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00:04my father bought a pair of twin serpent shifters from a pile of corpses in the underground black
00:09market my younger sister chose the older brother at once the one who had fallen for her at first
00:14sight that left only the younger one the mute brother i knew any shifter who was not chosen
00:19would be sent off for humane euthanasia so i took pity on him and kept him he could not speak
00:26so i took him from doctor to doctor trying to cure his mucis i practiced sign language for two hours
00:34every day just so i could communicate with him he was frail and because he was a serpent shifter
00:40the other bodyguards often picked on him so i secretly trained in combat myself strengthening
00:47my body so i could pay them back one by one on his behalf i thought my sincerity would earn
00:52his loyalty
00:53until the day the estate villa caught fire with both my sister and me pinned beneath fallen beams
00:59he looked at us and chose her without hesitation i'm sorry i have to save chloe first so he could
01:07speak after all as the flame slowly swallowed me whole he signed something only i could understand
01:14i owe you more than i can repay in this life and the next i will pay you back with
01:19my life
01:23when i opened my eyes again i was back to the day we were choosing our shifter bodyguards
01:29i stood there in a daze until i felt blood welling in my palm from how hard i was clenching
01:34my hand
01:36only then did i realize this was not a dream
01:40my sister shot me a glance then tugged on father's sleeve with a sugary smile dad if olivia isn't
01:48choosing then let me go first
01:53as she spoke father watched her indulgently while she flitted between the two tall serpent shifters
01:58like a cheerful little bird though they kept the upper bodies of men their long serpentine tails
02:04slid restlessly across the floor and their cold slit pupils shone with caution
02:09i think i'll take adam olivia is always by herself so she really needs a strong serpent shifter to
02:14protect her she sounded thoughtful and caring but her eyes never left the older brother alex not for
02:19even a second i kept my expression calm but the scene from my previous life came rushing back she had
02:25done the same thing then the one she truly wanted had always been alex yet she put on a show
02:29of concern
02:29and offered to leave him to me what i had not understood then was that her retreat had only
02:34ever been a tactic looking at her performance i had genuinely believed she meant it so i refused no
02:39matter what i could not bear to let her compromise and i did not want adam the younger brother to
02:43be
02:43put to death either until the day of the fire
02:50even then she was still saying save my sister first
02:55while reaching for adam at the first chance she got
02:58even though her own bodyguard alex was right beside her even though where she stood was far
03:03safer than where i was she was always like this certain i would soften certain a trick would work
03:08she never suffered any real loss yet somehow still walked away with a glowing reputation
03:12but this time i agreed whatever chloe wants my answer was so unexpected that the smile froze on her face
03:19she was not the only one shocked adam jerked his head up and stared at me surprise flashing through
03:24those cold reptilian slit pupils
03:28no father said sharply chloe is the delicate one she's the one who needs the better bodyguard
03:35this younger brother can't even talk he doesn't deserve to stay by her side
03:41understanding dawned on me so father had known all along yet he still brought adam here
03:47rather than truly letting my sister and me choose this whole thing had only been a performance to make
03:52it look fair i'm fine my sister had just started to relax ready to speak when adam suddenly opened his
03:59mouth sir i can speak i could not help glancing at him again in my previous life
04:05adam had spoken only once before i died and now he was talking already then i caught the
04:11understakeable wariness in his eyes and i knew for certain adam had been reborn too watching him
04:17fight so hard for this chance only made his final promise for my last life seemed even more ridiculous
04:23but that was fine i did not want him anymore either relying on the serpent shifter's natural agility
04:29and his constricting strength adam took down several retired special forces men
04:36standing beside father even father who had opposed the idea began to waver my sister lit up with delight
04:44she had always preferred adam's refined handsome looks
04:47if he had not been mute she would have been her first choice from the very beginning
04:55all right then adam will stay with chloe from now on as for alex he turned to the other brother
05:04you'll go with olivia
05:10at father's order a dark look settled over alex's face his icy snake tail lashed the floor in irritation
05:16then gritting his teeth he bent down and melt
05:20sir please forgive me but i cannot obey what do you mean by that father might favor my sister but
05:27i was
05:27still his daughter for alex to refuse him in front of everyone was an open show of disrespect if you
05:34refuse to protect my daughter then you can go straight to the disposal chamber i had known in my previous
05:40life that the shifter bodyguard's father bought at enormous cost would be sent to the disposal chamber
05:46for humana eutherasia if they were not chosen i could not bear to watch a living person die before
