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Chapter 8 Beat Her To Death (Part One)
Harper wasn't naive to think that her younger sister Felicia was kind enough to visit her or bring herfood. She had even apologized for ruining Harper's engagement when it was evident that she hadworked hard to seize her engagement.
To Harper's surprise, the food that Felicia had brought wasn't poisoned. Nothing happened and sheseemed normal even after consuming the food. Then why was Felicia here? She wouldn't meet herwithout a hidden agenda. But Harper couldn't figure out what her sister was up to, which made herapprehensive.
"Felicia, what on earth..." The exact moment Harper started to talk was when blood started dribblingfrom the corner of Felicia's mouth and her face turned pale. She was poisoned!
Harper had used silver chopsticks to test the food and found that the food wasn't contaminated. Buthow was Felicia poisoned?
"Oh my God!" Felicia's maid screamed as she stormed out of the room. "Terrible news! Lady Harperhas poisoned Lady Felicia! My Lord, My Lady, bad news..." The maid was in utter shock as shefumbled with the words.
The corner of Harper's mouth twitched in anger when she saw the maid rushing out. Felicia wasplaying a trick to frame her own sister—she had poisoned herself. Disgust and coldness surgedthrough Harper's eyes when she saw that Felicia was spitting blood on the table. She couldn't believethat Felicia had loathed her enough to go to the extent of poisoning herself, in order to frame her for it.
"You are a heartless wench! You've gone to the extent of poisoning yourself to frame me. I can't believethis!" Harper said through gritted teeth as bile rose in her throat. Their father Charles had been coldand distant to Harper ever since she had dragged her clan into her crisis. If he was convinced that shehad tried to kill her sister out of jealousy, he would never forgive her and might disown her.
The physician arrived soon and gave medicines to detoxify Felicia. Charles and Sue rushed in as soonas the physician had left. The latter rushed towards Felicia and swept her into a tight embrace. Shebegan to sob uncontrollably.
"Bitch!" Charles glared at Harper and hit her right in the face. The intensity of the slap caused Harper tospin around and fall on the floor. Her forehead hit the corner of the table and was cut deeply. Bloodgushed out and dribbled on her collar, staining it red. Charles didn't care that his daughter wasbleeding. "I didn't expect you to be a vicious bitch!"
"I didn't poison her." Harper looked at her father, whilst covering her wound. Charles was shaking withrage and remained impervious to his daughter's words. The intensity of his look made it seem like hewanted to eat Harper alive. At that moment, he didn't look like her father, but like an enemy whowanted her dead.
"You're lying through your teeth. How dare you! I should have never indulged you before. Guards, dragher out and beat her to death!" Charles spat as his hatred grew in intensity with every passing second.Harper was astonished to see her father treat her like an enemy. How could he do this to her? Wasn'tshe his daughter as well? Harper's heart bled when her father wished death upon her.
"Father, even if you love Felicia and not me, I don't deserve to be treated this way. You haven't givenme the chance to explain. You want me dead, don't you? Am I not your daughter?" Harper bellowed asher eyes turned red. Charles was dumbfounded as his heart was drumming in his chest with panic. Buthis face had regained the same ferocity with which he had hit his daughter a while ago.
"Someone as cruel as you can never be my daughter. First, you risked the lives of the entire clan tosave yours, and now, you are jealous of your own sister and have tried to kill her. You are a vindictivewoman. You don't deserve to be my daughter! Now is the time for me to be righteous. I should placewhat is right above the love for my family. I should kill an unfaithful, evil daughter like you."
Harper was astounded upon hearing her father's words. How could her father want her dead? Wasn'the supposed to love her and give her a chance even if she was arrogant and had a bad reputation?Why did he have to hate her so much?
"Father, you are a vicious man!" Harper roared. She was already hurt and didn't have the strength tofight him. She stared at him as blood continued to gush from her forehead. She looked at the malice inher father's face and felt that he was not a human, but a vengeful beast under the skin of a human.
Charles was shocked to see Harper's eyes filled with hatred. "You are the vicious bitch that wants herfamily dead," he snarled.
"You're right, I'm a bitch. But what about you, my dear father? An old bastard who wants his daughterdead?" Harper laughed bitterly and struggled hard to stand up. "As the prime minister of the country,you indulge your concubine and allow her to bully me. Even a vicious tiger doesn't eat its cubs, butyou...you've tried to kill me so many times. You're evil! I'm your daughter, not your enemy!"
Charles' anger reached another level when he heard Harper's words. "Beat her now!" he ordered hisguards. "Beat the unfilial daughter to death! How dare she yell at me, this cunning bitch!" He paused fora moment and turned towards Harper. "I would spare your life if you weren't vicious. Our family wouldnever be at peace as long as you are alive."novelbin
The guards were very loyal to Sue and knew that she hated Harper very much. Thus, they pinnedHarper to a bench. Without showing a hint of mercy, they raised their sticks to hit her.
"No!" Harper's maids, Anabel, Enya and Elsie, screamed in unison as they raced towards the guards tostop them. Unfortunately, the maids weren't strong enough and were subdued by the guards. Lookingat her crying maids and her father's cold face, Harper sneered. 'Is this the family that you've loved withall your heart? This is the man you've respected all your life. Harper, haven't you given up yet? Youdon't deserve this!' she mentally reprimanded herself.
Tears streamed down her cheeks. She knew that the tears were not hers, but belonged to old Harperwho had loved her family more than anything else in the world. This moment, only her life mattered toher. She had desperately tried to escape the death sentence, but now she was going to be beaten todeath. She used to be an arrogant woman, but today she was doomed as death was waiting for her.