Rely on Love

"This bitch! She's not the young lady of the Jordan family! She's a bastard of her mother and her lover!"

"Her mother is a bitch, so is she! She is always domineering but turns out to be a fake phoenix!"

"Throw her out! Don't let her stain the carpet of Jordan's house!"

Thea Jordan felt dizzy and fell to the ground under their shove. When her elbow rubbed against the rough ground, a pricking sensation came from her skin.

What was happening?

Thea had a splitting headache, rubbed her temper with her finger, tried hard to open her eyes, and looked at the chaos.

So many people...

Well-dressed and jeweled, everyone looked full of disdain. Some of them even pointed at her and let out a torrent of abuse from their mouths.

Illegitimate daughter? Bastard? Her mother?

Thea tried to digest the information but only forced an involuntary smile. How could an orphan have a mother?

"Thea..." A senile voice came over with a tinge of inexplicable sadness.

Thea raised her head, looked over, and saw a gracious-looking old man passed out at the door.

People shouted by her side, "David is having a heart attack! Call an ambulance!"

Thea finally saw clearly the luxurious house. Apparently, she was under the focus of all attention... Almost everyone landed his gaze on her. They were full of disdain, contempt, and disgust.

This was not a dream... Thea pinched her thigh to confirm the shocking reality.

Slap!

A heavy smack landed on Thea's delicate cheek. Caught off guard, she sank to the floor again, and a bit of blood came out of her vermilion lips.

"You're so detestable! Angered by you, grandpa had a heart attack!" Before Thea's eyes, an innocent-looking, high school girl pointed at her nose. Her eyes brimming with tears, she looked reproachful, "I don't want to see you again! I will not call you 'sis' again!"

Just then, a tearful young married woman walked up. Bedecked with jewels, she stood next to the young girl and snarled sullenly, "Guards? What are you waiting for? Hurry up and drive the bastard of that bitch away! Do you want to face your boss's wrath?"

The bodyguards exchanged looks and walked to the girl crouching on the floor after quite a while.

Two bodyguards stood out, picked Thea up, and threw her out of Jordan's Mansion.

The expelled girl got some fresh air and no longer felt that dizzy. Just then, all her memories flooded her mind... She had traveled through time and space!

After being diagnosed with impending total blindness, she walked out of the hospital gate. Her eyes were blurred, and she only heard the screech from the car brake. Then her body was sent flying in the air.

After that, she showed up here and became Thea, the young lady of the Jordan family.

Her name remained the same, but her fate changed dramatically.

This Thea was the debutante of the Jordan family, one of the world's big four consortia. She had received lavish care ever since her childhood and owned everything.

It was Thea's 18th birthday today and supposed to be a happy day. Unfortunately... a DNA test report showed that Thea was not Andrew Jordan's biological daughter but the seed of his wife and her childhood sweetheart!

For that, the Jordan family was chaotic today, and the young lady... fell into disfavor.

As soon as Thea digested the information, she heard screams and a thud. Something fell heavily in front of her.

"Mrs. Jordan jumped off the building and committed suicide!" Shouted someone.

Thea kept her eyes open and saw blood on Mrs. Jordan's nose and mouth. The woman couldn't close her eyes at the hour of death...

In her previous life, Thea was an orphan whose parents died in a car accident not long after her birth. She grew up in an orphanage.

At the age of five, she was taken away by a geezer.

Then her life changed drastically... She became a disciple of the Mystic Sect. With her enlightened Inner Eye, she could see people's past and the future.

Later the geezer and her adopter passed away, and she inherited his legacy and lived on fortune-telling. Some people called her oracle while others called her feng shui master respectfully.

Thea hadn't expected a mother in this life. When she just learned it, however, her mother jumped to her death before her eyes.

The memories of her 'host' flashed across her mind. Mrs. Jordan was such a gracious woman that she took care of the sick 'Thea' and David, apart from tolerating Andrew, her cheating husband...

Mrs. Jordan's blood flowed all over the ground and reached Thea's feet, making her sick.

The guests were all screaming while some timid women passed out. The entire Jordan family was in such chaos that even the bodyguards failed to control it.

"Quickly call an ambulance!"

"Two ambulances!"

Thea drew back her feet, only to find her white high heels stained with Mrs. Jordan's blood.

"Throw her out! She's a jinx!" That young married woman snapped her order to the bodyguards.

Thea was soon picked up and thrown out of Jordan's house.

Now, most of the guests had left... Those higher-ups didn't like to see such kind of bloody event and certainly scurried away as fast as they could.

The rain started to patter down.

