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.

no longer held sway. The fate of the Miller family rested in

the Millers would be cast out

his demeanor calm and collected. He had an air of

man he once

been this heartless, and his previous persona

wouldn't listen to

"Stop the car."

slowly placed the document down, not looking

do you want to

that person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is more meritorious than

not getting her

driver with a calm voice, "Stop the

cto

once followed the Miller family's orders, now

took a deep breath and reached for the door handle, but the door

to

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

trembled. It had been over a month since the incident,

had shaken her awake.

but she'd mistaken it

him slowly taking over the

remaining Millers lived at the mercy of Felix just to maintain a

a woman lying over there. I

how you ask for

the document, his relaxed and breezy tone making Carol want

reddened, but she struggled to keep calm. She was raised in a gilded cage and had her pride. She couldn't

in front of

then again, she supposed the most pitiable she'd ever been was already witnessed by

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

longer as hard

phone rang at that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression and knew who it

his so-called dear cousin

tumor in her brain, and through the

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