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Chapter 2

Hilda's POV

I immediately became the center of the hall, and all eyes were on me, of course, including Miss Cavendish and the distinguished guest.

Miss Cavendish always gave a strong sense of oppression, and I already feel her gaze that wants to tear me apart. But because of her distinguished guest, she behaved quite self-restrained at the moment and did not come up to reprimand me.

"Why don't you clean this place up!" The butler gritted his teeth and said to me, while looking sheepishly towards Miss Cavendish, he was probably also afraid that he would be punished by Miss Cavendish for not teaching the servant a good lesson.

It took me several seconds to overcome the fear in my heart and try to calm myself down. I put the bottle of plasma in my hand, wiped the floor clean, and then walked to the back of the hall under the gaze of everyone.

The party started and everyone ignored this little tidbit as I watched John Campbell in the dark, not daring to get close. After so much time had passed, my mind was filled with all sorts of questions, did he still know me? Would he be willing to help me out? But I thought he should be willing, after all, this was just a matter of fingertips for him, not to mention that we were so close before, and also set up a marriage contract. He must not be desperate for his fiancée, I always believed in his character.

I hid in an inconspicuous place, not daring to approach him because the masters were there, and as a stupid servant who had just made a mistake, to go any closer there now would be tantamount to seeking death.

The dinner was coming to an end, and I was getting anxious. On what grounds should a lowly servant approach a distinguished guest?

While I was agonizing over this matter, John Campbell came up to me.

He looked around, and after making sure no one was around to notice him, waved at me to the left.

I held down my excitement, avoided the eyes of the masters, followed John Campbell out and together we went to the secluded part of the garden. At that point I was so excited that I forgot the words I had just organized and just said to him with hope. "John, I really did not expect to see you here, please, for the sake of the previous, take me out of this cage. I will be forever grateful to you, and I will do anything you ask me to do."

After hearing my words, he did not react, but in the darkness, I could feel his eyes scanning up and down my body. As if after confirming my identity, his original expressionless face showed a look of disgust. I watched his transformation and my heart sank a little, I could feel that he might not be able to help me. The anticipation in my eyes dissipated a little, but I still tried to keep the smile of anticipation.

"You're Hilda? Gosh, this is really surprising to me, your current appearance is so different from before that I can't tell it's you at all. It's really...how did you become such a ghost?" His words were the same as his expression, and he did not hide his disgust for me.

I fell to my knees, my knees touching the cold ground, and prayed to him in the most humble of positions. "John, do you remember what happened when we were children? If you still have a little bit of our love in your heart, just take me away from here. I just can't stay in this cage one more day, you probably don't know, this is hell for me! Only you can help me! Please!"

My true feelings did not impress him, and he kicked me to the ground with his expensive boot-clad feet, as if he were treating some stinking garbage. The desire to live made me confused, and I forgot my dignity for a moment, still persistently pouncing on him, hugging his thighs and begging. "Please, John, this thing is as easy as lifting a finger for you, please help me, you're really my only savior."

I was so engrossed in crying that I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my scalp and John Campbell was grabbing my hair so hard that I was forced to look up at him.

"Hilda, I didn't expect you to be so persistent, and it just so happens that I have a favor to ask of you. I want you to break our engagement." His vicious tone didn't sound like he was begging.

"To break the engagement, you have to take me out of here, or I will never cooperate with you!" I threatened him as if I had grabbed some life-saving straw again.

I didn't expect him to become more sinister, and the strength in his hands was increasing, and my hair seemed to be coming out of my scalp soon.

"Who are you to threaten me? Do you think I need you so? Think again about whether you want to cooperate with me. You know, I am perfectly capable of killing you. After you die, our marriage contract can naturally be broken. Although the blood in my body will be reduced by half, it doesn't matter, I can still recover my health by slowly recuperating."

My heart was completely cold, and the feeling of despair overwhelmed my entire being. At that moment, I did not want to make useless pleas, but just wanted to know why he had to be so cruel and heartless to me.

"Mr. Campbell, why do you hate me so much that you won't even help me with this little thing. We used to have a very happy time and I don't think I did anything wrong." I calmed myself down and stared at him with my light gold eyes closely.

"You actually think you didn't do anything wrong? It seems you don't know about the stupid things the Howard family did." John Campbell's eyes became more somber as if he remembered something bad. "The Howard family had fallen out with our family a long time ago. But damn it, when the Howard family deliberately did not notify our family before breaking off the adoption relationship with you, and mean enough to hide your whereabouts, they wanted me to have a lowly fiancée for the rest of my life. You don't know how many people laughed at me for this! This matter even once caused me to be almost abandoned by the family. And now you dare to beg me to help you!"

Before I could fully understand his words, a stabbing pain came from my chest, I looked down and saw that the clothes on my chest had been torn open at some point, and blood was flowing out of it.

John Campbell's lengthening nails were dripping with bright red and fresh blood as he scratched my chest, trying to break off the engagement with me.

Vampires who are officially married to each other will have each other's names on their chests and cannot be erased, but the marriage can be broken by smearing each other's names with each other's heart's blood, and it seemed that John Campbell couldn't wait to break the engagement with me.

He seemed to have practiced many times, skillfully wiping my heart blood on his chest and then wiping his heart blood on my chest. I think all these years he must have thought about this matter day and night, so that all the movements are very skilled, and today his wish was finally fulfilled.

Although it's not really a good thing for me.

After doing so, I noticed that the name on his chest had disappeared, which meant that our engagement was officially broken.

John Campbell put his clothes back together and looked very happy, and didn't look as vicious to me anymore.

"Hilda, what a pity, I remember how beautiful and charming you used to be, back then I was indeed proud because I had a beautiful and charming fiancée. To be honest, if you looked as good as you did, I wouldn't mind having you as my mistress. But now everything has become impossible because of your ugly looks, and the way you look now really makes me unable to raise any desire." John Campbell was really a bad person, not forgetting to humiliate others when he was fastidious, how did I blindly think he was a good man who remembered past feelings before?

I ignored him and sat motionless on my knees in despair. His words were like dense knives in my heart, and he reminded me once again of my tragic-like fate.

He was obviously in a good mood and walked away humming after humiliating me.

I listened to the sound of diminishing footsteps and struggled to get up from the floor, covering my chest and preparing to go back to the basement to recuperate from my injuries. Although I couldn't leave here, I still had to be strong and live, I tried to comfort myself.

But I just got up and saw an evil face again, and I vaguely felt that it was impossible for me to live well, because a new storm was about to hit me.

From behind the trees, Miss Cavendish emerged like a ghost in the dark, with a face full of anger, as if she would devour me in the next moment.

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