05:51my eyes so i had kept adam by my side this time it was alex's turn i still said nothing
05:57but my sister
05:59panicked she rushed forward and grabbed alex's arm trying to pull him up from the floor alex if you don't
06:07go with olivia you'll die but alex only looked at her with naked devotion and shook his head firmly
06:12if i cannot protect chloe then death means nothing to me at that a blush rose across my sister's face
06:20i could not help laughing olivia can you really just stand there and watch him die tears shimmered
06:25in my sister's eyes as she turned to face me from the brother's angle she looked heartbreakingly fragile
06:30dad if alex is this loyal to chloe then let both brothers stay with her
06:34i spoke up at just the right moment one more won't make a difference and neither will two
06:44that landed exactly where it needed to from the moment the two serpent shifters had appeared
06:49her eyes had never once left them father fell silent for a moment thinking it over
06:56olivia then what about you it's okay dad i'm the older sister of course i should give
07:02into chloe everyone turned to look at me i only lowered my head and did my best to look considerate
07:08and understanding father smiled olivia's finally grown up but how will your safety be protected
07:14i lifted my head and saw the approval written plainly across father's face i also caught the
07:20note of scrutiny in adam's eyes but i had no interest in guessing what he was thinking and even less
07:25in
07:25caring send me to work at my brother's company dad i'll take care of myself in my previous life i
07:34had
07:34poured everything into holding on to adam in the process i forgot to secure my footing within this
07:40family there were three children in the house and i was the middle one i was not like my older
07:47brother
07:48burdened with father's expectations and i was not like my younger sister doled on as the baby of the
07:55family when i was seven i was sent away to a remote country villa and left to fend for myself
08:03i had only been brought back two years ago my brother was ruthless in business every time
08:09he returned from a trip he brought chloe designer handbags and limited edition jewelry even the lifestyle
08:15assistant at her side lived better than i did in my previous life i had to save up from my
08:21meager
08:21allowance just to pay adam's medical bills so if i wanted to improve my standing i had to prove my
08:29value
08:32my brother had never cared much for the unwanted sister of the family
08:38he did not meet with me personally he merely had the hr director assign me to the logistics department
08:45then ignored me after that i said nothing and quietly focused on my work i had not forgotten the
08:51business knowledge i learned in my previous life if anything i had become even better when the company
08:58became locked in a fierce acquisition battle with a rival i used sharp data analysis and negotiation
09:05tactics to secure the key project in one move only then did my brother formally met with me as a
09:12reward
09:13he transferred me into the core business division the company needed capable people and on top of
09:18that i was family that made me someone he could trust because of that i also came to know many
09:24of the
09:25group's inner secrets after i secured another major order my brother openly praised my contribution at
09:31the board meeting almost overnight my name spread through our social cluster i even outshined my sister
09:36who had worked so hard to build her image as a perfect socialist the day i returned to the estate
09:42villa she stormed into my room behind her stood the twin serpent shifter bodyguards flanking her on
09:50either side in a protective stance at a single look from her adam's snake body snapped toward me like a
09:56whip i never saw it coming the blow hit me hard and sent me crashing to the floor my sister
10:01curled her
10:02red lips into a cruel smile olivia let me teach you how a real heiress is supposed to act
10:09i looked at her her coldly every inch of my body still burning with pain she paced a few steps
10:16at
10:16leisure like some arrogant peacock showing off its feathers you're a girl what kind of image is this
10:23throwing yourself into the business world like that and besides you used to know nothing yet in such a
10:28short time you've produced results this impressive brother must have been helping you behind the
10:34scenes if you mess up later the entire family will be humiliated right along with you and really who
10:40would ever want to marry a woman like you she curled her lip her gaze flicking toward adam behind her
10:46his thick serpent tail was coiled nightly on the floor so stop tagging along with brother stay home and
10:53learn how to be a proper young lady of the family i cut straight through her performance what exactly
10:59are you so nervous about her face flushed red i wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth and
11:05slowly pushed myself up from the floor chloe what gives you the right to say any of this
11:13are you speaking as brother's darling little sister father's precious daughter
11:17or the family's true golden child you've had everyone's love handed to you your whole life
11:23so what right do you have to criticize me for fighting for a little fairness of my own
11:30olivia tears spilled from her eyes instantly but i kept going you say i have no manners of reading
11:35that's because i was thrown out to the country as a child and left there with no one to raise
