The ground sloped upward, a small incline that seemed insurmountable. Perhaps the person who had hit Zoey was still lurking

somewhere up there.

Descending meant navigating through the uneven, pockmarked grass.

Rain had turned the path into a slippery mess.

But Zoey couldn't afford to care—she had to survive. The will to live burned fiercely within her.

Her life had been hard-won; she couldn't let it end so easily.

She dragged herself forward, feeling as if her bones were on the verge of coming apart.

She didn't know how long she crawled. The trail she left behind was tinged with blood, but the rain washed it away.

Tbecan unbearable weight, and eventually, she lost all sense of it, focusing only on crawling a little further, just a little

further.

Cars passed by ahead. She must be nearing the roadside, but she couldn't muster a shout.

All she wanted was for someone to save her.

Anyone would do; she just wanted to live.

In a sleek black car, Carol sat in the back, leaning against the window. Felix sat beside her, while a chauffeur drove them.

Tonight, Felix had decided to play the magnanimous role, offering Carol a chance to get sair.

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Carol's gaze caught the silhouette lying on the ground in the distance, and her brow furrowed.

"Stop the car."

The chauffeur didn't dare to stop, instead shooting a glance at Felix through the rearview mirror.

Carol's words no longer held sway. The fate of the Miller family rested in the hands

were displeased, the Millers would be cast out into the

knee, his demeanor calm and collected.

once

he'd always been this heartless, and his previous persona

listen to her, Carol

"Stop the car."

document down, not looking

you

ironically. "Save that person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is

frowned, not getting her

a calm

cto a

how the chauffeur, who once followed the Miller family's orders, now only obeyed

and reached for the

need to

back, eyes slowly closing, an unmistakable sign that there was no

been over a month since the incident, but seeing

her father's imprisonment had shaken her awake. She realized how blind she

long ago, but she'd mistaken it for playful flirtation, a

slowly taking over the Miller

at the mercy

a woman lying

that how you ask for

fingers on the document, his relaxed and breezy tone making

eyes reddened, but she struggled to keep calm. She was raised in a gilded cage and had her

in front of

supposed the most pitiable she'd ever been was already witnessed

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

word was no longer as

Carol saw the change in

was his so-called dear cousin from afar—Listina

a tumor in her brain, and through the Miller family's connections, Carol had managed to bring

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