Chapter 4

"I believe you, Helen," Ricky said, looking serious. "But you should only tell people you trust completely."

Thankfully, Ricky was on my side.

I nodded. "Don't worry. I know."

When I was eighteen, my parents died in an earthquake during a business trip, leaving me a house and a decent amount of savings.

I had just come of age, so I didn't need a guardian and inherited everything directly.

To my relatives, I was an orphan with a sudden fortune. They tried every trick in the book to "borrow" money from me. My uncle, who had doted on me since…