The Road Not Taken is an emotional billionaire romance about love, ambition, and the choices that shape our destiny. When two former lovers reunite after years apart, old feelings resurface alongside painful regrets and hidden secrets. As success, power, and unexpected twists collide, they must decide whether true love deserves a second chance—or if some roads are meant to remain untaken.
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Watch the full episode with English subtitles (ENGSUB) and enjoy a captivating short drama filled with romance, heartbreak, redemption, and unforgettable emotional moments.
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00:00Inside a gothic cathedral stood two men looking for wives.
00:03One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast.
00:06The other was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast.
00:09For the sake of a massive bride price,
00:11our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry.
00:14In my last life, my younger sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire.
00:19And she pushed Victor, that low-life thug, onto me.
00:23But no one expected that five years later,
00:25Jace would go completely bankrupt,
00:27and Lily would have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum.
00:32As for that thug Victor, he carved a bloody path across the east coast
00:36and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into everyone who heard his name.
00:39I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor with.
00:43Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water.
00:47When I saw Lily starving in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves,
00:51I kindly handed her a check for one million dollars to help improve her life.
00:54But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both hands around my throat,
00:57and dragged me towards a speeding truck.
00:59Give me back the life that should have been mine!
01:01The truck roared past, and Lily and I died together.
01:05When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to five years ago,
01:09to the day Jace and Victor came to choose their wives.
01:19As if she had already decided that in this life,
01:23she would become the mafia matriarch and crush me completely under her feet.
01:28I knew then that Lily had been reborn too.
01:31She thought she had stolen my life.
01:33But I only found it funny.
01:35Victor was no devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie.
01:39He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people.
01:42The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life
01:45was because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes.
01:48Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones.
01:52I looked at Lily's relieved expression and curved my lips.
01:56You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else?
02:00But you have no idea.
02:01This road will only drag you into hell.
02:04Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms would guarantee he would take her in.
02:09But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me.
02:12Come here. I want you.
02:15My heart trembled.
02:16Fear flooded over me like a tide.
02:18Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant.
02:21Being chained in his basement and beaten.
02:23Being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated.
02:25Having my bones shattered for human experiments.
02:28I froze where I stood, unable to move even half a step.
02:31Lily panicked at the sight.
02:32Don't choose my sister Chloe.
02:34She's vain and greedy.
02:36Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.
02:38How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?
02:42She looks down on you, but I'm willing to suffer with you.
02:48Fine.
02:49Then you'll be my woman.
02:51As long as you behave and do what I say,
02:54I'll make sure you can walk all over this street.
02:57I believe you.
02:59I'll do whatever you say.
03:01At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us, held out an expensive wedding gown to me.
03:06Will you be my wife and leave with me?
03:09I'm currently facing a financial crisis.
03:13But I promise you, even if I lose everything, I'll never let you go hungry.
03:18Without hesitation, I placed my hand in his palm.
03:22I will.
03:23I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man.
03:25In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day,
03:30he still saved the last piece of bread for Lily.
03:32But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.
03:35Since you're too blessed to appreciate him, then he'll be mine.
03:38When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle, she turned back and whispered to me,
03:42Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street.
03:45Victor will fight his way back into high society sooner or later.
03:48Chloe, in this life, you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.
03:53So she knew I had been reborn, too.
03:55And she thought she had stolen my life.
03:57I watched the motorcycle roar away and sneered in relief.
04:00Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine
04:03until he had squeezed out every last drop of value.
04:06In my last life, when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast,
04:09I had naively believed he was a good man, too.
04:11He bought me the most expensive dresses and took me in and out of the top underground casinos.
04:16Even though back then, I was so afraid I could barely walk, he brainwashed me,
04:20telling me this was the unique love a man who lived on the edge had for me.
04:25Until one day, his gang hit a dead end.
04:28Without hesitation, he chained me up and handed me over to a rival gang.
04:32I was abused by those vile men for two full years.
04:37Only then did I understand that Victor had only ever seen me as a scapegoat he could discard at any
04:43time.
04:44Chloe, welcome home.
04:48Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me.
04:50I followed Jace into the villa.
04:52The moment he opened the door, I froze.
04:54It was a luxurious dressing room filled with limited edition gowns from the current season.
04:59Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly under the lights.
05:03My eyes warmed.
05:05Jace, thank you.
05:06I've never seen such a beautiful place.
05:08Since you've come home with me,
05:11you're the mistress of this house.
05:13Swipe the card for anything you want.
05:19I'll never let my woman suffer the slightest grievous.
05:23Warmth rushed through my chest.
05:26Even though his company was currently being jointly stingled by Wall Street,
05:30he still gave me the very best.
05:33I'll behave.
05:34Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.
05:37He cherished me like a priceless treasure.
05:40My food, clothes, and daily necessities were all top tier.
05:44But he didn't know that I was no longer the fallen heiress who only knew how to enjoy herself.
05:50In my last life, I hid behind the scenes and helped Victor build a massive mafia empire.
05:56In this life, I could help Jace protect everything too.
06:00I walked straight into his study and picked up the financial reports on his desk.
06:08Since you're protecting me,
06:10I'll protect your business empire for you.
06:13Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began.
06:16Jace's enemies had brabbed an executive in his company.
06:18They planned to present a fake report at the board meeting and force Jace out.
06:21In my last life, Jace fell at this very step.
06:24Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.
06:27But in this life, I was here.
06:29My experience laundering money for Victor in my past life
06:32made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics.
06:35I hacked directly into that traitorous executive's email,
06:37obtained ironclade proof that they had falsified the data,
06:40and sent it straight to the FBI.
06:41Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me
06:44to set a financial trap in the futures market.
06:46Jace, this time you won't lose.
06:49That night, a top charity gala was held in Manhattan.
06:52I held Jace's arm and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.
06:55But unexpectedly, I ran into Lily there.
06:58Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming street thug.
07:00He had no qualifications to attend such an event.
07:02Clearly, Lily had forced Victor to misfortune-buying invitations
07:04so she could show off her mafia wife persona.
07:06Lily arrogantly blocked my path.
07:08Chloe, what a surprise.
07:10Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight,
07:12actually managed to borrow money to rent you a gown?
07:15You have no idea how amazing Victor is.
07:18He took over three blocks of territory.
07:20The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub!
07:23See that?
07:23He assigned me fully armed bodyguards to protect me,
07:26and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for me.
07:29You'll never experience this kind of love in your life.