11:39me but
11:40whose fault was that sweet little sister if i hadn't held on to you for dear life you would
11:48have ended up a body floating in the man-made lake but when we got home you turned everything around
11:55on me
11:58you were the one who snuck out and yet you claimed i had taken you outside and caused you to
12:04fall into
12:05the water father punished me brutally because of it so explain that at last my sister broke down
12:12and started sobbing for real save the fake tears you're not the one who should be crying go ahead
12:19and keep playing your perfect little heiress with that i turned to leave but she suddenly grabbed my
12:24sleeve olivia i was just a child then i was talking nonsense it shouldn't count i'm really worried about
12:32you now how can you say that to me maybe i should just die as she spoke she actually lurged
12:39toward
12:39the wall as though to smash her head against it alex moved at once his snake tail whipped around her
12:45waist and loved her back into his arm his cold slit pupils fixed on me with fury olivia chloe is
12:52fragile enough already are you trying to drive her to death my sister collapsed against his chest crying
12:57and shaking her head it's okay i owe my sister this much before long her words dissolved into choking
13:05sobs adam looked at her with obvious pain then turned to me apologize to chloe i let out a cold
13:13laugh
13:14and what exactly are you adam said nothing he only looked at me with quiet reproach so i punched him
13:23using the opening and just the right angle i threw him hard enough to knock him to the floor
13:28even as a shifter caught off guard he still took the hit badly
13:34chloe screamed and rushed in front of him olivia what are you doing
13:38i flexed my hand isn't my sister the one who understands propriety then why can't she even
13:46control a bodyguard a shifter who attacks their employer belongs in the disposal chamber
13:52you alex bristled his tail lifting dangerously but the look in my eyes stopped him cold adam wiped
13:59the blood from the corner of his mouth and stared at me as though i were a stranger i had
14:03no interest
14:03in dragging this out any longer so i left without another word the next day i planned to go straight
14:08to the company i had no desire to keep tangling with chloe and her two snakes but my bedroom door
14:13was
14:14shoved open again alex did not seem to think burging into a young laser uninvited was a problem
14:19in the slightest he grabbed my arm with brute force and pinned it behind me chloe's been kidnapped you
14:25have to come with me my face went cold i drove my foot into his leg and twisted free while
14:29he flinched
14:30you're chloe's bodyguard if chloe was kidnapped that's your failure what does that have to do with me
14:36it has everything to do with you alex's eyes were bloodshot with dark shadows beneath them like
14:42he had not slept all night if you hadn't provoked chloe on purpose she never would have run out and
14:47gotten taken before anyone else finds out you're coming with me right now you're going to trade
14:55places with her the door opened again adam stood there with sweat all over his face his serpently tail
15:02shifting anxiously where's chloe is she back alex shook his head and pointed at me no but the kidnappers
15:10said they'll take an exchange this started because of you now it's time for you to pay it back you're
15:16insane i punched alex in the face too useless trash and you still dare put your hands on me
15:29alex spit out a mouthful of blood but he never loosened his grip on me i'm sorry olivia
15:37chloe's safety comes first even if this oversteps every line i have no choice when this is over you
15:44can do whatever you want to me he wrenched both my arms behind my back and turned his head adam
15:50help me
15:51i had trained in combat but against two serpent shifts with natural strength on their side i was
15:55still overpowered they forced me to the ground and stars burst across my vision gazed i lifted my head
16:00and met adam's cold slit pupils my voice came out in a blur adam help me his eyes were filled
16:05with
16:06pain and conflict in the end he shut them tightly as if he could not bear it i'm sorry a
16:13sharp blow
16:14landed against my neck and everything went black when i came to again the jeep was rattling over rough
16:22ground adam was sitting beside me you were reborn too his tone was certain i let out a cold huff
16:35that's why i know not a single word out of your mouth can be trusted
16:40his throat worked but for a moment he said nothing then quietly he said i'm sorry
16:51smack a visible red hand prank bloomed on his face at once what good is saying sorry it means
16:57absolutely nothing to me he lowered his eyes and did not dare look at me his voice came low and
17:03heavy
17:03this is the last time i swear it i said nothing his voice grew more urgent i'll get chloe back
17:11fulfill
17:11the last of my duty and then i will save you even if it costs me my life he pulled
17:16a family crest from
17:17inside his clothes and pressed it into my palm my mother told me to give this to my future wife
17:28i swear to you with all my heart i will not let any harm come to you
17:36the off-road vehicle came to a stop in front of the abandoned factory and from a distance i could
17:40already see my sister tied up outside at the exact moment we exchanged hostages my sister and i brushed
17:45past each other i caught the flash of triumph at the corner of her lip then she ran straight past
