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Chapter 163
Chapter 163
Cecilia’s reminiscence was interrupted by the opening sound of the bathroom door.
Christopher was wearing only a bath towel like Cecilia before.
It wasn’t like he wanted to seduce Cecilia, but it was more convenient to apply medication later without
pajamas.
Cecilia got up, walked to the couch, and helped Christopher tear off the waterproof patch from his arm
before applying medicine to his wound.
Despite the knife wound reopening several times, it was still healing well and should be fully mended
within two or three days.
After tending to the wound on Christopher’s arm, she applied some medicine to the bruise.
Christopher’s body bore so many bruises that the sight
appeared quite terrifying. Cecilia finished nearly half a bottle of medicine to treat them.
“You and Evan are so naive. Don’t you know when to stop?”
Cecilia couldn’t believe that the two of them would engage in a fight like enemies.
Christopher smiled and said, “We did stop in time. Otherwise, my injury would be more severe.”
Cecilia didn’t deny this claim. After all, these two men were not fools.
“You’ll get sore all over tomorrow, but you will be fine after one or two days of pain.” After saying that,
Cecilia put the medicine. into the medical kit.
Christopher got up to change into his pajamas.
Cecilia glanced at him as he took off the bath towel.
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He was wearing black underwear.
Cecilia couldn’t help but admire his good physique.
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His broad shoulders, slender waist, attractive muscle definition, and the subtle scars from past injuries
were all aspects that appealed to her aesthetically.
Soon, his perfect figure was covered in gray silk pajamas. Christopher went to bed and hugged Cecilia
in his arms.
His fingertip, with a slight callus, gently traced over the old scar on her leg, and his eyes were filled with
concern.
“It must hurt a lot when you got injured, right?”
Children had a great capacity for recovery, so injuries that might leave scars were undoubtedly quite
severe.
A tingling sensation coursed through Cecilia’s legs where he had touched her as she reminisced about
the source of this injury.
That was her punishment for letting the young man go.
Although she was already numb to the pain at that time, it really hurt when a knife stained with pepper
water cut her thigh.
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Cecilia leaned against Christopher’s chest and found a more comfortable position. She asked, “Do you
want to know my past?”
The answer was obvious.
“Of course, but if you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to,” said Christopher.
Cecilia shook her head and said, “Even though my past has been difficult, I’ve come to terms with it a
long time ago. There’s nothing I can’t or don’t want to talk about. When shall we begin? Let’s start from
the earliest memories I have.”
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Although her tone didn’t change much, Christopher’s heart wrenched.
“Ceci, say what you want. Stop if you don’t want to share anymore.”
He didn’t have to pry into her past.
All he desired was the chance to be a part of her future, and that was sufficient for him.
Cecilia glanced upward and could see Christopher’s alluring Adam’s Apple and chiseled jawline.
She kissed him on the chin and said, “I was sold by the Quigley family to a human trafficker, who, in
turn, sold me to an assassin organization. For as long as I can remember, my life has been filled with
training and fighting against my peers. We would starve if we lost the fight…”
At that time, there was no right or wrong, only a thirst for food. Those who kept losing would starve to
death.
They often fought to the point of drawing blood, just to secure a full meal.
Some people were so hungry that they would bite off a piece of meat from another person’s body as a
source of sustenance while they slept.
During that period, she endured what could only be described as purgatory.
She didn’t know whether she was naturally cold or if the harsh environment had coerced her into a
state of utter indifference, devoid of sympathy for anyone.
She wouldn’t even blink if someone died in front of her.
There was only one thought in her mind. As long as she took down others, it wouldn’t be her turn to
die.
Cecilia felt lucky because she seldom lost. She was the best among those kids.
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However, it was not a good thing to be valued by the leader. Because she was raised as a merciless
killing machine, the training was more rigorous and cruel.
She was on her first mission when she was six.
The leader forced her to kill her companion in order to ensure the success of the mission.
On that occasion, she felt the blood’s heat like molten lava, scorching her hand to the brink of melting.
She saw the look in her companion’s eyes. Even when facing death, there was only emptiness within
and perhaps even a hint of relief…
For the first time, she thought about what it meant to be alive.
But before she could figure it out, she was sent on a mission. She wasn’t asked to kill people but to
poison them.
As an innocent child, she could effortlessly approach her target and administer poison.
The leader was pleased to observe her precise and fearless actions. He believed that she was born to
be an assassin.
“Cecilia, you have passed the test. I will train you as a successor!”
It was only at that moment that Cecilia realized the mission of poisoning had been nothing more than a
test set by the leader. The target’s throat had been slit by another assassin’s blade in the end.
She also knew that the leader had told the same thing to a lot of people.
Now that she thought about it, she realized that the leader had been manipulating them through
gaslighting.
From that point onward, the leader continued to impart more deadly skills to her. She was also taught
to read and write, the art of camouflage, and various other skills that might prove
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useful.
However, the leader didn’t know that since she went out to see the outside world, her mindset and
thoughts had changed completely.
She didn’t want to live in purgatory. She wanted to walk under the sun!
And so, she applied the disguising skills she had learned to use, concealing her true thoughts from
everyone in the assassin organization.
On the surface, she was an obedient and heartless killing machine.
But in truth, she worked hard to learn everything and make herself stronger for her escape.
Hearing this, Christopher held Cecilia tightly and showered her head with kisses.
He felt sorry for what Cecilia had been through.
He thought he had lived a miserable life with all the bullying and humiliation he endured in the Forte
family.
However, his torment paled in comparison to Cecilia’s hardships.
“Ceci, I can’t alter the past to bring you happiness, but I promise to ensure a bright future for you,”
comforted Christopher.
Cecilia turned slightly, hugged Christopher’s waist, and smiled. “Okay!”
After saying that, she continued.
“The chance to escape I had been waiting for came when I was eight years old…”
When Cecilia said this, Christopher subconsciously calculated his age.
He was 16 at that time.
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During that period, he was overseas. He had earned degrees from three prestigious foreign universities
and filed for over a dozen patents.
This groundwork was crucial for his plan to reclaim the Forte family’s assets.
However, he realized that ability alone wouldn’t suffice. He lacked connections. So, he decided to join a
group of mercenaries to build relationships with influential figures through their missions.
However, not long after he joined the mercenaries, an accident occurred on his mission.
Had it not been for the timely warning from a young boy, he might have unknowingly fallen into the trap
and met his demise.
Just as Christopher contemplated this, he heard Cecilia saying, “My assignment at that time was to
pose as a young boy and assassinate another young man. However, I couldn’t bring myself to kill him
and allowed him to escape.”