Chapter 1

To let the imposter son he had raised, Jasper, steal the only matching life-saving heart from me,

My father, Raymond Blackwood, locked me in the basement with his own hands, covered my chest with electrode patches, and used electric current to forcibly suppress my heartbeat.

I knelt on the ground begging him to spare me.

But Raymond showed no mercy. He looked at my trembling body and said coldly,

"Jasper has been frail since childhood. He just wants a healthy heart. Are you really going to fight him for even this?"

"Ever since you came back, you've been targeting and making things difficult for Jasper. Today's piercing, bone-deep pain is your lesson!"

"The specialist said electrode patches combined with a dark environment can strengthen your heart. You can have the surgery after we find a second heart source!"

I lay on the ground nearly unconscious, still clinging to a last thread of hope, waiting for Raymond to have a change of heart and come get me.

But when news came that Jasper's surgery was successful, Raymond was overjoyed.

That very day, he packed his bags and took Jasper to Europe for a vacation, completely forgetting about me.

It wasn't until two months later, when Raymond saw my empty room, that he suddenly remembered me and impatiently ordered someone to rush me to the hospital.

The maid hesitated.

"Owen... he's already dead in the basement."