17:51me
17:53alex adam i turned to look adam caught her steadily with his tail and helped her upright while alex
17:59sliced through the ropes around her with clean efficient movements the two serpent shifters closed
18:04around chloe with almost reverential devotion guarding her at the center adam seemed to be apologizing
18:09over and over again blaming himself for failing to protect her i forced down the bitterness rising
18:14in my chest olivia you already knew this didn't you a hand reached from behind me and tightened the ropes
18:22around my body even more i opened my mouth wanting to say say something but before i could i was
18:29knocked
18:29unconscious again they injected me with a muscle relaxant and locked me in a dark damp basement the blood
18:35seeping from my body spread into the puddle beside me staining the water red clean her up someone from
18:40the ford family is coming one of the kidnappers waved a hand and ordered his men to haul me up
18:44we need
18:44to make sure the goods check out my limbs would not obey me they forced me into clean clothes and
18:52the
18:53agony was so intense i could not help crying out she's too damn loud stuff her mouth i was handled
18:59like a
19:00delicate doll dressed and arranged at their will and in the end they tied me to a chair
19:07suddenly footsteps sounded outside the door i looked up it was adam had he come to take me away
19:15we've treated miss olivia ford well fed her watered her didn't lay a finger on her more than necessary
19:21but if the ransom doesn't arrive soon we won't be so polite the kidnappers knife flashed coldly in the
19:27light reflecting adam's hard expressionless face how late can it be a storm crashed through me i wanted
19:37to demand why he was still waiting why was he still leaving me here but i could not make a
19:43sound all i
19:44could do was glare at him with burning fury how late midnight tonight is the final deadline of course not
19:55i assume your family won't go back on its word adam nodded when he looked at me his eyes were
20:01full of
20:01apology today is chloe's birthday if you go back now you'll steal her spotlight she'll be upset i promise
20:10i'll come back for you just hang on a little longer okay my rage blew straight through what was left
20:14of
20:15my reason i swallowed back the blood surging in my throat and cursed him in silence adam what are you
20:21waiting for are you really going to leave me here to be tortured to death a flicker of hesitation
20:26crossed his face but the instant he saw fireworks exploding over the city his entire expression
20:32changed with alarm chloe's birthday party has started i need to be by her side to protect her
20:37olivia i'll come back for you wait for me
20:42then he turned and hurried away the soft rash of his serpentine tail dragging across the ground fading
20:48with him one of the kidnappers laughed under his breath and looked me over you really some rich girl
20:54or are you just a fake stand and they dressed up a bitter smile touched my lips there had only
21:00ever
21:00been one true daughter of this family and it had never been me midnight came adam did not appear
21:06the kidnapper spit it on the ground she's a fake waste of my damn time do it i twisted my
21:13wrist and
21:13used the hidden blade i had prepared in advance to cut through the ropes i dropped to the floor when
21:20i
21:20looked up again there was nothing left in my eyes but but ice come out more than a dozen fully
21:29armed
21:29figures emerged from the shadows around us and subdued every kidnapper in the room boss it's all taken care
21:35with the heavy smell of blood filling the room i stepped forward and walked out
21:41burn it a black suv was waiting outside a man in a trench coat stood beside it
21:47i opened the door and got in i glanced at the family quest in my hand then tossed it into
21:53the flames
21:54without a second thought adam your sincerity is worth less than nothing behind me the towering fire is
22:04erased every trace from this day on olivia no longer existed what remained was only an enemy of ford group
22:11adam was distracted the dazzling lights of the birthday party blurred before his eyes
22:17until he could barely tell where he was or what time it was a security guard at the entrance wanted
22:22to come inside and report something adam cast one lingling look at chloe who was laughing and chatting
22:27brightly among the guests then led the guard off to a quiet corner
22:32chief adam the kidnapper said if the ransom isn't delivered soon they'll kill her adam's brow tightened
22:40how long until midnight half an hour today was chloe's long-awaited birthday party just moments ago she
22:49had invited him to join her in the rooftop garden but suddenly olivia's pale face flashed through his
22:54mind adam shut his eyes for a second then gave the order at once get the vehicle ready bring the
22:59cash
23:00and come with me adam where are you going a soft voice called from behind him he turned instinctively
23:06and saw a woman standing in the hallway wearing a custom gown and carrying an elegant little handbag
23:12how did you end up here by yourself she walked toward him slowly the hallway lights casting a soft
23:18glow over her face adam stared at her without blinking there hasn't been any news from olivia for too long
23:24i'm worried something may have gone wrong you don't need to worry chloe gave a light laugh as she
23:29stepped closer a strand of her hair brushed teasingly over his fingertips when i came back did i look like
