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In my past life, my first love tortured me cruelly with his mistress, simply because he thought I wasn’t a virgin.
Tormented by both until I became mentally shattered and ill, I soon committed suicide from depression.
When I opened my eyes again, I was back at my twenty–fifth birthday party.
My first act was tearing up the engagement contract with my childhood playmate Alexander Reynolds.
When my father asked who I actually wanted to marry,
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My gaze went past him and landed on Nathaniel Blackwood – the man who’d pushed me into a pit at six years old, making my lower body bleed nonstop.
“Dad, I want to marry him, Nathaniel!”
Looking at the laid–back man not far away, a faint smile tugged at the corners of my lips.
The trouble he caused would naturally be repaid by him.
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“Olivia Miller, are you crazy?!”
After hearing me, Father’s face showed great surprise, “Nathaniel doesn’t have a good reputation, you know. I heard he’s idle all day and causes
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trouble. When you were kids, he even hurt you. Have you forgotten?”
I shook my head, my voice trembling, “I haven’t forgotten. I want him anyway.”
Father still hesitated, “But haven’t you liked Alexander since you were a child? And he started his own business at a young age, and it’s doing really well. In the future, he can also manage the Miller business for you. Are you sure you want to dissolve the engagement with him?”
“I’m sure!”
Father sighed, “Oh well, oh well, you’re grown up and have your own ideas. You can tell the two of them about this yourself.”
After Father left, Alexander immediately walked over to me holding a wine glass.
Alexander took a sip of his wine, probing casually, “Olivia, what was your father discussing with you earlier? Did he mention the dowry after marriage?”
I paused briefly, nodding with feigned earnestness, “Yes, Father said we’ll have the engagement ceremony in two weeks. When we marry, my dowry will be 500 million dollars.”
“500 million?” Alexander’s voice trembled with poorly concealed
excitement, though he forced composure. “Well, it’s not substantial, but it shows your family’s sincerity.”
A sardonic smile touched my lips.
Little did he know–not a single penny of it was meant for him.
Turning sideways, my gaze caught a dim figure nearby.
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Nathaniel leaned against the stone pillar, frowning in my direction.
When our eyes met, his expression stiffened. He looked away indifferently, then turned and left.
I excused myself to change clothes and left the banquet hall too.
I searched everywhere but couldn’t find Nathaniel anywhere.
Feeling lonely, I went to the restroom.
When I came out, I saw Alexander in the corner, locked in a passionate kiss with his secretary.
My fists clenched tightly, burning with rage inside.
Only then did I realize, Alexander hadn’t started cheating with Emily Brown after our marriage in my past life–they’d been carrying on together before the wedding!
Overcome by fury, I accidentally kicked a flowerpot nearby.
Thud! The sound interrupted their affair.
“Olivia?”
Alexander released Emily, putting on a show of explaining, “Olivia, Secretary Emily and I were just discussing work matters.”
“Oh.” I nodded calmly and walked right past them.
After passing by Emily, she suddenly shrieked and collapsed to her knees.
Alexander’s face darkened instantly as he helped her up, scolding me sternly, “Olivia, Secretary Emily has health issues. Why did you shove her?”
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Me? Shove her?
I let out a cold laugh. “Why would I bother shoving a mere secretary?”
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Emily sniffled, deliberately whimpering with feigned vulnerability, “Miss Miller, I know my status is beneath yours. But I’m human too – I deserve dignity. Must you humiliate me like this?”
Watching his mistress weep like a drenched blossom, Alexander flushed crimson with rage.
J’Olivia, curb your spoiled heiress tantrums! Secretary Emily never wronged you. Why bully the vulnerable? Apologize now!”
“Why should I apologize?”
Alexander’s eyes turned icy cold as they pierced mine. “Aren’t you afraid I’ll dissolve our engagement?”
Dissolve our engagement?
I just found it laughable.
“Alexander, who said I was going to marry you?”
Alexander curled his lips contemptuously and scoffed, “Why the denial? Everyone knows you’ve been madly in love with me since childhood, clinging to me as persistently as a shadow. Would you ever marry anyone else?”
I froze.
True, I had loved him since we were kids.
From my first teenage crush at fifteen, I chased after him for ten whole
years.
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For a decade, I turned down every promising suitor in New York’s upper class circles, stubbornly trailing behind Alexander like a shadow.
In my past life, I even paid five hundred million to marry him.
But that bitter lesson taught me one thing–this man was never worth my devotion!
I took a deep breath and turned away without looking at him.
