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Stella collapsed to the floor. She remembered meeting Julian for the first time at the nightclub.
5:22 AM M
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She was just a server, wearing heavy makeup every day, selling drinks in the club.
She relied on high commissions to maintain her facade as a socialite on campus.
That day, she heard a colleague say a big spender had arrived, and she eagerly unbuttoned her shirt a few more times.
So that when she bent over to pour drinks, she could show off her proud cleavage.
Who knew, it didn’t attract Julian, but an old lecher.
His greasy hands groped her chest, and her tears wouldn’t stop falling.
It was those teary eyes that caught Julian’s attention. He examined her face closely, a strange smile appearing.
“She looks like her, so much like her!”
“From now on, you’ll be with me!”
“You’ll do whatever I tell you, understand?”
From then on, she became Julian’s follower.
Her first direct confrontation with Quinn was when Julian took her street racing with a rich second–generation heir.
The incident caused a huge commotion, alarming the traffic police.
Julian, unhurriedly, dialed Quinn’s number. “Handle this for me. I got caught speeding.”
That’s when she finally got to see her senior, whose famous works were used as examples at the Art Academy.
The moment before, Julian, who she barely knew, suddenly pulled her close, kissing her cheek.
“What do you think? My new toy. Doesn’t she look just like you when you were young?”
“This whole mess today was just to make her happy. You deal with it, you’re best at cleaning up my messes anyway.”
She watched the once noble champion artist bend down, bustling around to clean up his mess.
Julian’s so–called buddies laughed at her. “Julian, you’re amazing! Even the aloof goddess is wrapped around your finger. She knows you have a mistress, but she’s still so devoted!”
Julian laughed triumphantly, gazing at the busy woman’s back with a look of deep affection.
It was like he was showing off, or maybe trying to convince himself: “Of course. I’m her greatest love!”
But Quinn’s eyes held nothing but disgust for him.
She distinctly heard Julian’s subtle sigh: “Quinn, is this the only way you’ll pay attention to me again?”
After that incident, she received a two hundred thousand bonus from Julian.
From then on, their strange relationship began. Julian lavished her with more and more attention, and she truly began to believe she was Julian’s true love, fantasizing about replacing Quinn.
5.22 AM
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The moment Stella walked out of prison, the paparazzi, who had been lying in wait, swarmed her.
Annoyed, she floored the gas pedal, driving recklessly.
The car kept beeping: “Speeding! Speeding!”
But Stella was oblivious. On a sharp turn, she crashed, car and all.
When she woke up again, her child and both legs were gone. She leaped from the rooftop.