07:32I looked at her nouveau riche posturing
07:33and smeared again and again in my heart.
07:36Bodyguards? Supplements?
07:38Lily had no idea that Victor's frantic territorial expansion
07:41had already angered several old mafia families.
07:44He gave Lily bodyguards to disguise her as a top priority target
07:48and draw assassin fire.
07:49He fed her expensive supplements
07:51so he could draw her healthy blood
07:53and trade it to high-level figures
07:54on the underground black market
07:56in exchange for resources and life extension.
07:58I looked at Lily with pity.
08:00She wasn't far from death.
08:02Seeing me silent,
08:03Lily thought she had hit a sore point
08:05and laughed even more wildly.
08:08I just heard several Wall Street big shots say
08:10that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!
08:13She leaned closer and lowered her voice.
08:15When that happens,
08:17you'll have to sell yourself in the slums
08:19to pay off his debts.
08:20The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.
08:28I smiled.
08:29Then let's wait and see.
08:31When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all,
08:34she stomped her foot hard.
08:36Chloe, just you wait!
08:38Sooner or later,
08:39you'll be kneeling and begging me!
08:42She turned and walked toward Eric,
08:44the crown prince of Wall Street,
08:46picked up a glass of champagne
08:47and tried to build a connection.
08:50Mr. Eric,
08:51Victor asked me to send you his regards.
08:53From now on,
08:54he'll have your East Coast business covered.
08:56Eric didn't even look at her
08:58before knocking over his glass
09:00with the back of his hand.
09:03What gutter rat thinks she's worthy
09:06of cozying up to me?
09:07But on TV,
09:08you clearly said you respected people
09:10who would do whatever it took to climb up.
09:12That's me!
09:13How can you look down on me?
09:15Watching this,
09:15I couldn't help finding it funny.
09:17In my last life,
09:18after Victor became a mafia godfass,
09:20Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog.
09:23But Lily didn't know
09:24that the current Victor
09:24was nowhere near qualified.
09:26Capitalists like Eric
09:27only respected absolute power.
09:29They would never spare a second glance
09:31for a street thug's woman.
09:33A cheap whore who eats off gangsters
09:35has no right to dirty my suit.
09:40Mrs. Jace,
09:42congratulations to Mr. Jace
09:43on his perfect counterattack
09:44in the futures market tonight,
09:46earning a net profit of one billion.
09:49Wall Street will be relying on you
09:50from now on!
09:52Lily froze where she stood,
09:53shaking her head in disbelief.
09:55What nonsense are you talking about?
09:56Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight.
09:57Victor is the future godfather.
09:58She suddenly lunged at Eric.
10:00Eric, open your eyes!
10:01You should be working with me!
10:02Eric shoved her to the floor,
10:03his face full of disgust.
10:04Who collects protection money?
10:05Tonight, some other family
10:06will throw him into the sea
10:06to feed the sharks.
10:07What mafia matriarch fantasy
10:09are you having?
10:10The surrounding elite
10:10covered their ears and laughed,
10:12their gazes as sharp as knives.
10:14So she's a lunatook
10:14trying to use a thug
10:15to climb into power.
10:16Hurry up and call security
10:17to throw this bitch out!
10:18She's dirtying our eyes!
10:19Humiliated to the bone,
10:20Lily climbed up from the floor
10:21and glared at everyone with hatred.
10:23Victor, pull out your gun!
10:24Show them who the king
10:25of the East Coast really is!
10:26The doors to the banquet hall
10:27were kicked open.
10:28Victor stormed in arrogantly
10:29with a dozen tattooed men
10:30all carrying machetes.
10:31Who the fuck dares
10:32touch my woman?
10:33Eric sneered.
10:34In an instant,
10:35dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards
10:36surged out from every direction.
10:37Red laser sights locked onto
10:38Victor's forehead and chest
10:40in unisus.
10:40Victor's legs went weak.
10:41With a thud,
10:42he dropped to his knees.
10:43Mr. Eric, misunderstanding!
10:45This crazy bitch lost her mind!
10:46It has nothing to do with me!
10:47Victor, what are you saying?
10:49Shut up!
10:49Who gave you the right to speak here?
10:51To distance himself from her,
10:53he crawled over,
10:54grabbed Lily by the hair,
10:55and slapped her across the face
10:56again and again.
10:57More than a dozen times,
10:59blood filled the corners
11:00of Lily's mouth.
11:01Her soul seemed to leave her body
11:03as he slapped her over and over.
11:05No!
11:06It shouldn't be like this!
11:08The entire hall fell into dead silence.
11:10Jace calmly set down his wine glass
11:12and shielded me behind him.
11:13He loserly wiped a drop of wine
11:14from the hem of his jacket.
11:16Every movement refined and elegant.
11:18He was worlds apart from Victor,
11:19who had just been wagging his tail
11:21and begging.
11:21If you're not gone in one minute,
11:24all of you are going into the sea.
11:26After dropping that threat,
11:28Eric strode away with his bodyguards.
11:30Lily seized the chance to break free
11:31from Victor and stumbled toward the door.
11:33You all look down on me today,
11:35but sooner or later you'll regret it!
11:36I will become a mafia godmother!
11:38Because her pride had been completely trampled,
11:41Lily never again had the face
11:43to appear in public after that day.
11:46Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
11:49In my last life,
11:51these three months were exactly the death trap.
11:54When Victor's territory was jointly purged
11:57by the major mafia families.
11:59To borrow money from a Mexican drug lord for weapons,
12:02he personally pushed me onto an underground gambling table.
12:06Those desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth
12:10and forced me to play Russian Salette.
12:14Each time the trigger was pulled,
12:17Victor showed no heartache at all.
12:19Instead, he held other women
12:22and laughed loudly as he placed his bets.
12:25The despair of that cold gun barrel
12:27pressed against my throat
12:28utterly shredded my dignity as a human being.
12:32In his eyes,
12:34I had never been a mafia matriarch.
12:36I was only a chip he could trade for money at any time.
12:42I didn't know whether Lily would experience all of that.
12:46But based on my observation of Victor in this life,
12:50he would only torment Lily even more vusciously.
12:53Facts proved my guess was right.
12:55The next morning,
12:56I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse
12:58when a battered pickup car riddled with bullet holes
13:01came barreling towards me like mad.
13:03A bodyguard threw me to the ground
13:06and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar
13:08beside us with a crash.
13:14Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
13:16Chloe, get out here!