Standing lonely under a tree that couldn't keep out the wind and rain, Thea saw two ambulances roaring past. David and Mrs. Jordan were carried away.

Even though it was only a glance, she knew that Mrs. Jordan was dead and could not be revived.

The moment when she was kicked out of Jordan's house, Thea noticed that her Inner Eye remained.

All the members of the Jordan family went to the hospital, leaving Thea standing alone outside Jordan's Mansion.

She was well aware that people would not allow her to enter the hospital. People in this world were snobbish. Regarding her status as a 'fake phoenix', probably no one was willing to help her.

After a moment of pondering, Thea turned around and headed to the downtown in her memory.

It was getting dark, and she should find a shelter. Luckily, her host had an apartment in downtown, and she could stay there.

A black stretched limousine followed her quietly.

After walking for a while, Thea halted, turned her head, and looked at the limousine curiously. Looked like she was followed?

The car window was rolled down, revealing a handsome yet icy face of a male. He had bushy brows, dark eyes, and awful air. There was a tinge of penetrating coldness in his gaze.

"Get in." The man said slowly and then rolled the window back up.

Not a masochist, Thea calculated the distance according to her memory and knew there was a long way to go from here to the downtown. Therefore, she got in the man's car without hesitation.

At a glance, she confirmed the identity of the man... Shawn Bryant, the helm of the Bryant Group and the current CEO of the company in Central Region.

This man was cold, and his style was vigorous and resolute. In the business world, he was known as the ruthless 'Shawn Wolf'.

Knowing her distance, Thea told him the address as soon as she got in the car, "Thank you, Mr. Bryant. I'm going to Flora International Apartment."

After giving the address, Thea detected a flash of visible ridicule across Shawn's cold eyes.

She should have read it right. It was ridicule.

"Did... I say anything inappropriate?" Thea asked gingerly for fear of offending such a powerful man as soon as she came to this world.

Shawn took a glance at her and spoke in an indifferent tone, "Tell her."

From the front, the driver spoke in a bland tone, "Miss Jordan, all the property under your name has been frozen. That includes but not limited to bank cards, credit cards, and... real estates."

Thea muttered blankly, "Frozen?"

"Yes, Miss Jordan." The driver still sounded emotionless.

Thea dropped her eyes, thought for a while, and figured it out... She was no longer the young lady of the Jordan family. In his anger, his boss 'dad' must have taken back everything under her name.

This was his vengeance, and he would make life hard for her!

She reckoned that even if she went out to look for a job, probably no one would hire her. After all, she was too famous in this world. Which company would be so rashly to offend the Jordan Group?

Unless... it was a rival company.

At that, Thea immediately turned sideways for a glance at Shawn, and her heart trembled slightly. Shawn wanted to help her and used her as a chip against the Jordan Group?

"Business competition, not interested, but..." Shawn curled up his pretty thin lips, but his eyes remained icy, "Alliance through marriage, I am."

Alliance through marriage?

Thea's mind went blank for quite a while before she came to her senses. She coughed slightly, and forced a smile, "If Mr. Bryant wants to marry my sister, you don't need to do it through me, eh..."

"Mr. Bryant's marriage partner is you, Miss Jordan." The driver corrected her still in his bland tone, "If you still want to live in City A, it's wise for you to cooperate with Mr. Bryant."

The corner of Thea's mouth twitched. This was a sheer threat!

"Miss Jordan, you may not know this, but if you didn't get in Mr. Bryant's car, you should have been drugged by some hooligans, and indecent photos of you should have spread far and wide on the internet." The driver continued in a bland tone.

Appalled, Thea took a glance at Shawn and instantly frowned.

She didn't need to think to know that the culprits against her host should be that pair of mother and daughter... Lily Cole, the mistress, and her high-school student daughter, Marilyn Cole showed up tonight.

But... this didn't make sense!

Lily and Marilyn already disclosed 'Thea's' identity and kicked her out of the house. If she was really not the young lady of the Jordan family, why did they have to do this?

Thea took a tumble almost instantly!

'Thea' and her mother were wronged! That DNA report was fabricated!

That was why Lily and her daughter were so desperate to have 'Thea' killed.

Unable to stand the stimulation and insult, Mrs. Jordan jumped off the building and committed suicide. If 'Thea' was insulted by hooligans and that kind of pictures was taken, she would also be very likely to commit suicide.

How venomous their minds were!

Thea took another sideways glance at the man next to her, and a shiver crept on her spine. So, this man... also knew the truth?

Otherwise, why would he ally with an expelled lady through marriage?

Presumably, after the alliance through marriage was forged, he could soon restore 'Thea's' status and then... take over the Jordan Group?