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.

The fate of the Miller family rested in the hands

displeased, the Millers would be cast

his knee, his demeanor calm and

he once was

perhaps he'd always been this heartless, and

the chauffeur wouldn't listen to her,

"Stop the car."

slowly placed the document down, not looking

you

lips curled ironically. "Save that person. Ever heard of it? Saving a life is more meritorious

getting her

the driver with a calm voice,

car cto a

amusing how the chauffeur, who once followed the

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

need to

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

since the incident, but seeing his face still made

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

but she'd mistaken it for playful flirtation, a man's pride, and

him slowly taking over the Miller

father in prison, the remaining Millers lived at the mercy of Felix just to maintain a

a woman lying over there. I want to

that how you

fingers on the document, his relaxed and breezy

calm. She was raised in a gilded cage and had

pitiable in front

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

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

as hard to

that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression

dear cousin from afar—Listina

had had a tumor in her brain, and through the

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