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.

sway. The fate of the Miller family rested in the

the Millers would be cast out into the

perusing a document, resting on his knee, his demeanor

young man he once was

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

chauffeur wouldn't listen to her,

"Stop the car."

slowly placed the document down, not looking

you want

person. Ever heard of it? Saving

frowned, not getting her veiled

driver with a calm voice, "Stop the

cto

who once followed the Miller

for the door

to get

unmistakable sign that there was no

had been over a month since the incident, but

her father's imprisonment had shaken her awake. She

colors long ago, but she'd mistaken it

to him slowly taking over the

lived at the mercy of Felix just to maintain a

clenched. "There's a woman lying over

how you

his fingers on the document, his relaxed and

calm. She was raised in a gilded cage and had her

pitiable in front of

again, she supposed the most pitiable she'd ever

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

word was no longer as hard to say, her

moment. Carol saw the change in

so-called dear cousin from afar—Listina

brain, and through the Miller family's connections,

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