13:19My heart jolted.
13:21Lily had come.
13:29Although I had prepared myself,
13:31when I saw what she looked like now,
13:32I nearly vomited.
13:34I never imagined Victor would torture Lily into such a state.
13:38Lily tumbled out of the bullet-rivet old pickup.
13:41Her once delicate face was sun and deathly pale.
13:44Beneath her expensive silk-slip dress,
13:46her body was covered in bruises and needle marks.
13:48She crawled toward me and clung tightly to my leg.
13:51Chloe!
13:52Let's switch back!
13:53Snot and tears mixed together on her face,
13:56making her look both pitiful and disgusting.
13:58That lunatic Victor has been losing territory lately
14:01and he's taking all his anger out on me!
14:03He draws my blood every day to sell it
14:06and he forces me to accompany those perverts
14:09so he can win resources!
14:10She suddenly lifted her head
14:12and shouted with righteous confidence.
14:14You clearly knew this life would be so miserable!
14:16Why didn't you warn me?
14:18This was supposed to be your suffering!
14:20Let's switch back now!
14:22You go be Victor's dog and I'll be your rich wife!
14:25Hearing such shameless words,
14:27I sneered and kicked her away.
14:31Switch back?
14:32Lily, did they beat your brain broken?
14:35I looked down at her from above.
14:37Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?
14:45Who was the one who gloated and mocked me?
14:49Saying I could only look up at you from the slums?
14:53She lay on the ground,
14:54pounding the pavement in a frenzy as she screamed.
14:56That's because you tricked me!
14:59You hid from me what would happen if I chose Victor!
15:04But don't get too pleased with yourself!
15:06A flash of vicious, sick pleasure crossed Lily's eyes.
15:09According to how things went in the last life,
15:12that useless Jace is going completely bankrupt today!
15:16When that happens,
15:17you won't even be able to afford the slums!
15:19You'll have to beg on the street!
15:21The words had barely left her mouth.
15:26Twelve Rolls Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us,
15:29sealing off the entire street.
15:31The car doors opened.
15:34Dressed in a custom suit,
15:35strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.
15:38Seeing such an astonishing scene,
15:40throat tightened,
15:40a sharp swallow betraying her shock.
15:42Impossible!
15:43You're supposed to go bankrupt today!
15:45How could you still have money?
15:46But she instantly reacted.
15:48Now was the time to cling to power.
15:49She shoved me aside and rushed toward two,
15:52deliberately exposing her collarbones
15:53and leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.
15:55Mr. Monsieur, don't be deceived by my sister!
15:57She's a demon to the bone!
15:58Sooner or later,
15:59she'll destroy your business empire!
16:01Lifted her head pitifully.
16:02Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth,
16:05as long as you want me to-
16:06Get away!
16:07Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance.
16:09He walked straight past her and came to me.
16:12He took out an expensive handkerchief and,
16:14with aching tenderness,
16:15wiped the dust grabbed onto the hem of my clothes.
16:18Then he turned and looked down at her.
16:20If she really is a demon,
16:22then I'd willingly offer her my soul.
16:24Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street.
16:28Chloe is my only woman.
16:29As for you,
16:30you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
16:32Picture one looked as if she had been struck by lightning.
16:35Jealousy twisted her features.
16:37She screamed and tried to lunge forward again.
16:39No!
16:40This life should be mine!
16:43Just then,
16:44an old, unlicensed van screeched to a stop by the roadside.
16:48Two tattooed thugs jumped out,
16:51grabbed her by the hair,
16:52and dragged her viciously toward the van.
16:55Filthy bitch!
16:56How dare you run out and play victim!
16:58Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back!
17:00We haven't drawn enough blood today!
17:02Watching the van speed away, I frowned.
17:05Special supplements?
17:06Had Victor come up with some new trick again?
17:09The instincts I had developed in my last life
17:11while managing Victor's underground industries
17:12told me this was absolutely not simple.
17:15After returning to the Manishin,
17:16I immediately locked the study-a-door
17:17and turned off the computer.
17:19Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network
17:21from my Yen-P, the Uth-Rai,
17:23bypassed the firewall with ease
17:25and hacked directly into the underground medical system
17:27he had recently connected.
17:29In an encrypted purchase list,
17:30I found the true ingredients of those special supplements.
17:33The moment I clicked it open,
17:35a chill crawled up my spine.
17:37They weren't supplements at all.
17:38They were living organ rejection suppressors,
17:40a substance explicitly banned on the dark web.
17:43So that was it.
17:44Victor's frantic expansion had angered the old mafia
17:47and his cash flow had completely collapsed.
17:50To repay his debts,
17:51he had accepted a live organ order
17:53from a sick drug lord.
17:56Victor fed her that drug every day
17:57and kept her well-fed.
17:59Not because he cherished her,
18:00because he was treating her
18:01like a mobable organ incubator,
18:03ensuring that her heart and corneals
18:05would perfectly match the buyer's body
18:06when they were dug out.
18:08Ridiculous, Lily.
18:09She thought she had stolen my script
18:11as mafia matriarch
18:13and ran around showing off that exclusive love,
18:15never knowing she was walking step-by-step
18:18towards the slaughterhouse.
18:19I scrolled to the last line of the order.
18:22The system showed that the harvest delivery date
18:24was three days later
18:25at an East Coast elite charity gala.
18:28I curved my lips coldly.
18:30The show was about to begin.
18:32On the night of the delivery,
18:33the East Coast's most prestigious charity gala
18:36was held at a Manhattan hotel.
18:38And at that moment,
18:39she knew nothing about death's arrival.
18:40Because she had been taking
18:41that illegal rejection-suppressing drug
18:43for so long,
18:44her body was already on the verge of collapse.
18:46She could barely take two steps
18:47without losing her breath.
18:48But she still believed
18:50it was only weakness
18:50caused by Victor's abuse.
18:52She stole an invitation from Victor's drawer,
18:54covered her corpse-pale face
18:55with thick foundation,
18:56and snuck into the gala.
18:58Amid the glittering crowd,
18:59she immediately set her sights
19:00on a gray-haired Wall Street magnet hit.
19:02She used the same old trick,
19:03forcing tears into her eyes
19:04as she pressed herself delicately
19:05against the magnet's arm.
19:06Sir, please save me.
19:08Victor, that thug keeps torturing me.
19:10As long as you're willing to pay
19:11to take me away,
19:12I'll do anything for you.