23:34i had a single injury on me those kidnappers are only after money they probably wouldn't even touch
23:38a single hair on my sister's head so relax conflict churned in adam's eyes his snake tail twisted restlessly
23:45behind him but no buts
23:53chloe shot him a mildly reproachful look i promised you'd go to the rooftop with me you can't go back
23:59on your word if it really comes to it i'll go bring olivia home myself tomorrow adam felt a pang
24:04at
24:04chloe's compromise in an instant he pushed thoughts of me aside his arms started to move almost
24:09unconsciously toward her slender waist at that exact moment the security guard reappeared at the worst
24:18possible time adam shot him an icy look but what he saw on the man's face was laked panic a
24:24sense of
24:24dread rose inside him chief adam miss olivia she's dead what adam's slit pupils turned blood red in an
24:35instant he summoned his serpent form and shot out the door like lightning chloe was shoved aside by
24:41him so abruptly that she nearly fell but the one who caused it did not stop to check on her
24:47the way he
24:48normally would the fire raged through the entire night by the time the firefighters put it out the
24:55abandoned factory had been reduced to scorched earth no no that's impossible olivia can't be dead
25:04the look in olivia's eyes from the fire at the estate villa in his previous life rose before him once
25:09again
25:10for the second time he had left her alone in a fire for the second time he had cost her
25:16her life
25:19overwhelming despair drove adam nearly mad as he clawed through the ruins with his bare hands
25:25concrete shards tore his fingers open until they bled but he seemed unable to feel any pain at all
25:34then a fist slammed hard into his face adam remember who you are alex yanked him up from the ground
25:44by
25:44force fury blazing in his cold slit pupils you are chloe's bodyguard and besides someone like olivia who
25:53always knew how to cling to life would never die that easily what adam looked at his brother blankly
26:02his voice trembling alex swallowed hard then kept lying it was only a fire the kidnappers might have
26:09escaped with olivia or maybe this whole thing was staged by her from the beginning just to make everyone
26:14panic a spark slowly returned to adam's eyes and some of the tension drained from his body
26:22you're right she wouldn't die the corners of his eyes reddened with sudden emotion
26:30she wouldn't die she'd never bear to leave me behind like that
26:34a rescuer shouted from not far away adam spun around a charred corpses sealed in a body bag was
26:42being carried out he stumbled toward it at once adam alex tried to stop him but adam knocked his hand
26:49aside before alex could finish the words in his throat adam had already pulled open the zipper
26:53the body was burned beyond recognition there were no features left to identify only a build similar to
27:00olivia's alex let out a breath the face can't be identified they'll still need dna testing it might not
27:09be olivia but adam was already trembling as he bent down and picked up a broken piece of a family
27:14crest
27:14lying beside the body it was the same one he had placed in olivia's hand before they parted
27:19brother it's her collapsed the family crest adam's knees gave out beneath him he clutched him to the
27:26ground a strangled wounded sound tearing from his throat like the cry of a trapped beast
27:31alex gritted his teeth and forced his shattered younger brother to leave with him what's done is
27:35done we need to go back and report to sir first when he saw that mr ford showed almost no
27:40reaction at all
27:41to olivia's death alex finally let out a quiet breath of relief but the moment they returned
27:46to the estate villa he froze adam had chloe pinned against the wall with one hand wrapped around her
27:52throat his thick serpentine tail coiled dangerously around her body for a second alex was too stunned
27:59to move then he lunged forward to stop him what are you doing that's chloe
28:07adam acted as though he had not heard a word his crimson eyes stayed locked on chloe was it you
28:12did you send those kidnappers you said she was being fed and cared for so why is she dead chloe's
28:20face had already turned red from the pressure on her throat barely able to breathe she forced out a few
28:26broken words no it wasn't me adam alex pried at chloe free with all his strength afraid adam might snap
28:33again he pulled her firmly behind him his eyes stayed fixed on his brother full of caution chloe is kind
28:38and innocent how could she ever do something like this instead of accusing her
28:51maybe you should think about whether olivia set this up to drive us apart adam laughed then tears
28:56running down his face she told me she was in danger i could have saved her if chloe hadn't
29:00stopped me i would have brought her back already chloe there was no trace of his usual tenderness now
29:07he spoke each word slowly and clearly tell me the truth did you have anything to do with those
29:13kidnappers adam you really don't trust me that much chloe's eyes brimmed with hurt and fragility
29:20huge tears spilled down her cheeks you've gone too far alex looked at her with obvious heartache as
29:27he barned at apologize to chloe right now adam stood perfectly still like an arrow drawn to its limit
29:34his gaze nailed to chloe answer me for a moment the two sides remained locked in place then a flash
