Chapter 2 Eliza Had Gone Mad

“Zayden! bLook /bat Eliza! Has she gone mad? She punctured her lifeboat!”

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Zayden had no intention of looking at Eliza in the beginning, but upon hearing the exmation from someone beside him, he shifted his gaze toward the water..

The person who was supposed to be on the lifeboat was now

Another person’s face turned pale, and they said, “Did she go into the water to retrieve the gift again? Does she have a death

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The onlookers also paled in shock.

They had just wanted to mess with Eliza a bit; no one actually hoped for someone to die.

In such cold weather, she dove in the sea again, What if she really died?

Naomi, who had been hiding in a corner, also looked very unsettled when she saw that Eliza actually punctured her lifeboat.

She only meant to embarrass Eliza! She couldn’t actually die!

The monthly exam wasing soon. If Eliza weren’t around to help her cheat, she’d be in big trouble!

Thinking of this, Naomi rushed out from the corner and anxiously held Zayden’s arm. “Zayden! Please get someone to save Eliza! If anything happens to her, I won’t be able to live with myself!

Tears streamed down Naomi’s cheek; her face looked aggrieved.

Zayden frowned.

The next second, he btook /boff his coat and jumped into the water.

The seawater bwas /bicy and bitingb. /b

Zayden hadn’t expected the night sea to be this cold.

Every second in the water was a forment.

“Eliza Give me your hand!”

Just as he found Eliza and tried to pull her up, Eliza suddenly opened her eyes and kicked him in the stomach underwater.

The kick stunned Zayden, causing him to panic and swallow several gulps of seawater identally.

Seeing Zayden struggling in pain underwater, Eliza felt a rush of satisfaction

She had held her breath for a long time and knew that Naomi wasn’t hold enough to really let her die.

Even those on the shore only wanted to mock her; they weren’t bold enough to let anything happen to her

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have thrown down the lifeboat.

Seeing Zayden about to drown, Eliza finally reached out and pulled him to the surface.

The rescue staff on the ferry quickly pulled them both up onto the deck.

Seeing Zayden coughing up several mouthfuls of water, Naomi rushed forward, worriedly asking. “Zayden, how do you feel? Are you alright?

Zayden didn’t respond; his eyes fixed on Eliza in the distance.

That kick underwater–he was almost certain it was intentionall

“bEliza/b! How could you be so reckless? You can’t beven /bswim, yet you still jump in on purpose! Everyone throws you the lifeboat out of goodwill, yet you sabotage it! bAre /byou troubling us all on purpose?”

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Naomi bstood /bon the moral high ground, telling Eliza off with righteous indignation.

As if Eliza were the one making things difficult for everyone.

Naomipletely kept quiet about how they had all coaxed and bullied her into jumping in the first ce.

bThat /bwas her dear Naomi–always kind and understanding.

Others chimed in

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“Yeah, Eliza, you bwent /btoo far! Do you know bhow /bexpensive a lifeboat is? You dragged us all into this mess for just a lousy gift. How selfish of you!”

“Exactly! Given that worthless stuff, even if you got it back, Zayden wouldn’t want it!”

The people around Zayden were long used to mocking Eliza.

To bthem/b, she was nothing but a shamelesspdog.

Under all those scornful stares, Eliza slowly pulled out a bfountain /bpen from her hand. Then she said calmly, “Zayden, this is the birthday gift from Naomi. I went to retrieve it for her.”

Upon hearing her, Naomi froze and thought, What gift!

She hadn’t prepared anything for Zayden.

After all, simply attending Zayden’s birthday banquet was more than enough to please him.

The crowd was stunned as they thought. A gift from Naomi? Wasn’t it from Eliza?

“Here you go.” Eliza said as she tossed the pen into Zayden’s arms without a change in expression.

Zayden looked at her and felt that her expression had changed.

Usually, Eliza would have looked at him with hope, waiting for praise.

But now, her gaze was calm, as if looking at a stranger.

Eliza didn’t spare him another look and turned to leave the deck.

Silence filled the air for a moment.

Then someone suddenly shouted, “Isn’t that Albert’s pen? Naomi, you are impressive! bYou /bactually bmanaged /bto get that?”

“Albert Naomi stammered; her smile froze on her face.

She didn’t even know who bthat /bwas!

Back in her bcabin/b, Eliza let out a coldugh.

Of course Naomi didn’t know,

Albert bwas /bZayden’s favorite schr.

The ck fountain bpen /bwasn’t expensive but rare.

In her previous life, Eliza bsaved /bup bfor /ba long btime /band chased bafter /bAlbert every day, tirelessly as a fan, just to have him sell one of his pens to her.

But in the bend/bb, /bthe fountain pen was thrown into the sea by Zayden without a second thought.

Now, she had bno /bintention of wasting any more effort on Zayden.

She might bas /bwell bpush /bhim straight into bNaomi’s /barms and tie them together.

“Eliza! Why did you bsay /bbthat /bbjust /bnow?”

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Just as Eliza was about to return to her room, Naomi rushed up frantically.

She had no idea who Albert was and had nearly embarrassed herself in front of Zayden.

Eliza looked at Naomi, who was enraged band /busing. She bsaid /bcalmly. “What? Don’t you like Zayden a lot?”

“How could I like Zayden? Eliza, I have said bthat /bI’d never take what belongs to you!”

You would never take what’s mine?

Eliza thought to herself. You would never take what’s mineb? /bband /bsneered.

She had heard those exact words in her previous life.

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In her previous life, Naomi had always known she liked Zayden. She even held Eliza’s hand once and promised. “Eliza. Zayden is someone you love, and I’ll neverpete with byou /bover him.”

Eliza had been bnaive/b, believing her sister truly treated her well. She even felt gratitude and took the me for her over and

bover/b.

Later, she realized that Naomi loved stealing things from her.

Every time she seeded, she felt a sense of triumph.

Eliza remembered–after she went to jail in her previous life, Naomi visited her once. Her smile bwas /bas pure and innocent as ever, yet full of disdain. She casually said, “Zayden’s just mid; I don’t even really like bhim/b. But what can I say? bI /blove taking what belongs to you.”

As she spoke, Naomi raised her delicate hand, her fingers were as pristine band /bsmooth as ever. What was more important was that her ring finger was adorned with ba /bsparkling diamond ring the one thing Eliza had longed for over twelve years.

Zayden had once said that when he had the money, he would give her a proper wedding band /bput a ring on her finger with his own hands

She believed him.

She waited, and bwaited/b. Even until the divorce, that wedding never came, nor did that ring.

Naomi said with feigned regret, “This bwas /bfrom Zayden. It’s only worth 420,000 dors. But honestly, the quality and craftsmanship are just mid. I don’t really like it.”

Then she took off the ring band /bcasually tossed it in the rubbish bin

Eliza knew that she did that on purpose.

But she also knew that even if Naomi threw the ring awayb, /bZayden would smile and buy her ban /beven bigger one.

Zayden was never short on money–he just didn’t think she was worth spending it on.

Thinking of that, Eliza pulled her hand away bfrom /bbNaomi /band said, “Then it seems we really are sisters through and through. I just realized today bthat /bbZayden /bis just bmid/bb./b”

“Is that so?” Suddenly, Zayden appeared before her, sneering coldly.