19:13She looked at the magnet with expectation,
19:15thinking that with her looks,
19:16finding a new patron would be easy.
19:18The magnet held his glass of red wine
19:20and looked her up and down.
19:21But there was no desire in his eyes.
19:24Take you away.
19:28Poor little thing, don't you know?
19:30Victor already pre-sold your heart
19:32and cornelized to me yesterday.
19:35I'm your buyer.
19:39The moment you heard that,
19:40the fanging expression on her face froze.
19:43All the blood in her body
19:45seemed to turn to ice.
19:47What did you say?
19:50What did you say?
19:52My heart, my corneals?
19:53Her mind exploded with a buzz.
19:55She finally understood
19:56what those expensive supplements really were.
19:59The mafia love she had been so proud of
20:01had been nothing more than fattening her
20:02like a pig for slaughter from beginning to end.
20:05No, no, no!
20:06She shoved the magnet away
20:08and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman,
20:10not even noticing when one of her high heels fell off.
20:13She crashed headfirst into me
20:14as I stood arm in arm with the man,
20:17chatting and laughing with the mayor.
20:19Bang!
20:19When she saw it was me,
20:21she seemed to seize the last straw of hope.
20:23With a thud,
20:24she dropped to her knees at my feet
20:25and slammed her head against the floor again and again.
20:28Sister, I was wrong!
20:29I really was wrong!
20:30She cock-o'd it until blood streamed down her forehead,
20:33wailing missibly.
20:35Victor wants to cut out my heart!
20:40I'll never fight you for anything again, please!
20:43I looked down at her from above,
20:44my eyes utterly unmoved.
20:46You chose your own road.
20:48I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress.
20:51If you walk into hell yourself,
20:52don't blame others for not reaching out.
20:54Lily collapsed to the floor in despair.
20:57Just then,
20:58the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
21:00First heard one swaggered in
21:01with several armed, tattooed men.
21:03In his hand was a huge, thick four.
21:06A sinister smile hung on his lips
21:08as he walked step-by-step
21:09towards Sir Lung on the floor.
21:12Found you, nutty.
21:14Seeing the man approach with the sedative,
21:16the girl scrambled backward in terror,
21:17screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
21:19No, no!
21:20The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified.
21:22The man shouted,
21:23Nobody move!
21:23I'm only here to take my goods today!
21:26Anyone who dares call the cops,
21:28I'll kill their whole family!
21:29Standing beside one,
21:30I watched the farce coldly.
21:32Not only did I not hide,
21:34I took my phone out of my clutch.
21:36Save Lily?
21:38Impossible.
21:39But I would never pass up the chance
21:40to crush Victor completely.
21:42My slender fingers tapped rapidly
21:43across the screen,
21:44activating the trojan
21:45I had set up in advance.
21:47In less than three seconds,
21:48Victor's 13 money laundering accounts
21:50on the global dark internet
21:50were wiped clean and frozen.
21:52At the same time,
21:53he elegantly pressed the send button
21:54on his watch,
21:55packaging and sending
21:56the complete surveillance footage
21:57and evidence chain
21:57of Victor's live organ transaction tonight
21:59to the FBI in one film.
22:01The next second,
22:02police sirens and redo flashing lights
22:03pierced through the banquet hall.
22:04Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles
22:05blocked the entrance so tightly
22:06that not even water could pass.
22:08Boss!
22:08All our accounts have been frozen!
22:09The place is crawling with cops!
22:10One's men stared at their phones
22:11in terror.
22:12One's face went deathly plale,
22:13as if he had fallen into an ice pit.
22:15What?
22:15What's going on?
22:16He could no longer care
22:17about anything else.
22:18He lunged at her
22:18and stabbed the thick syringe
22:20viciously into her neck.
22:21Everybody stay the fuck back!
22:25Anyone moves,
22:25and I'll blow this bitch's head off!
22:30The entire tube of illegal green liquid
22:32was pushed into Lily's vein.
22:33It wasn't an ordinary sedative,
22:34but a high concentration
22:35manual-inducing drug.
22:37In less than two seconds,
22:38Lily's eyes flooded blood-red,
22:39and the veins on her neck
22:40bulged like earthworms.
22:41Her entire body lost
22:42all sense of pain and reason.
22:44She stared fixably at me,
22:45dazzling and glamorous,
22:46protected in Jace's arms.
22:47The extreme resentment
22:48of being trampled underfoot
22:49erupted completely
22:50under the drug's effects.
22:51I was reborn too,
22:52so why do you get to live so well?
22:54Lily let out a beast-like howl
22:55that barely sounded human.
22:56She actually bit into Victor's arm
22:58and tore off a large chunk of flesh.
22:59Victor screamed and let go.
23:01Like a vengeful ghost,
23:02Lily grabbed a sharp,
23:03broken wine bottle from the table
23:04and charged wildly at my face.
23:06I'll ruin you!
23:07Go to hell with me!
23:08She was extremely fucked,
23:10but didn't even blink.
23:11Before she could get
23:11within half a meter of me,
23:12Jace lifted his long leg
23:14and delivered a ruthlessly
23:14clean sidekick
23:15straight to Lily's chest.
23:16Lily flew out like a torn sack.
23:18With a crash,
23:18she smashed heavily
23:19into the five-tier champagne tower.
23:21Glass sharts pierced her entire body
23:22and blood gushed out.
23:23Lying in a pool of blood,
23:24she vomited blood
23:25while pointing at me
23:26and laughing madly.
23:27Jace, don't be fooled by her!
23:29Lily shrieked hysterically,
23:31trying to use her final
23:32tropsod to destroy me.
23:33She's a reborn woman!
23:35In her last life,
23:36she was a demon
23:36with blood all over her hands!
23:39She only chose you
23:40because she knew
23:41you would become rich
23:41in this life!
23:42She doesn't love you at all!
23:48The entire room fell silent.
23:50Blood filled Lily's mouth
23:51as she looked at Jace smugly,
23:53thinking that exposing
23:54the secret of rebirth
23:55at me with disgust,
23:57she screamed.
23:58In her last life,
23:59you were picking through trash
24:00in the slums
24:01while she was all powerful
24:02mafia matriarch!
24:04You're just a tool she's using!
24:05Everyone waited
24:06for Jace's reaction.
24:07I stood where I was
24:08and looked at him calmly.
24:10Jace looked down
24:10at Lily on the floor,
24:11his lips curling
24:12in a cold smile.