29:39of
29:39resentment flickered through chloe's eyes she snatched the fruit knife from the table and pressed
29:45it to her throat the sharp blade cut a red line across her pale skin her eyes were bloodshot and
29:52she
29:52looked ready to die for it
29:57if you're gonna slander me like this then i'd rather die and prove i'm innocent alex rushed forward and
30:01swept the fruit knife away with his tail pulling chloe into his arms what are you standing there for
30:05do you really have to drive chloe to her death before you're satisfied chloe looked at adam with
30:08sorrow swimming in her eyes adam i know you don't believe me then kill me and let my death make
30:13up for
30:13what happened to olivia looking at her pale face adam thought of olivia all over again he had already
30:19lost olivia nothing could be allowed to happen to chloe too
30:28adam took a few steps forward then lowered his head in defeat chloe i'm sorry his voice was heavy
30:35with exhaustion crying chloe threw herself into his arms he hesitated for a moment but in the end he
30:41raised his arms and held her only then did alex finally relax but as he watched the two of them
30:46in
30:46his arms something still stabbed at his heart like a needle across the city in a luxury apartment i
30:54looked at the encrypted email in my hand and curled my lips into a cold smile the people in my
30:59family
30:59had grown arrogant from their position in the business world anonymous reports exposing their
31:04financial crimes and illegal dealings had already been submitted and the relevant authorities moved in
31:10father and my brother were both placed under travel restrictions pending investigation
31:16the group's once soaring stock crashed straight to the limit and now hovered on the edge of collapse
31:27jason why didn't you hand over the most damaging evidence to jason astor let out a soft laugh
31:37you're the ruthless one olivia aren't you worried that if you back them into a
31:42corner they'll lash out like rabid dogs i stopped being connected to them a long time ago the day news
31:50of my death reached the family father and my brother had not cared in the slightest even using me to
31:56get
31:56chloe back had been done with their full approval the insider i had planted inside the group had reported
32:02every bit of it to me to them trading an unwanted daughter for the jewel of the family was the
32:08best
32:08bargain they could have asked for but you were a little late that day my gaze turned cold as i
32:13looked at jason i don't need weak allies jason said arching a brow besides you were investigating them
32:21too weren't you before i could react he had already crossed the room and trapped me in the corner of
32:26the sofa his unnervingly sharp serpent eyes narrowed slightly and the alpha pressure radiating from him
32:32as the serpent king pressed down over the room olivia we only have one goal bring them down
32:38if i catch you playing games again don't blame me for making your death real i lowered my eyes then
32:45looked back up and leaned closer to him of course i'll do whatever you say his breathing hittaged
32:52instantly he stepped back a few paces how are your injuries if you need anything just say so
32:58a smile tugged at my lips seeing the stiffness in his back i called after him is that you worrying
33:04about me his steps paused an irritation crept into his voice if you don't appreciate it forget it
33:10i could see him bristling so i quickly tried to smooth it over i appreciate it really jason gave
33:18a dismissive huff and pushed the door open leaving the room jason aston and i first connected after i
33:29began making a name for myself within the group power struggles in the shifter world had always been
33:34brutal our two families had long been sworn business rivals back then my family had sabotaged his during
33:41a major project nearly driving his group's company into bankruptcy in the end only jason the one carrying
33:48the strongest serpent bloodline was left holding everything together on his own he had no choice but
33:54to hide his edge if he wanted to keep the company alive later he set old grudges aside and approached
34:00me
34:01the daughter of his enemy with a proposal for an alliance hatred makes the best foundation for
34:08cooperation he needed the confidential information in my hands and i needed someone who could truly crush
34:14my family once and for all after i began feeding him intelligence his company started winning one major
34:21tit after another before long it was already showing signs of overtaking ford group at the celebration
34:27party that day i had a few too many drinks after greeting at jason i stepped out onto the terrace
34:33to
34:33get some air standing by the railing and looking out over the city at night i suddenly felt dizzy a
34:41pair
34:41of hands wrapped around my waist from behind and stated me so this is where olivia's been hiding
34:48the moment i heard that familiar voice the haze of alcohol vanished i shoved him away with both
34:54hands and saw that familiar snake tail at the same time adam his refined handsome face was drawn with
35:03exhaustion nothing like the confident man he had once been how did you find me i'm the family's bodyguard
35:11it's only natural for me to handle the family's business a bitter smile pulled at his lips
35:18father and my brother were under investigation and the group had been left leaderless naturally
35:24someone had to step in and deal with the mess they left behind no wonder the company which had seemed
