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.

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

Millers would

perusing a document, resting on his knee, his demeanor

young man he once was seemed to

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

wouldn't listen to her,

"Stop the car."

document down, not looking

do you

Ever heard of it? Saving a life is

getting

with a calm voice, "Stop the

car cto a

who once followed

took a deep breath and reached for the

to

slowly closing, an unmistakable sign

month since the incident, but seeing his face still

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

it for playful flirtation, a

to him slowly taking over

at the mercy of Felix just to maintain

woman lying over there. I want

that how you ask

tapped his fingers on the document, his relaxed and breezy tone making

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

in front

pitiable she'd ever been was already witnessed by

Her eyelashes fluttered downward.

"Please."

longer as

at that moment. Carol saw the change in his expression and

was his so-called dear cousin from afar—Listina

brain, and through the Miller

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