24:13If that's true,
24:14then I really should thank you
24:15for your stupidity
24:16in this life.
24:17Jace's voice was low
24:18and dominating.
24:19Thank you for personally
24:20pushing such a perfect wife
24:22into my arms.
24:23Just then,
24:24SWAT officers
24:24broke through the doors.
24:26Don't move!
24:26Drop your weapons!
24:29The scene descended
24:30instantly into chaos.
24:32Seeing that the tide
24:32had turned,
24:33Victor grabbed a chair
24:34and smashed the floor
24:35to Sleeling Window.
24:36In the final second
24:37before he leapt
24:38into the cold seawater,
24:39Victor stared hard at me,
24:40shielded in Jaya's arms
24:41my eyes cold.
24:42In her last life,
24:43she was the all-powerful
24:44Mafia matriarch.
24:45In his mind,
24:46the sentence Lily
24:46had shouted
24:47flash like lightning.
24:48Victor's eyes instantly
24:49changed from fear
24:49to shock.
24:50It was her?
24:51Cold seawater
24:52choked his windpipe.
24:53Victor swam desperately
24:54through the sewer
24:55like a stray dog
24:55that had lost its home.
24:57But Lily's words
24:57from the gala
24:58kept replaying in his mind.
24:59In her last life,
25:00she was the all-powerful
25:01Mafia matriarch.
25:02Victor fled back
25:03to the moldy-smelling basement
25:04and looked at the territory
25:05he had now lost completely.
25:06His heart felt as if
25:08it had been struck
25:08by a heavy hammer.
25:09He suddenly remembered
25:10many details
25:11from his last life.
25:11In his last life,
25:12every time his gang
25:13hit a dead end,
25:14he would somehow
25:15receive intelligence
25:15to solve it the next day.
25:17He had thought Lily
25:17was born blessed
25:18with good fortune,
25:19so each time
25:20he had placed Lily
25:20high on a pedestal.
25:21But in this life,
25:22Lily,
25:23who carried memories too,
25:24was a fool
25:24who didn't even
25:25understand Mafia slang
25:26and only knew
25:27how to cry
25:27for designer brands.
25:28And just now
25:29at the gala,
25:30the way Chloe froze
25:31his overseas dark web accounts
25:32was exactly like
25:33the mysterious strategist
25:34behind the scenes
25:35from his last life.
25:36Victor understood
25:37in an instant.
25:39The one who helped me
25:40conquer everything
25:41in my last life.
25:42The one who shield me
25:43from danger
25:43was Chloe all along.
25:45Victor's knees went weak
25:46and he dropped
25:47onto the damp floor.
25:49He finally realized
25:51that with his own hands,
25:52he had thrown away
25:53a queen who could have
25:54helped him dominate
25:55the world,
25:55only to pick up
25:57a useless blood bag
25:58that had drained him dry.
25:59Victor's bloodshot eyes
26:01locked onto a financial magazine
26:03photo of Jace
26:04and Chloe on the wall.
26:06He punched the frame
26:07to pieces.
26:08Chloe is mine!
26:09She belongs to me!
26:11Three days later,
26:13in the underground parking garage
26:14of the J group,
26:15I had just stepped out
26:16of my private elevator
26:18when a foul-smelling,
26:20unshaven man
26:20suddenly lunged out
26:22from behind
26:22a load-carrying pollen.
26:24Chloe!
26:25I finally found you!
26:27It was Victor!
26:27With a heavy thud,
26:29he dropped to his knees
26:30in front of me.
26:31Ignoring the muddy water
26:32on the ground,
26:33he sobbed
26:33and slapped himself
26:34across the face
26:35again and again.
26:36I was wrong, Chloe.
26:37I was blinded
26:38by that idiot Lily.
26:39I was blind as a dog!
26:40He shuffled forward
26:41on his knees,
26:42trying to hug my leg,
26:43crying until his face
26:44was covered in snot and tears.
26:45You're my woman!
26:47As long as you come back,
26:48we can join hands
26:49like in our last life
26:50and take Jace money.
26:51We're the destined
26:52king and queen
26:53of the underworld!
26:54Looking at him
26:55so utterly pathetic,
26:56I felt only nausea.
26:58I pressed the red
26:59emergency alarm
27:00on my car key.
27:02The piercing alarm
27:03instantly echoed
27:04through the garage.
27:05Victor panicked
27:06and still tried
27:07to forcibly drag me.
27:08A dark figure
27:09flashed past.
27:10Jace,
27:10like a leopard,
27:11kicked Victor
27:11three meters away.
27:13Jace unbuttoned
27:14his suit jacket
27:14unhastingly
27:15and handed it
27:16to the bodyguard
27:17behind him.
27:17His eyes held
27:18a terrifying violence.
27:19Victor,
27:19you're not only blind,
27:21you're hopelessly stupid.
27:23Jace!
27:25You're nothing
27:25but a pretty boy
27:27living off a woman!
27:28Driven into a corner,
27:30Victor erupted
27:30with a desperado's
27:31ferocity.
27:32He pulled out
27:33a switchblade
27:33and roared
27:35as he lunged
27:35at Jace,
27:36but he had no idea
27:37what kind of monster
27:38he was facing.
27:39Jace didn't even dodge.
27:40He shifted slightly
27:41to avoid the blade,
27:42then caught Victor's wrist
27:43in a backhand grip
27:44and snapped it hard.
27:45The crisp sound
27:45of breaking bone
27:46rang out.
27:47Victor let out
27:47a pig-like scream
27:48and the knife
27:49fell to the floor.
27:50Then Jake drove
27:50his knee upward,
27:52slamming it heavily
27:52into Victor's chest.
27:54Two ribs snapped instantly.
27:56The entire sequence
27:57flowed smoothly,
27:58carrying a brutal beauty
27:59of absolute domination.
28:01Victor collapsed
28:02to the floor like mud,
28:03coughing out
28:03mouthfuls of blood.
28:05Jace stepped forward
28:06and mercilessly planted
28:07his leather shoe
28:08on Victor's broken fingers,
28:09grinding down hard.
28:11You think you deserved
28:12her in your last life?
28:14Jace looked down
28:15at Victor
28:15as he corulsed in pain.
28:18You couldn't protect her.
28:20All you could do
28:21was rely on
28:22the pitiful power
28:23she handed you.
28:24And in this life,
28:27you don't even have
28:28the right to say her name.
28:31Jace gestured.
