### Chapter 553: My Life is Ruined
Anna stood still, her eyes studying the figure in the dimly lit alleyway, her heart twisting with a strange mixture of concern and disbelief. The woman's voice—it was so familiar. But Anna couldn't quite place it, and she found herself questioning the bizarre possibility that the person she connected this voice to could be sitting in such a dark and desolate place, crying her heart out.
*No*, she thought, *it couldn't be her*. The woman she was thinking of was a public figure, someone who always appeared so composed, so confident in the limelight. There was no way she could be the one curled up in this hidden alley, shrouded in pain and despair.
