---- Chapter 1 It was the day I got discharged from the mental asylum where I had been for the past year and a half. The sun was shining so brightly that I had to raise my hand to block it out. "Madeline, over here." The hair on the back of my neck stood up. I slowly turned around to see Jason Lacroix standing nearby. He looked the same-regal and handsome. However, I was filled with fear when I saw his face. I had the urge to run away. He walked over to me, which terrified me so much that I retreated backward. ---- "Madeline, what's going on with you?" I looked at him with fear and caution. It was completely different from the past, so it was only normal that he found it odd. In the past, every time I looked at him, my gaze only gleamed with nothing but adoration. I opened my mouth, finally able to find my voice. " Mr. Lacroix-I mean, Jason. I-I'm fine." He sized me up suspiciously. I was wearing the same clothes that I wore when I was sent to the mental asylum. It was not only outdated, but also alittle big on me. I lost more than ten kilograms the past year or so. "Let's go. Get in the car." I trailed behind him, not knowing if I should sit in the front passenger seat or the back. Jason opened the front passenger seat for me. I had no choice. Neither of us said anything in the enclosed car space. The car's soundproofing was done so well that the only thing we heard was our breathing. ---- Jason suddenly said, ''The fact that you've been discharged means that you've recovered. Take a few days of rest before heading back to work. I hope you don't think about anything else." My entire body suddenly trembled. Ihad loved Jason for six years, but I had never once told him. I was his adopted sister, but I was also his assistant, helping him at work. One day, I entered the office to see everyone looking at me weirdly. When I opened my emails to start the day as usual, I saw an email that made my blood run cold. It was a video of Jason falling asleep in his office. I had put his coat over him and leaned close to him to kiss him. Even though I did not do it in the end, my face was extremely close to his. Someone had taken a video of us and sent it to everyone. My love for him, which I had kept hidden for many years, was finally out in public. Jason saw it as well. I could never forget the icy gaze he gave me. "Madeline, you should know ---- your place. I'm your boss, and I'm also your brother. How could you have such unnatural thoughts? Are you crazy or what?" He completely humiliated me. All I did was love him. I wasn't abnormal, nor was I crazy. I was adopted by Jason's parents when I was 16 years old. Jason and I weren't related by blood at all, and everyone knew that. It was love at first sight for me, but I had never once expressed my feelings. Once I graduated from college, I started working in Jason's company, becoming his assistant. I had always been an orphan until they adopted me at 16 years old. Jason had listened to his first love, Camila Fisher, to send me to a mental asylum to get treatment for my condition. I should not have loved him. Loving him was a mistake-it was unnatural.