The False Heiress Strikes Back

When the murderer attacked on the street, my boyfriend pushed me forward.

As I lay bleeding from a stab wound in my abdomen, he held his first love, watching me from afar.

Not only did I lose the child I was carrying, but I was left with lasting health issues.

Yet, he stood by my hospital bed, saying that it was my honor to shield them from harm and that this was my retribution.

All because I was just the imposter who had stolen the identity of his true love.

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I lay on the hospital bed, my eyes vacant.

My hands gently touched my flat abdomen, wrapped in layers of bandages.

The knife wound throbbed with a dull pain.

When the murderer attacked on the street, Jone Yukio didn't hesitate to push me forward.

The knife plunged straight into my abdomen.

The assailant, in a fit of rage, stabbed me several more times. I was powerless to resist, blood pouring all over me.

In my despair, I looked for Jone, only to find him and Eden Smith standing at the street corner, coldly watching me.

I recalled their words when they visited me in the hospital.

"Don't blame me. The situation was urgent, and I had no choice but to push you out."

Jone's indifferent expression suggested that I hadn't taken a knife for him but had merely tripped and fallen.

I bit my lower lip so hard it nearly bled.

"So you had the ability to protect Eden but had no choice but to push me out, right?"

I stared at the man who once promised to be with me forever.

I was the one who had been with him for three years, yet he was willing to harm me for someone else.

"What are you complaining about? You should be honored to have shielded Eden from harm. This is what you owe her!"

In response to my stunned gaze, Jone continued.

"If you hadn't stolen her position as the Green family's eldest daughter, would she have had to suffer outside for so many years?"

I almost couldn't find my voice.

"What are you saying? How could she be the Green family's daughter? Then who am I—"

Before I could finish, he interrupted me with a sneer.

"Your greedy birth mother swapped you and Eden, which is why you lived as the Green family's eldest daughter for so many years."

"Now, it's time to give it back to her."

As I watched him walk out of the room, I hurried to get up and grab him for answers.

But the movement tugged at the wound on my waist, causing me to fall off the bed in pain.

I didn't know if it was because the wound hurt too much, but tears streamed from my eyes.

I had suffered a disaster out of nowhere, yet he only stood up for Eden.

If I had died at the hands of the murderer today, would he still think it was what I deserved?

The doctor said my wound was too deep, and the baby couldn't be saved.

I would need to stay in the hospital for at least another two months to recover.

I lowered my gaze, understanding clearly.

It was already a stroke of luck to have survived. How could I expect to keep the child?

Tears fell onto the blanket as my heart twisted in pain.

Mom couldn't protect you.

Just like Jone said, I was the fake daughter who stole someone else's identity. How could I deserve happiness?