28:32Blackwater bodyguards
28:33stepped forward
28:33and dragged Victor
28:34like a dead dog,
28:35throwing him into
28:36the garbage heap
28:36in the back alley.
28:37And at that moment,
28:38the gears of fate turned.
28:40An ambulance
28:40from the hospital
28:41happened to stop
28:42at the Annie entrance.
28:43The one who secretly
28:44slipped down from it
28:45was Lily,
28:46dragging her broken body.
28:47To avoid
28:48the expensive medical bills,
28:49Lily had escaped
28:50from the public hospital.
28:52She limped into
28:53the back alley,
28:53about to look
28:54for something to eat,
28:55when she suddenly saw
28:56Victor rivaling
28:57in the garbage heap.
28:59Victor?
29:00The moment she made
29:01out that face,
29:02Lily showed
29:02not the slightest sympathy.
29:03Instead,
29:04she burst into
29:05wild laughter.
29:05Haha, you liar!
29:06Weren't you a mafia boss?
29:08Why are you lying here
29:08like a stray dog?
29:09Victor struggled
29:10to open his eyes.
29:11Seeing the woman
29:11who had ruined him
29:12so badly,
29:13old hatred and new rage
29:14erupted like a volcano.
29:15If not for Lily,
29:17how would he have lost Chloe?
29:21Ah, filthy bitch!
29:23This is all your fault!
29:24Victor lunged at her,
29:25clapped his hands
29:26around Lily's throat,
29:27and pressed her
29:28into the filthy,
29:29water-water-filled
29:29garbage heap.
29:30You useless thing!
29:31Give me back Chloe!
29:33Give me back
29:33my mafia empire!
29:35Lily's eyes rolled
29:35back from the choking
29:36and her hands clawed wildly.
29:37The true love
29:38they had once believed
29:39would bring mutual benefit
29:40now tore at each other
29:41like two mad dogs,
29:42blaming each other
29:42and ripping each other apart.
29:43In the final second
29:44before suffocation,
29:45Lily's hand found
29:46a sharp shard of glass.
29:48Go to hell!
29:51Using all her strength,
29:52she stabbed the shard
29:54fiercely into
29:55Victor's female artery.
29:56Blood instantly
29:57sprayed out like a fountain,
29:59splattering across
29:59Lily's face.
30:02Victor screamed.
30:05The two of them
30:06collapsed together
30:06into the reeking pool
30:07of blood and trash,
30:09convulsing in despair.
30:10A passerby discovered
30:12them and called the police,
30:13and the two were taken
30:13back to the public hospital.
30:15Due to severe blood loss,
30:16Victor's thigh
30:16was already paralyzed.
30:18As for Lily,
30:18when she woke up
30:19in the hospital bed,
30:20a doctor walked over
30:21to her coldly
30:21with her test results.
30:23Because you have been
30:23taking illegal living organ
30:25suppresses from the
30:25dark web for a long time,
30:27your kidneys and liver
30:28have completely failed.
30:29You have two months
30:30at most.
30:31There's no treatment
30:32value.
30:33Wait to die.
30:35The doctor's words
30:36were like a final verdict.
30:37Lily finally realized it.
30:39The rebirth script
30:41she had thought herself
30:42so clever for stealing
30:43had not helped her
30:45rise above everyone else.
30:47Instead,
30:48she had personally
30:49pushed open
30:49the gates to hell.
30:51The television
30:51on the hospital wall
30:52lit up.
30:53On the screen,
30:54the grand celebration
30:55of the Jace Group
30:56successful listing
30:57on Wall Street
30:57was being broadcast live.
30:59I wore a gown
31:00and rang the opening bell
31:01under the eyes
31:02of the world
31:03dazzling like a queen.
31:04If I can't live,
31:06you won't have
31:07peace either!
31:08She violently
31:09ripped the IV needle
31:10from the back
31:11of her hand.
31:12Blood dripped
31:12onto the white sheets.
31:14She stole a nurse's
31:15uniform
31:15and made an insane decision.
31:17Lily wrapped
31:18all the wounds
31:18on her body
31:19in bandages,
31:20pulled the loose
31:20cleaner's robe
31:21over herself,
31:22and slipped
31:22in the outdoor
31:23celebration banquet
31:24for the Jace Group's
31:24listing in her arms.
31:25She carried
31:26a large barrel
31:27barrel of gasoline
31:27had bought
31:28on the black market.
31:29As long as she could
31:30burn me and Jace
31:31to ashes in front
31:32of everyone,
31:32she would be willing
31:33to die in the flames
31:34immediately.
31:35At the center
31:36of the reception,
31:37Jace and I were
31:37being interviewed
31:38by global media.
31:39I wore a custom gown
31:40and looked invincible
31:41beneath the flashes.
31:42Lily hid behind
31:43a pillar in the shadows,
31:45staring at that
31:45blinding glory.
31:47The flames of jealousy
31:48in her heart
31:48burned all the way
31:49up her throat.
31:50Die!
31:51All of you die!
31:52She pushed the cart
31:53carrying the gasoline
31:54using the darkness
31:55to inch closer
31:56to the ventilation system.
31:57As long as she pressed
31:58the igniter,
31:59this place would become
32:00a living hell.
32:01Just as her hand
32:02reached for the lighter,
32:03a pair of rough hands
32:04suddenly stretched out
32:05from the darkness,
32:06clamped over her mouth,
32:07and dragged her forcibly
32:08into the dim fire stair hell.
32:11It was Victor.
32:15Who told you
32:16to make a move?
32:16He still hadn't given up.
32:18He wanted to use Lily
32:19for one last struggle.
32:20What we need is money.
32:22We need the lifeline
32:23in Chloe's hands.
32:24You are not allowed to act.
32:26Chloe!
32:27Want your sister alive?
32:28Bring ten million in cash
32:29to basement level two.
32:30Remember,
32:31no bodyguards.
32:33He thought I would go soft.
32:35He thought that
32:35as long as I appeared,
32:36he could use me
32:37as a bargaining chain
32:38to turn the tables
32:39just like in the last life.
32:42Watching the video.
32:44Madam,
32:45shall I mobilize mercenaries
32:47and flatten the place?
32:48No need.
32:49I want them to see
32:50with their own eyes.
32:51that before this position,
32:53they don't even qualify
32:54to be ants.
32:55Instead,
32:56I had Jace
32:56robolize the city's
32:57armed forces
32:58and surround the entire building
32:59like an iron barrel.
