Chapter 2: Attempting Suicide

Lily was silent in her room. She kept thinking about how to get her marriage to the Billionaire canceled. Especially when she saw Sasa, the Billionaire's first wife.

“That man is indeed handsome. But what's the meaning of handsome, I can't even possess him completely.” Lily chuckled in annoyance. From the window of her room, the girl watched the city sparkle.

The place she lived in was a big city, but not the main city. Lily only lived on the outskirts of the city. Not the heart of the city.

“Lily!” Suddenly from outside the girl's room, her mother shouted loudly. Lazily, Lily opened the bedroom door and put on a flat face.

“What's wrong? Do I have to do something again?” asked Lily with an expressionless flat face. The girl had lost her taste for life.

“Look at this!” exclaimed Esther displaying a variety of jewelry and very fancy clothes. 

“I don't need that. I just need my life back,” Lily replied and closed the door.

“Lily, what's wrong with you? Don't be impudent!” shouted Esther from outside the room. 

Lily shook her head slowly, she didn't expect to have such wealth-crazed parents. 

“Look, Mom doesn't even realize that she's the one spending all this money,” Lily muttered, burying her face between her pillows.

The girl cried bitterly lamenting her soon-to-be second wife.

“I haven't even fallen in love yet. But why do I have to be the second wife,” Lily said softly. She continued to lament her fate as a wife. 

Lily had no appetite for any activities. Her heart was already hurting and disappointed. She was forced to marry someone she didn't know at all. Worse, she was only limited to producing offspring for the Billionaire.

Lily continued to lament her fate, not realizing that it was already 2pm. The girl could not close her eyes. 

“What's the point of me living,” Lily muttered, staring at her dressing table. There lay a pair of hair clippers that she used frequently. Lily's eyes stared fixedly at the scissors. 

“Do I have to use those scissors to end this life?” moaned Lily in the silence of the night.

Suddenly, her body stood up on its own. Lily did not seem to realize that she was walking absentmindedly towards the dressing table. She looked at the scissors once more. 

Lily smiled slightly, “Goodbye,” she said and took the scissors and quickly stabbed it into her wrist.

Blood flowed profusely, but Lily did not feel any pain. Before her vision blurred, Lily had smiled happily and then lost consciousness.

“Lily!” 

A woman shouted loudly. Lily could hear it clearly. Vaguely before closing her eyes, the girl smiled slightly and then her vision became white as fog.

“Goodbye world,” moaned Lily who was now unconscious.

The noise managed to disturb Lily's sleep. The girl blinked her eyes repeatedly. Her head hurt, especially her wrist. She was in excruciating pain.

“Where am I?” mumbled Lily about to wake up.

“Lily?” an old-looking woman sat beside her.

Lily made a questioning face, not knowing who the woman beside her was.

The girl swept her gaze across the room. She was surprised to see many people including Alex, her future husband and Sasa, her future husband's first wife.

“What's going on?” I asked quietly. My energy was still weak. Not like usual.

“Don't you remember what happened last night?” the old woman asked.

Lily just shook her head slowly, she had completely forgotten what happened last night.

“You! You bitch!” said Sasa turning to look at Lily who had just regained consciousness.

“Me?” asked Lily pointing at herself. 

“What's wrong with me?” asked Lily again with an innocent face.

“Look at that woman, Alex! She's even pretending to lose her memory,” said Sasa looking like she was holding back a lot of anger.

Lily looked at Ester, her mother. As if asking for an explanation of what had happened.

“Lily. You be honest now. This must all be that woman's doing, right?” Esther was a little hysterical, pointing at Sasa.

Lily was even more clueless about what had happened. She closed her eyes, trying to remember what happened.

“Ah .... that night I stabbed myself,” Lily muttered a little tightly.

All eyes were on the girl, including Sasa who was staring hatefully at Lily.

“You heard! It was your daughter who wanted to kill herself! Why am I the one you blame!” Sasa shouted in front of Esther's face.

Esther held back her emotions. Lily's mother really didn't like Sasa being Alex's first wife.

“Is that true? You tried to kill yourself?” asked an old woman beside Lily. 

The girl nodded innocently, she wasn't lying and Lily wanted everyone to know that.

“Listen to that Alex. That woman doesn't even want to marry you,” Sasa whined in front of Alex.

“Shut up! You can't even give us offspring!” the old woman next to Lily suddenly shouted loudly. She looked sharply at Sasa.

“Ah... looks like this woman is Alex's parent,” Lily said to herself. I don't know if Lily should be happy or sad.

The girl was silent, she had been looking down and didn't want to get involved in any conversation.

“We need to get married as soon as possible,” said the old woman beside Lily. The girl immediately turned her head, surprised by the statement. 

“But, isn't the wedding still going to be held next week?” refused Lily gently. She was actually shocked and not ready. 

“No, dear. I don't want you to hurt your body any more than this,” replied the old woman smiling gently. 

“What does that mean? They should be angry with me and cancel the wedding, not speed it up,” Lily muttered feeling something was wrong. 

“Listen to that Lily. You're about to become the richest man in town,” Ester said with a smiling face. 

Meanwhile, Sasa, Alex's first wife, stared in exasperation at Esther for provoking her in-laws and demonizing Sasa. Ester accused Sasa of being the mastermind behind Lily's suicide, as a result of Sasa's evil words the other day. 

“But, Mom.” Lily tried to resist. But her mother's hand hit Lily's arm first and she glared a little to be controlled. 

“Be quiet. You're going to live a rich life after this,” Esther whispered in Lily's ear. The girl just looked down listlessly. 

“How could they not just let me die. They even deliberately took advantage of the situation to ruin Sasa on my behalf,” Lily's mind was irritated by her parents' greedy nature. 

“Alex, say something. You should refuse this marriage. Look, that girl is so horrible, she even dares to make accusations on my behalf,” Sasa whined once again in front of her husband. 

“Shut up! You're just a barren woman, nothing more.” The old woman, who was none other than Alex's mother, severely rebuked Sasa. 

Sasa immediately fell silent, her face very sour and full of resentment. Once again she had been called barren. 

“Damn it! I will avenge all of you, especially you Mrs. Selena.” Sasa gave her mother-in-law a sharp and displeased look. 

Mrs. Selena, who was soon to become Lily's mother-in-law and one of the richest old ladies in town, smiled with satisfaction after learning that the girl was fine. 

“Now, you must recuperate quickly. Your wedding will be moved forward,” Mrs. Selena said. The old woman beside Lily smiled gently, but the girl shuddered in horror at her insolent attitude towards Alex's first wife. 

“What if I can't get pregnant?” asked Lily matter-of-factly, the girl ventured to look at Mistress Selena. Their gazes met.