Chapter 7: You have no value at all

The rain continued its relentless downpour outside. Emma turned her gaze to the streets of H city but only saw a blurry scene because the raindrops on the car window were blurred with the twinkling lights. In the silence of the car, if she listened intently, she could distinctly hear each heartbeat resonating.

H City stood as the dynamic economic heart of the country, a nexus for global business corporations, including the powerful Handerson family. From her childhood, she would frequently visit her maternal grandfather's residence, which was nestled within the city's most opulent villa district. In her memory appeared a large and splendid mansion like a magnificent castle, with two doorkeepers standing outside the gate like royal guards. She once asked her father to drive around that area to admire it; then again and again surprised by its massiveness. Growing up a little, she learned that the castle belonged to the most powerful Handerson family in the country.

After her maternal gr