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.

words no longer held sway. The fate of the

were displeased, the Millers would be

his demeanor calm and collected.

he once was seemed to

been this heartless, and his previous persona

wouldn't listen to her,

"Stop the car."

placed the document down, not

you

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

not getting

signaled the driver with a calm voice, "Stop

car cto

how the chauffeur, who once followed the

deep breath and reached for the

need to

slowly closing, an unmistakable sign that there was no room

been over a month since the incident, but seeing his face still made her

her father's imprisonment had shaken her awake. She

it for playful flirtation, a man's pride, and hadn't called him

to him slowly taking over the

prison, the remaining Millers lived at

fists clenched. "There's a woman lying over there.

you ask for

document, his relaxed

was raised in a gilded cage and had her

pitiable in

most pitiable she'd ever

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

no longer as hard to say, her

phone rang at that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression

so-called dear cousin

brain, and through the Miller family's connections, Carol

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