to you, how can I trust you?"

Savannah explained, "I was framed."

Deep down, Savannah felt that someone was manipulating everything from behind the scenes.

The plot was seamless, making her explanation seem more like a flimsy excuse.

"You were framed? Fine, let me ask you, do you really not like brother Ethan?"

"I..." Savannah was left speechless.

The Ethan family and the Miles family had arranged a marriage between Savannah and Ethan when they were should girls. She had always seen Ethan as her future husband, how could she not love him?

But four years ago, the Miles family suddenly told her that she was not the real daughter of the Miles family. She was swapped at birth, and the arranged marriage naturally fell on the real daughter of the Savannah family, Rose.

She didn't dare to compete with Rose, so she willingly gave up the marriage arrangement.

She could give up, but she did not want to deny.

"Hehe ……"

Rose accepted Savannah's answer and suddenly laughed, her smile was full of sorrow and desolation. "Sister, the accident happened more than twenty years ago caused us to switch places. I always tolerate you because I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable. I didn't dispute or contend with you.”

“You could have told me if you were fond of Brother Ethan, I would have given up him for you. But why did you say you didn't like him, and why did you embarrass me when we were engaged?”

Savannah stared at Rose with a dull expression. She was the one who was always compromising and retreating, why would she say that?

Ethan felt more and more pity for Rose, he held Rose tenderly, “Rose, the one I love is you, I will only be with you in this life. The despicable woman isn’t worth even touching my little finger.”

“I will take you to get a marriage certificate now, and let’s get married.”

Ethan walked to the door and asked the reporters, “Please report the truth about today's news.”

He glared at Savannah with fury, “I want Savannah to lose face and reputation!”

Savannah felt a cold chill all over her body.

……

Late at night.

Savannah was walking aimlessly alone on the empty and lonely streets.

Her entire body was covered in grime, an offensive odor lingered around her.

Her family had publicly announced their disconnection with her, and her 'wrongdoings' were exposed by the media. No matter where she went, people threw rotten eggs and spoiled vegetable leaves at her. Only under the cover of dark night, could she stride freely.

On the large screen by the roadside, the figure of Savannah's mother came into view. She was no longer the previously gentle woman, she accused Savannah of her 'wrongdoings' with disgust.

"The one thing I regret most in my life is, four years ago, I didn't hand Savannah back to her biological parents when the truth was revealed."

"Savannah used to be a gentle and obedient girl. I thought she could coexist harmoniously with her sister. However, she changed unexpectedly, became a stranger when Rose came home."

Savannah's mother lowered her eyes in sorrow, "She sidelined Rose at home, vied for fame, power and profit outside, and tried by every means to stay in Miles family and drive away her biological parents."

"Now she even tried to sabotage the happiness of my daughter's whole life, I think I can't let this pass any more."