33:01Basement level two.
33:03Victor stared at the elevator
33:04with high expectations.
33:07How is this possible?
33:09How dare you come
33:11without the money?
33:12I slowly stepped out
33:13from behind the bodyguards,
33:14every step calm and elegant.
33:16I didn't even glance at Lily,
33:17who was tied to the fire hydrant.
33:19Victor,
33:20you used me
33:21in my last life
33:21and tortured me
33:22in this one.
33:23Did you think
33:24you could still threaten me
33:25like some ridiculous clown?
33:27Didn't you want
33:28to light the fire?
33:29Go on.
33:30Don't be a coward.
33:32When Lily heard this,
33:33the last spark of hope
33:34in her eyes
33:34went out completely.
33:36She looked at my lofty posture,
33:37at how I didn't even deign
33:38to give her a single glance.
33:41I'm done playing.
33:42I'm really done playing.
33:45I'll make all of you
33:46die with me.
33:50Before Victor could react,
33:51Lily suddenly broke free
33:52from the cut ropes
33:53and, like a mad woman,
33:54wrapped her arms
33:55tightly around Victor's neck.
33:56Don't ruin me.
33:59You made me into this monster.
34:01She bit down hard
34:02on Victor's ear,
34:03bloody tears streaming
34:04from her eyes.
34:06Victor, didn't you want money?
34:08Didn't you want to be
34:10the emperor of the underworld?
34:12Then let's go be that in hell!
34:15You crazy bitch!
34:17Let go of me!
34:19He struggled desperately,
34:20but Lily no longer
34:21wanted to live.
34:22She slammed violently
34:23into the still-burning lighter
34:24in Victor's neck.
34:25A whole barrel of gasoline
34:26instantly poured over the night.
34:28Flames shot into the air,
34:29lighting up the entire
34:30underground garage.
34:31Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts
34:33who had once screamed
34:34against each other
34:34and now died together
34:35like conjoined twins.
34:37Amid piercing screams,
34:38they twisted and rolled
34:39in the flames.
34:40Under Jace's protection,
34:41I turned and left.
34:43Behind me was the past
34:44reduced to scorched earth,
34:46and I strode toward the future
34:48that belonged to me.
34:51The fire was quickly extinguished.
34:53Victor and Lily were completely
34:54reduced to two charred corpses,
34:56so burned that even DNA
34:58was difficult to extract.
34:59The news spread everywhere.
35:00The media frantically dug
35:02into the so-called family feud
35:03within the conglomerate.
35:04I did not have the PR department
35:06covered up.
35:06Instead, I took the initiative
35:08to release to the media
35:09Victor's illegal live organ
35:10trading network
35:11and the evidence that he and Lily
35:13had planned the assassination.
35:14The media outlets
35:16that had originally been waiting
35:17to laugh at us
35:18quickly turned their guns around
35:20in the face of iron-flabbed
35:22criminal evidence
35:23and praised us as heroes
35:25who had eliminated
35:27a cancer from society.
35:29The group's stock
35:30not only did not fall,
35:32it surged for three straight days
35:34in the market
35:34because of our positive image
35:36of punishing evil
35:37and protecting the innocent.
35:39I stood before the floor
35:41declasing windows,
35:42looking down at the
35:43ant-like crowds below.
35:44Just then,
35:45Jace walked over
35:46with a glass of expensive red wine
35:48and gently pulled me
35:49into his arms.
35:51Madam,
35:52those troublesome
35:53mafia families
35:54have all signed
35:55the asset transfer agreements
35:56according to your requirements.
35:58He kissed my cheek tenderly.
36:00After tonight,
36:01there will be no so-called
36:02underground rules
36:02on the East Coast.
36:03You are the only rule.
36:05I looked out
36:05at the glittering knee
36:06beyond the window,
36:07lightly swirling
36:08the blood-red wine
36:09in my glass.
36:09A smile of certain
36:10sectority curved my lip.
36:12Although Victor was dead,
36:13the territory he left behind
36:15had become a piece
36:16of fat meat.
36:17The twelve remaining
36:18old mafia families
36:19on the East Coast
36:20were eager to move.
36:22In their eyes,
36:23Jace was nothing more
36:24than a legitimate businessman
36:26taking advantage
36:26of an opening.
36:27That night,
36:28a threatening letter
36:29containing a bullet
36:29was delivered
36:30to the group headquarters,
36:31demanding that Jace
36:32hand over 70%
36:33of the shipping routes
36:34or he would not live
36:35to see tomorrow's sun.
36:37Looking at the bullet
36:37on the desk,
36:38killing intake surged
36:39in Jace's eyes
36:40and he was about
36:41to order a direct assault.
36:42I pressed down
36:43on his hand,
36:44took a black encrypted
36:45USB drive from the safe
36:46and tossed it lightly
36:47onto the desk.
36:48A direct attack
36:49would be too merciful.
36:50This is the underground
36:51intelligence network.
36:53I spent five years
36:54building in my last life.
36:55I looked at Jace,
36:57my gaze confident
36:58and cold.
36:58It contains every
36:59financial weakness
37:00of those twelve families,
37:01the locations
37:02of their illegitimate
37:03children overseas
37:04and conclusive evidence
37:05of their dark web smuggling.
37:07One fatal strike.
37:09That's our style.
37:10Jace picked up
37:11the USB drive.
37:12The viciousness
37:13in his eyes
37:13instantly transformed
37:14into the utmost admiration
37:16and indulgent affection.
37:17He lowered his head
37:18and kissed me deeply.
37:20As you command,
37:21my queen.
37:21Tonight,
37:22I'll tear down
37:23their thrones
37:23and turn them
37:24into stepping stones
37:25for you.
37:25Outside the window,
37:26thunder rolled
37:27and rain lashed down.
37:29Alone,
37:30Jace pushed open
37:30the doors
37:31to the East Coast
37:32underground round table chamber.
37:34Inside the round table chamber,
37:35twelve mafia elders
37:36were smoking cigars
37:37and laughing arrogantly.
37:38Seeing that Jace
37:39had truly dared
37:40to come alone,
37:41several hot-tempered old men
37:42pulled out gold-plated pistols
37:43and slammed them
37:44heavily onto the table.
37:45Pretty boy,
37:45if you know what's good for you,
37:47you'll sign the asset
37:48transfer agreement.
37:49Then we might still leave you
37:50and that beautiful wife
37:51of yours whole corpses.