35:30on
35:30the verge of collapse had shown signs of fighting back again i had thought we could press our advantage
35:35while the iron was hot i had not expected adam to step into this fight what do you want now
35:42everything
35:43i've done has been for you olivia adam looked at me with wounded eyes dragging his snake tail behind
35:49him he moved towards me step by step if i hadn't volunteered to help the family deal with all this
35:56i never would have had the chance to get away from them and come find you
36:00he grabbed my hand forcefully his skin was still cold just like a snake's olivia thank god i found you
36:09you have no idea how much i regretted not saving you that day i slapped him across the face that
36:15was
36:15your choice who else is there to blame the blow turned his head to the side yet he only started
36:21laughing softly almost deliriously olivia yes just like that punish me if it'll make you feel better
36:28than hit me his grip on my hand tightened even more hit me until you forgive me and once you
36:34do come
36:34back with me after you faked your death i drifted through every day like a ghost the memories of my
36:40past life and this one kept me trapped in place adam's slit pupils had gone red full of pleading later
36:48i
36:48wanted to follow you in death but my brother stopped me then the astra family which had been suppressed
36:54this all this time tuddly began to rise while our own scandals kept getting exposed one after one
37:03that was when i realized you might still be alive only you had access to all those core secrets
37:08i let out a cold laugh i had no interest in listening to any more of his nonsense several
37:13security guards appeared behind him and closed in no matter how strong adam was he could not start
37:18a fight here in the open you actually have new bodyguards how could you his eyes were full of
37:24disbelief as if he simply could not accept it wake up you're allowed to be someone else's bodyguard
37:30but i'm not allowed to have people of my own if you have even the slightest shred of conscience left
37:35then pretend you never saw me today because olivia died in that fire a long time ago his breathing caught
37:43if you try to take me by force or interfere with my plans i promise you will regret it
37:52his head dropped helplessly and all he could do was watch as i left under the escort of security
38:00i took a longer route back to the office who did you go see just when i thought no one
38:05had noticed jason's voice drifted out from behind me was it that serpent shifter bodyguard who's still
38:12obsessed with you i looked into his cold eyes and smiled helplessly hand on heart i didn't go
38:18looking for him he cornered me jason seized my hand when i looked down i saw he was pressing an
38:23ice pack from the first aid kit against the wrist adam had squeezed red anyone who makes a living with
38:29their brain should protect their hands too i stared silently at his focused profile then met his eyes
38:36before i was ready olivia those deep eyes felt as if they might pull me under we're allies whatever
38:46trouble you're in you can tell me but you are never allowed to betray me
38:55ever since he discovered i had secretly backed up some of his company's data as a precaution he had been
39:01wary of me but our families were sworn enemies i had to leave myself some kind of way out not
39:07wanting
39:07to damage the alliance i could only nod of course if anything like that ever comes up again i'll tell
39:13you first he raised a brow again i shook my head so hard it was practically rattling absolutely not
39:20there won't be a next time only then did jason let me go he packed up the first aid kit
39:27turned and
39:28walked away after that day adam never appeared again the company that had just began to recover
39:34collapsed once more beyond saving this time just as we were preparing to deliver the final blow and
39:40submit the most critical evidence of financial crimes to the police a visitor arrived it was adam he
39:48looked haggard his gaze moved past jason and landed directly on me olivia come with me jason's expression
39:56darted without a word he stepped in front of me the pressure radiating from the strongest serpent king
40:01seemed to weigh down the entire room adam ignored jason's hostility completely and looked only at me
40:09the aster family is about to be dragged into this too you have to come with me i gave him
40:13a cold smile
40:14you expect me to believe you with nothing to back it up
40:19or is this just another trick you're pulling behind the scenes no
40:25adam's voice turned urgent i can't tell you the truth but listen to me
40:28olivia give me a chance to make this right there was nothing left in my eyes but frost
40:33then clearly i wasn't blunt enough last time adam the moment you chose chloe
40:38and abandoned me whatever there was between us ended
40:45as for your idea of making it up to me i find it filthy enough jason cut him off sharply
40:50adam
40:51she is my senior advisor now she is with me this is not a place where you get to make
40:56a scene
40:56get out the security outside the door rushed in at once but adam acted as if he had not heard
41:02any of it he stared at me his slip pupils tightening olivia if you won't come with me
41:09then i'll destroy this place i'll destroy the aster family a dangerous era spread from him his body
41:15shifted into partial serpent form ready for battle and his thick snake tail lashed restlessly behind him