37:53Jace didn't even look
37:54at the guns.
37:55He leisurely pulled out
37:56the chair at the head
37:57of the table
37:58and sat down,
37:59then threw twelve
38:00printed sets
38:01of confidential financial
38:02datements and photos
38:03into their faces
38:04like trash.
38:05Look at your own cards
38:06before you decide
38:07whether to raise
38:08your voice at me.
38:09The elders picked up
38:10the documents
38:11and their faces
38:12turned instantly pale.
38:13The hands holding
38:14their cigars
38:15trembled like sieves.
38:17Those were their
38:17most lethal weak points.
38:19As long as Jace
38:20sent them with one click,
38:21they would immediately
38:22lose everything,
38:23perhaps even their families.
38:25You?
38:26What do you want?
38:28Jace smeared
38:29and snapped his fingers lightly.
38:30The hidden walls
38:31around the chamber
38:31instantly descended,
38:33revealing hundreds
38:33of heavily armed mercenaries
38:35whose infrared sights
38:36were all locked
38:36onto the centers
38:37of their foreheads.
38:38Jace rose and looked down
38:39at the once-invincible
38:40underworld overlords
38:41from above.
38:42Sign the submission agreement.
38:43From today on,
38:44the rules of the East Coast
38:45underworld are decided
38:47by my wife.
38:48When Jace returned
38:49to the manor
38:49with the tokens
38:50of submission
38:50from the twelve families,
38:52it was already
38:52late at night.
38:54After my shower,
38:55I stood before
38:56the Florida clearing windows,
38:57watching the wind and rain
38:58finally stop outside.
39:00Jace embraced me
39:01from behind
39:01and slipped the black gold
39:02serpent ring,
39:03a symbol of the highest power
39:05on the dark wet
39:05onto my ring finger.
39:07His fingers
39:08were faintly callid.
39:09When they touched my back,
39:11my body stiffened
39:11controllably
39:12because of the bone-deep
39:13memories of beatings
39:14from my last life.
39:15Jace noticed.
39:16He did not rush
39:17to take anything from me.
39:18Instead,
39:19he turned me around
39:20and looked at me
39:21with aching tenderness.
39:22He lowered his head
39:23and reverently kissed
39:24the invisible scars
39:25on my body,
39:26kissing away the last trace
39:27of guardedness
39:28towards intimacy
39:28in my heart.
39:30Chloe,
39:31in this life,
39:32you're no one's strategist
39:33behind the scenes anymore
39:34and you don't have to
39:34take a blade for anyone.
39:36Jace's held my face,
39:38his voice low and tempting.
39:40You are the only one in power
39:42and I am your most loyal believer.
39:44Looking at the deep love
39:45burning in his eyes
39:46for me alone,
39:47I finally let go completely
39:49of the shadows
39:49from my past life.
39:51I wrapped my arms
39:52around his neck
39:52and kissed him back
39:53with equal heat.
39:54Moonlight streamed
39:55through the windows
39:55and spilled across
39:56the luxurious bed
39:57where two figures
39:58merged completely.
39:59Five years later,
40:00it was the very day
40:01when, in my last life,
40:02Jace went bankrupt
40:03and Lily rolled beneath
40:03the truck to her death.
40:04But now we were at the top floor
40:05of the highest tower
40:06on Wall Street.
40:07Wearing a custom gown,
40:08I rang the NASDAQ opening bell,
40:09the richest person in the world
40:10and the supreme matriarch
40:12of the dark web.
40:12Thunderous applause
40:13filled the room
40:14and camera flashes
40:14blazed like daylight.
40:15Holding a glass of champagne,
40:17I walked to the floor
40:17to clear window
40:18and looked down over the city
40:19I had thoroughly conquered.
40:20At the end of my line of sight
40:21lay that filthy slum.
40:22In my last life,
40:23Lily had gnawed
40:24on rotten vegetable leaves there,
40:25then dragged me to my death
40:26out of jealousy.
40:27In this life,
40:28she thought she had stolen
40:29the Trump part,
40:29but she turned to ashes
40:30in the very first year.
40:31Jace walked to my side
40:32holding our three-year-old heir.
40:34What are you thinking about?
40:35His eyes full of doting affection
40:36as he wrapped an arm
40:37around my waist.
40:38As if performing magic,
40:40he took a document
40:41from the pocket of his suit
40:42and handed it to me.
40:44Darling,
40:44you said before
40:45that looking at that slum
40:46bothered you.
40:46I've had people approve
40:47the demolition plan to buy it.
40:49I looked at the document
40:49and couldn't help laughing softly.
40:51The place that had buried
40:52our fates in my last life
40:53could now be erased
40:54completely from the map
40:55with nothing more
40:56than my signature.
40:57Three days later,
40:58more than a dozen heavy bulldozers
40:59drove into the slums.
41:00Amid the enormous roar,
41:02the dilapidated chantels,
41:03the place that had buried
41:03Lily's greed and despair,
41:04collapsed with a crash
41:05and became ruins.
41:06On the original site,
41:07the world's largest
41:08commercial landmark,
41:09named after me,
41:10would rise.
41:11At the groundbreaking ceremony,
41:14global media swarmed in.
41:16Countless microphones
41:17were thrust in front of me.
41:19This is Jace, man.
41:20How did you go
41:20from an ordinary girl
41:21to the overlord
41:22who dominates both
41:23the legitimate
41:23and underground worlds today?
41:24What was the core secret?
41:26Was it because you were lucky
41:27and chose the right person?
41:29Hearing the question,
41:30I raised my brows slightly.
41:32I turned and glanced down
41:33from the stage.
41:34Jace was holding our sun.
41:35Watching me with a smile
41:37like the most loyal knight,
41:38eyes filled the pride
41:38of someone thinking
41:39my wife shines brightest.
41:41I withdrew my eyes
41:42and looked to the camera,
41:43the corner of my throat
41:44curving into a calm,
41:45aggressively confident smile.
41:47Fate has never been about
41:48what cards you managed to steal.
41:51It's about whether you have
41:52the brains to play them well.
41:54Unfortunately,
41:55some people think
41:56they've stolen the winning hand,
41:57but they don't even qualify
41:59to sit at the table.
42:00I raised the champagne
42:01in my hand.
42:02Sunlight struck
42:02the black gold serpent ring,
42:04refracting a dazzling gleam.
42:06Cheers
42:07to my empire.
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