41:22he was actually preparing to use force you dare jason gave no ground at all the guards behind him all
41:29pulled out elect batons and jason's own snake tail began to show ready to strike at any second why
41:34wouldn't i today am taking her with me adam dropped into an attack stance as well the room turned razor
41:38sharp with tension moments away from violence i watched the absurd scene they were creating over
41:43me with icy detaction and quietly picked up the letter opener from the desk while the two of them
41:49were locked in their standoff i suddenly pressed the blade against my throat and shouted stop both of
41:55you the tension snapped still adam's face went white olivia put the knife down jason was furious and
42:03alarmed all at once olivia what are you doing i ignored jason and looked only at adam my gaze absolute
42:10adam i told you before if you try to take me by force i will die right in front of
42:16you now get out
42:19olivia adam's voice shook drowning in despair do you really hate me that much
42:29yes i did not hesitate for even a second
42:35adam staggered back a step the tension draining out of his body he looked at me deeply and that one
42:40look
42:40held too much regret and too much despair okay i'll go his voice was hersky like a man who had
42:46lost his soul
42:47he turned and dragged his heavy snake tail out the door jason immediately strode over snatched the
42:52letter opener from my hand and snap have you lost your mind i pulled free from his grip and sank
42:59into
42:59my chair in exhaustion it was the fastest way to make him leave jason stared at the red mark the
43:07blade had
43:07left against my throat his eyes dark and unreadable in the end all of it turned into a sigh you
43:12are never
43:13doing that again jason stayed on guard for a long time but in the end the fallout adam had warned
43:19about never came but adam's sudden appearance had already proven that my family was making one last
43:23desperate struggle by the time we closed the net though the whole family had already collapsed like
43:28a crumbling tower the police obtained evidence that we're kidnapped there's enough to prison
43:32father and my brother were evicted under multiple counts including serious financial crimes and other
43:38illegal act with sentences added together they were facing long years behind bars and the group went
43:43completely bankrupt i went to see act chloe one last time in the visitation room she wore a prison
43:48uniform her face gone and worn with none of the shine she once had as the family's pampered grandcess
43:56the moment she saw me pure hatred exploded in her eyes olivia you bitch you didn't die
44:06this was you you did this to me
44:15what ruined you was your own greed and cruelty i looked at her calmly chloe you have to pay for
44:22what you've done she slammed her hands against the soundproof glass like a mad woman where's adam
44:28why isn't he here to save me he said he'd protect me for the rest of my life
44:35him
44:38i gave a faint smile
44:42probably somewhere out there trying to atone for what happened to both of us
44:50when i left i ran into alex outside the detention center he looked haggard and hollowed out the
44:56cold slit pupils in his eyes flickered with something accomplished when he saw me stupid
45:00little brother in the end he really did lose everything for you he owed me that i did not even
45:08slow my steps
45:12i found adam's grave in aquina quiet cemetery out in the suburbs the headstone was new
45:23it bore only his name jason told me that adam had destroyed the forged evidence
45:29that was meant to drag the astor family down with mine
45:32and as an insider he had also handed the police the deepest buried core evidence of the family's
45:39crimes after doing all that he went to the site of the abandoned factory and ended his own life there
45:50before he died he left behind only one scheduled message at least this way i protected her
46:00i set a bouquet of white chrysanthems in front of his grave we're even now jason stood behind me in
46:07silence for a long time then suddenly he asked olivia did you love him breeze brushed across my face i
46:16looked at him and smiled a little i did once but that was a very very long time ago
46:24all i want is that in the next life he and i never get tangled up together again after that
46:30day jason and
46:31i did not see each other for quite a while the next time i saw him he shoved a thick
46:35document envelope
46:36into my hands what is this transfer papers for 30 of the company's shares along with authorization over
46:44all my personal assets his eyes burned as he looked at me from now on my fortune and my life
46:49are both in your hands i weighed the envelope in my hand and raised a brow
46:55and what exactly is this supposed to mean you're handing over your entire net worth and still
47:01expecting me to work for you for free he grabbed my wrist and pulled me closer his breath brushed my
47:06ear carrying a thread of tension he could not quite hide olivia stop pretending you don't get it
47:11i'm proposing i looked up at him laughter rippling into my eyes turning your business partner into your
47:17wife that's a pretty calculated move his face turned red at once you just tell me whether you accept or
47:22not i do i nodded lightly his face flushed all the way through clasped my hand tightly
47:32tomorrow we're filing the marriage application tomorrow
47:36you
47:39you
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